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African Diaspora in Ghana: Going Back to the Future

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Dr. Barbara McDade-Gordon recently joined participants from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and throughout the African Continent, at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria for the First Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA). Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was among the keynote speakers, delivering addresses on the conference theme, “African Studies in […]

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Spring Course: GEO4938/GEO6938/AFA3931

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Did You Know? -There are over 500,000 Black people living in China? China and African states have traded with each other for over 1,000 years. -More than 70% of Brazilians are of African descent – the largest concentration outside of Africa. -A Black politician recently elected to Novozavidovo district office in Russia was dubbed by […]

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