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Apply to the Woodson Fellowship Program - Applications due December 15th, 2024

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They Learn Swahili. The Community Reaps the Rewards

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Upcoming Events

African Studies Colloquium Series with Rabiat Akande, Wednesday December, 4 at 3:30 pm in Minor 110

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New Courses for Spring 2025

Enroll now in these exciting AAS Courses for Spring 2025

Over the course of its 40 year history, the Woodson Institute has advanced African American and African Studies around the world by transforming the professoriate, training the next generation of scholars, and educating the general public about issues of race, social justice, and inequality.

Undergraduate Program

The African American and African Studies curriculum exposes students to the lives and experiences of people in the global African diaspora.

Fellowship Program

The fellowship program has supported the work of over 180 emerging scholars who have gone on to shape the field of black studies scholarship.

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Publications

Fit Citizens

University of North Carolina Press (2023)

Trafficking in Antiblackness

Trafficking in Antiblackness

Duke University Press (2023)

Disabilities of the Color Line

Disabilities of the Color Line

NYU Press (2022)