Africa

Staff and guests of UNC Project-Malawi stand in front of the newly dedicated UNC Project Annex building at the Tidziwe Centre on the campus of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. Photo by Jon Gardiner.

African Studies Center

The African Studies Center provides the University and the people of North Carolina with a hub for interdisciplinary inquiry and communication on Africa. The center sponsors a wide variety of activities that bring together faculty and students from a large number of academic disciplines, focusing on the interconnected issues of history, political change, culture, gender, sustainability, health and religion. The center has been designated as a National Resource Center and Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship granting center by the U.S. Department of Education.

Departments, Centers and Programs

African Studies Center
Carolina for Kibera
Carolina Population Center
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies
Global Social Development Innovations
Institute of African American Research
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
The Water Institute
UNC Project-Malawi

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Programs of Study

CURRICULUM IN GLOBAL STUDIES

Major concentration in Africa

DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DIASPORA STUDIES

Major in African Studies
Minor in African Studies

Department of History

Major concentration in African, Asian and Middle Eastern History
Ph.D. in African History

Library Collections

Library Research Databases for African Studies
Library Research Databases for African American Studies
Health Sciences Library Global Resources: Malawi
Health Sciences Library Global Resources: Uganda
Stone Center Library

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