News – Department of Africana Studies

UMBC Model African Union Delegation Wins at Summit!

Congratulations to the award-winning UMBC Delegation at the 2021 International Model African Union Virtual Summit, February 19-21 Members of the Delegation are Gloria Okeke, Fehintola...

Posted: March 19, 2021, 11:31 AM

W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

42nd W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture with Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Join Online Event This event is free and open to the public. AFRICANA STUDIES...

Posted: September 29, 2020, 12:44 PM

Africana Studies Statement on the Murder of George Floyd

Dear Africana Studies Community, It is with immense sorrow, outrage and frustration that we write to you to condemn the senseless murder of George Floyd while he was in the custody of...

Posted: June 3, 2020, 12:56 PM

UMBC IS CANCELLING CLASSES MARCH 12-13, 2020

Up Date on COVID-19

Following guidance from the University System of Maryland in the rapidly developing public health response to COVID-19, UMBC is canceling classes this Thursday and Friday (March 12 – 13, 2020) to...

Posted: March 11, 2020, 2:57 PM

UMBC Model African Union Delegation Wins at Summit!

Congratulations to the Award-Winning 2020 UMBC Model African Union! MAU Delegates Olouwakemi Biaou, Assefa Akinwole, Lois Akomeah, Farrah Kuranchie, Fehintola Bright-Awonuga, Gloria...

Posted: March 1, 2020, 8:40 PM

Professor Gloria Chuku Publishes New Journal Article

Afrika Zamani 26 (2018): 77-107

Professor Gloria Chuku, Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, publishes a new article, "Youth Activism and Ethnic Violence in Nigeria: From Decolonization to the Nigeria-Biafra War, in the...

Posted: February 6, 2020, 10:48 AM

41st Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture

Dr. Nimi Wariboko

Consciousness, Citizenship, and Epistemology in Africa Wednesday, November 13, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM University Center : Ballroom 41st Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture Nimi Wariboko,...

Posted: November 12, 2019, 4:29 PM

UMBC celebrates 40 years of the W. E. B. Du Bois

Du Bois Lecture November 14, 2018 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

UMBC has a long tradition of honoring and promoting thoughtful analysis of diverse scholarship and continues this focus through the annual W. E. B. Du Bois Distinguished Lecture. This year marks...

Posted: November 12, 2018, 2:01 PM

Special Commemorative in Honor of the Late New Kofi Annan

Kwame Ansah-Brew, an Adjunct Professor in AFST

AFRICANA STUDIES PROFESSOR TO EULOGIZE AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Adjunct Professor Kwame Ansah-Brew of Africana Studies Department has been invited to eulogize the late UN Secretary-General Kofi...

Posted: September 14, 2018, 3:56 PM

AFST'S WELCOME RECEPTION

YOU ARE INVITED TO DEPARTMENT OF AFRICANA STUDIES WELCOME WEEK RECEPTION FINE ARTS BUILDING ROOM 559 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 12:00 NOON – 1:00 PM LIGHT REFRESHMENTS

Posted: September 4, 2018, 12:47 PM