In many American universities, African-American and African Studies were the proud products of the 1960s Civil Rights and other movements that paved the way for the recognition of the contribution of African-Americans to the development of the United States in particular and world civilization in general. Another dimension of that struggle was the emergence of African and African-American studies as academic disciplines in universities. Gradually, the programs proliferated across the country and universities took advantage of the existence of a pool of Black scholars to establish vibrant programs that dealt with the experiences of people of African descent in the United States, the Caribbean and other places.

New Fall 2009 Courses

• AAS 290: Special Topics A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade
• AAS 490: Women in the African Diaspora
• HIS 200: “Africa in Cuba, Cuba in Africa”: From the Slave Trade to the Cuban Internationalist Mis Africa

Summer 2009 Courses

• HIS 501: Studies in African History - Ghana