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 …
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 …
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 …
Linkages is the newsletter of the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies. It is published annually and showcases the work and activities of our faculty, students, staff, and alumni. 2022-23 Linkages (most recent) 2020-22 Linkages 2014-20 Linkages The Department would like to recognize and congratulate all of our 2023 graduating majors and minors. We are most gratified by your achievements and look forward to learning about the many ways that you will make the world a better … 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 …
Kenneth Janken receives George Johnson Prize, recognition for distinguished achievement November 3, 2022 | Kristen Chavez Kenneth Janken, professor of African, African American and Diaspora Studies, is the 2022 recipient of the George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by … Read more 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*NOW AVAILABLE*: Global Africana Review (8th edition)
AAAD is excited to welcome its newest faculty member! Introducing Professor Nadia Mosquera Muriel!
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Africana Public Interest Journal (Volume 1)
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Linkages newsletter (2022-23 edition)
Congratulations to our newest AAAD graduates and alumni!
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Global Africana Review (7th edition)
Congratulations to Prof. Kenneth Janken, winner of the George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement
*Latest COVID-19 Update (7-29-2022)*
AAAD Professors work to preserve and digitize rare Islamic manuscripts