Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity

Students who would like to major or minor in African Studies can do so through the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity (RDI). This department gives students space to explore three concepts that have shaped the modern world and continue to reverberate in contemporary thought, action, culture, and policy: race, a social construction that defines difference and shapes relations among people; diaspora, formed through processes of migration and practices of collective meaning-making; and indigeneity, which refers to the categorization and self-identity of people dwelling on a given territory that has been subjected, often violently, to occupation or settlement.

Other Majors

It is also possible to focus on Africa by taking courses and conducting BA research through other disciplines and centers. Particularly popular are the majors in Anthropology, History, Comparative Human Development, and Global Studies.