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The 46th Annual W.E.B DuBois Lecture

Please join us for the 46th Annual W.E.B DuBois Lecture on November 11, 2024 in the UC Ballroom at 6:00 pm!

Posted: September 10, 2024, 6:10 PM

Africana Studies Fall 2024 Welcome Reception

Please join us for the AFST Fall Reception on September 4, 2024 in the Fine Arts Building, Room 559 at 12 noon - 1 pm.  Come learn more about the department and its students, staff, and faculty....

Posted: August 26, 2024, 11:51 AM

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

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