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.
News & Announcements
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New Faculty Publications (Spring 2024): S. Hudani’s Master Plans and Minor Acts; also, S. Camara & M. Mwamzandi (co-editors), African Languages, Literatures, and Postcolonial Modernity
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 …
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Global Africana Review (8th edition)
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 …
AAAD is excited to welcome its newest faculty member! Introducing Professor Nadia Mosquera Muriel!
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 …
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Africana Public Interest Journal (Volume 1)
The Department is proud to announce the publication of the inaugural volume of the Africana Public Interest Journal (APIJ_Journal_2023). Comprised of articles written by AAAD faculty members and other scholars, this occasional journal features a range of important studies concerning …