AFS-BA - Africana Studies, B.A.

Students will:

1.      recall the history and development of the discipline of Africana Studies, including its history, purpose, and unique African-centered lens that may apply to all matter of phenomena

2.      analyze how pertinent issues and perspectives of Africana Studies apply to Buffalo and Western New York (neighborhood, city, region, nation, and global locale)

3.      assess the multidisciplinary nature of Africana Studies and explain how its multiple lenses offer unique problem-solving ideas across various real-world problems and professions

4.      identify and explain systems of inequity and its intersectional nature across Africa and the African diaspora

5.      use course concepts to decenter oppressive ideology in theory and practice