CSUDH Africana Studies is celebrating its 30th anniversary as a department during the 2025-2026 academic year. The anniversary theme is Africana Studies Then, Africana Studies Now, Africana Studies Forever: Celebrating 30 Years of Nurturing Scholars, Thinkers & Leaders.
As part of the anniversary celebrations, the department of Africana Studies is hosting a series of events in collaboration with the History department:
Embers of Pan-Africanism: Nkrumahist Intellectuals and Decolonization, 1960-1980
Dr. Bright Gyamfi, Rutgers University
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
4-6 p.m.
University Library 5th Floor Commons
The Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke & Herbert Carter Lecture
Dr. Keston Perry, UCLA
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
4-6 p.m.
University Library 5th Floor Commons
February 9-14, 2026: Africana Studies Week
Pedagogy, Laughter and Solidarity in Africana Studies Classrooms
Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herald, UC Irvine
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
4-6 p.m.
Claudia Hampton Hall, Welch Hall-D165
The W.E.B. Du Bois Distinguished Lecture: “Black Studies in the Age of AI”
Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, UCLA
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
4-6 p.m.
University Library 5th Floor Commons
