Oct 25, 2022
AFS Welcomes Speaker Jori Lewis
A graduate of the University of Chicago in Anthropology, Jori Lewis is an award-winning independent writer and editor who writes about the environment…
Announcements
Oct 17, 2022
Africana Studies Welcomes Dr. Anima Adjepong
The Africana Studies Program, along with the Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and the International Affairs Program, welcomes Dr. Anima Adjepong…
Oct 28, 2020
Africana Studies Welcomes Visiting Professor V. N. Trinh
V.N. Trinh is a visiting instructor in the Africana Studies program at Lafayette College. His research and teaching specialties revolve around race and…
Mar 9, 2020
The David L. Sr. and Helen J. Temple Visiting Lecture Series presents Mark Thomas Gibson on March 26, 2020
The Africana Studies Program, through the David L., Sr. and Hellen J. Temple Visiting Lecture Series Fund, is pleased to welcome Mark Thomas Gibson to…
Oct 28, 2019
Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann visit AFS 101
Archaeologist and professor Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann will be speaking about her research concerning Christianborg Castle and Danish-African alliances from…
Apr 17, 2019
Visit from filmmaker Zadi Zokou, April 17, 2019
On April 17th, Africana Studies is hosting filmmaker Zadi Zokou; this event is cosponsored by the student group LACSA. Zadi Zokou’s documentary Black…
Sep 26, 2018
President and Nobel Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf served as the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, and was the first elected female head of state in Africa. She is a Nobel…
Sep 20, 2018
The David L. Sr. and Helen J. Temple Visiting Lecture Series presents Charles Burwell
Charles Burwell holds an MFA from Yale University School of Art. He is represented by Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. His work is represented…
Sep 15, 2017
2018 Winter Interim in Senegal Information Meeting
Are you interested in spending the 2018 Winter Interim in Senegal? If so, please plan to attend the information meeting and see if this study abroad opportunity…
Aug 30, 2017
A Journey Through Slavery at the Whitney Plantation-The 2017 David L., Sr. and Helen J. Temple Visiting Lecture Series in Africana Studies
Click Here for a review of Dr. Seck’s lecture that appeared in The Lafayette Lecture: A Journey Through Slavery at the Whitney Plantation When: Wednesday…