African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) is an interdisciplinary department dedicated to the study of the histories, cultures, and lived realities of people of African descent around the world.
Please check out the AAAD courses that are being offered in Fall 2024. Our course catalog features information about over three dozen classes that cover a wide range of topics concerning African, African American, and Diaspora history, arts, politics, languages, … Read more
Congratulations to AAAD faculty member Shakirah Hudani regarding the recent publication of her monograph, Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda (University of Chicago Press). Also, congratulations to AAAD faculty members Samba Camara and Mohamed Mwamzandi …
The Global Africana Review is the Department’s academic journal comprised of UNC undergraduate students’ research. The inaugural issue was launched in Spring 2017. An electronic version of the journal can be found in the Carolina Digital Repository, along with …
Professor Mosquera Muriel joined the department in January 2024 as an assistant professor and as the Anthony Harrington Fellow. She specializes in Afro-Latin American social movements and structural inequalities at the intersection of race, class, and gender, with a focus …