Civic Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos

Why Choose Africana Studies?

Students who complete either the major or minor in Africana Studies learn the roles that the people of Africa have played in countries all over the world. Africana Studies offers students the opportunity to examine the contributions of Africa and the Black Diaspora to the global community.

Pictured: Civic Towers and surrounding areas, Victoria Island, Lagos

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Learn

African and African diaspora:

  • literature
  • customs
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • economics

Study

The Africana Studies program involves the study of Black freedom across Africa, North America, and Caribbean through multiple disciplinary vantage points:

  • anthropology
  • art and dance
  • culture
  • dance
  • fashion
  • history
  • language and literature
  • philosophy
  • political science
  • sociology
  • women's studies

Understand

People of African descent live not only in the United States, but also in Canada, the Caribbean islands, Europe and South America.

Brazil, for example, is home to more people of African descent than the United States.

Marcus Watson, Coordinator of Africana Studies

Questions about Africana Studies?

Please contact

Marcus DuBois Watson
Coordinator of the Africana Studies Program
watsonmd@buffalostate.edu  
106-f Bacon Hall