African and African American Studies

Krush Groove and other movie posters

June 13, 2018

Classic Black Films Put Black Music Out Front

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Mark Anthony Neal with AAAS alumnae

May 1, 2018

Co-Creating Knowledge: AAAS Holds An Intellectual Reunion of Duke Alumnae

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Was Cairo’s Grand Opera House A Tool Of Cultural Imperialism?

April 26, 2018

Adam Mestyan: Was Cairo’s Grand Opera House A Tool Of Cultural Imperialism?

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A Duke-Durhamite On How Jobs, Housing Interact With Statement On Police Exchanges

April 24, 2018

Jazmynne Williams: A Duke-Durhamite On How Jobs, Housing Interact With Statement On Police Exchanges

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Celestin Monga: There is no problem facing Africa today that hasn't already been successfully solved elsewhere.

April 11, 2018

Said@Duke: Célestin Monga on Africa's Challenges and Future

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What Martin Luther King Jr. Would Think Of Black Lives Matter Today

April 4, 2018

Richard Lischer: What Martin Luther King Jr. Would Think Of Black Lives Matter Today

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Regina Bradley: You really don't need to include Faulkner in a discussion about the black South

April 3, 2018

Said@Duke: Regina Bradley on the Literature of the Black South

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The Africa We Haven’t Yet Imagined

March 22, 2018

Valerie C. Cooper: The Africa We Haven’t Yet Imagined

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Murs: What keeps my career going is i am a public servant

February 14, 2018

Said@Duke: Rapper Murs on Artists as Public Servants

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February 7, 2018

Duke Celebrates the Past and the Future During Black History Month

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In Praise Of Keorapetse Kgositsile -- Lion Among Men

February 6, 2018

Tsitsi Jaji: In Praise Of Keorapetse Kgositsile -- Lion Among Men

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Natasha Walker: I wanted to create images that evoke a sense of pride in women.

January 31, 2018

Said@Duke: Natasha Powell Walker on Creating Pride Through Art

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January 29, 2018

A Conversation on the State of Voting Rights in N.C.

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Was 2017 The Craziest Year In U.S. Political History?

January 2, 2018

Adriane Lentz-Smith: Was 2017 The Craziest Year In U.S. Political History?

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Grammy nominees Christopher Jacobson and Patrick "9th Wonder" Douthit. Douthit photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons via Flowizm

December 20, 2017

Duke Musicians Are Heading to the Grammys This Weekend

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New faculty member Samuel F. Daly has traced the far-flung influences of East Africans and how they have in different ways shaped the modern world.

December 5, 2017

Samuel Daly: How African History Helped Shape the Modern World

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