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 …

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 previous …

Dear Carolina Community, We are excited to welcome you back to campus for the Fall 2022 semester. This marks the start of the third academic year that has been impacted by COVID-19, and our understanding of the virus is greater … Read more

Preserving endangered Islamic manuscripts June 1, 2022 Scholars from the department of African, African American and diaspora studies and a University Libraries digitization specialist traveled to Senegal and Mali to preserve and digitize 6,000 pages of handwritten Islamic manuscripts. Samba … Read more

      Representatives of ten of North Carolina’s Africana Studies programs met on Friday, April 8, at the UNC Sonja Hayes Stone Center to discuss ways to collaborate on joint initiatives ranging from a statewide student conference and study-abroad … Read more

Powered by Libraries UNC-Chapel Hill’s $1.3 billion research enterprise wouldn’t be possible without its 10 libraries and numerous librarians, archivists, and staff members. These resources are vital for the entire research lifecycle, from idea generation to data retrieval to digitization … Read more

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 previous …