Join Muhlenberg’s Africana Studies Program today to be part of a community committed to creating revolutionary change rooted in racial justice.
Muhlenberg’s Africana Studies Program intertwines scholarship and activism in pursuit of building an equitable world.
Our interdisciplinary courses and extracurricular events center and celebrate the vibrant histories, cultures, and contributions of Black populations around the world and offer robust discussions of the history of anti-Black racism and its contemporary reverberations.
The Africana Studies Program uses anti-racist, intersectional frameworks to prepare students from all backgrounds to identify and dismantle racist systems; contribute to our diverse world in ethical, transformative ways; and embark upon a variety of career paths and life experiences equipped to be empathetic, innovative global citizens who are committed to imagining and implementing positive social change.
Learning Goals
Students who graduate with an Africana Studies minor will be able to:
- Use an interdisciplinary approach to understand how Eurocentric constructions of race and anti-Blackness have shaped a multitude of hierarchies that dominate our world in violent ways and how Black communities have challenged those aforementioned hierarchies;
- Discuss the significance of the intellectual, artistic, and many other cultural contributions of Black populations;
- Discuss ways to use your knowledge of Africana Studies to consider and propose new ways of understanding and tackling issues facing Black populations today.
