SOAS re-imagines a new approach to African Studies

Introducing BA Africa and the Black Diaspora

SOAS University of London has launched a new undergraduate programme, BA Africa and the Black Diaspora. This degree programme signals an innovative new approach to re-imagining Africa and the Black Diaspora as part of SOAS’s broader social justice and equality agenda.

The new BA programme will enable students to engage with Africa on the global stage by acquiring substantive knowledge of historical and topical issues that are related to the continent. Students will also get the opportunity to engage with their own understanding of important contemporary themes including migration, colonialism, economic change, climate change and popular culture.

Dr. Wayne Dooling, Chair, Centre of African Studies comments: “In the context of global developments of the last few years – the resurgence of democratic movements on the African continent, Black Lives Matter, and the Covid-19 pandemic, to name but a few – it is abundantly clear that the study of the histories and cultures of Africans and people of African descent have a vital role to play in understanding the present and addressing contemporary issues.”

The possibility of combining the study of languages with a host of disciplines – from Politics to Anthropology; Economics to International Relations - makes this programme on Africa and the African Diaspora truly unique.

Dr. Ida Hadjivayanis, Lecturer in Swahili explains: “If you are interested in becoming a global changemaker, if you are interested in Africa and its diasporas, this is the programme for you.”

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