2024-2025 University Catalog
Africana Studies (AFCA)
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Africana Studies
Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the experiences of Africans and Africans in the Diaspora. This program incorporates courses that have long been an integral part of the Washington and Lee curriculum and includes such areas as art, history, literature, music, politics, and sociology. A minor in Africana Studies requires students to complete at least seven 3-credit courses (see Africana Studies Minor ). Students who complete this minor will develop a broad understanding of some of the key events, personalities, and issues that have shaped and continue to shape the experiences of Africans, African-Americans, and other African-descended peoples in the greater Diaspora.
Program Head: Michael Hill
Core Faculty
First date is the year in which the faculty member began regular faculty service at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.
Niels-Hugo Blunch, Ph.D. (2006, 2018)
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., George Washington University
Lena M. Hill , Ph.D. (2018, 2018)
Professor of English and Provost
Ph.D., Yale University
Michael D. Hill, Ph.D. (2018, 2018)
Professor of Africana Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Mohamed Kamara, Ph.D. (2001, 2021)
Professor of Romance Languages
Ph.D., Tulane University
Diego A. Millan, Ph.D. (2018, 2018)
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., Tufts University
Lucas E. Morel, Ph.D. (1999, 2009)
John K. Boardman Jr. Professor of Politics
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Courses listed below meet the requirements of the Africana Studies minor, but other courses across the curriculum that include an appropriate proportion of material on Africans or Africans in the Diaspora may be substituted with the approval of the program’s advisory committee. In such cases, students may petition the committee to allow other relevant courses.
Africana Studies Courses
Africana Studies courses are as follows:
and when appropriate:
Interdisciplinary Minor
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