Welcome to Africana Studies!
The Program in Africana Studies housed in the College of Liberal Arts is part of the larger Auburn University mission to generate and distribute new knowledge on people of African origin, both Continental Africans and African Diaspora, especially those in the United States and the other nations of the Americas. The struggle to achieve racial equality and understand the impact of race on the life and institutions of the United States, remains a challenge to educators and educational institutions across America. But while still faced with daunting challenges, Black peoples both on the African continent and in the Diaspora have been and will continue to be active agents in transforming world cultures and civilizations, and it is important that Auburn University undergraduates have the opportunity to focus a portion of their course work on Africana Studies.
The discipline of Africana Studies promotes academic excellence, social awareness, and social responsibility while focusing on African peoples and people of African descent. It challenges and stimulates students to contribute to the development of their communities’ cultural, aesthetic, and economic environments by pursuing research and outreach opportunities. The minor in Africana studies is structured as an interdisciplinary curriculum drawing from a wide spectrum of sciences, the humanities, social sciences, the arts, music, engineering, agriculture, and business. Only a broad education which cultivates an interdisciplinary approach to learning can capture the complex social, cultural, aesthetic, political, and economic realities of the people of African descent.
DirectorPatience Essah, Associate Professor |
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Last updated August 26, 2008
