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      From politics and history to sociology and more, our faculty's publications cover a wide range of topics exploring the African and African-American experience.

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      With a board of actively engaged faculty and a longer list of affiliated faculty, the Center’s work spans diverse academic disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and public health.

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      The Center for Africana Studies takes an interdisciplinary approach in its broad inquiry into the ideas and experiences of African peoples throughout the world.

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      The Center offers an undergraduate major and minor, focusing on three major subfields: African-American studies, African and diaspora studies, and urban studies.

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    News & Announcements

    September 15, 2016

    The Center for Africana Studies Stands with Standing Rock

    We Stand with Standing Rock We begin with the recognition that Johns Hopkins University exists on Susquehannock, Piscataway, and Lenape land. We also acknowledge the presence and history of Lumbee and Cherokee migration into the region, often alongside African Americans migrating to the region. We honor all who came before, all who are here now, […]


    JHU Forums on Race in America

    On September 27, 2016, Robin D.G. Kelley, Salamishah Tillet, and Dayvon Love will visit Johns Hopkins for a panel discussion titled, “The next 50 years: Black power’s afterlife and the struggle for social justice,” as part of the JHU Forums on Race in America series.


    Congratulations Lester Spence!

    Congratulations to Lester Spence, who was presented with the “Best of Baltimore 2016: Best Nonfiction Book” award for Knocking the Hustle. View the City Paper review here.


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    Faculty Books
    Guyer, Jane_African Niche
    An African Niche Economy: Farming to Feed Ibadan 1968-1988

    Jane Guyer, author

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    Empire and Slavery in American Literature, 1820-1865

    Eric Sundquist, author

    Connolly_WorldMoreConcrete
    A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida

    N. D. B. Connolly, author

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