NEWS AND EVENTS
Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Global Read-a-Thon
Drawing from the success of the annual CSAD Global Read-a-Thon, the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora has partnered with the Mandela Washington Fellowship to hold a summer Read-a-Thon. CSAD will continue with this year’s theme: GSU CSAD Global Read-a-Thon...read more ❯
GSU researchers examine Afro-Brazilians, enslavement across the Americas
Experts and a student from Georgia State University are researching the scope of enslavement across the Americas. They’ve centered their studies in Salvador, Brazil, where they’re examining the history and culture of Afro-Brazilians. READ...read more ❯
Georgia State University Launches South’s First Hip-Hop Studies Consortium
Georgia State University’s Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora (CSAD) and the Africana Studies Department are looking to make GSU the Southern leader in the study of hip-hop culture. read more ❯
GSU Global read-a-thon to spotlight Black literature from across the African Diaspora
Edvige Jean-François, the executive director of the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora (CSAD) at Georgia State University, discusses a global read-a-thon that’s being held in celebration of Black History Month. (LaShawn Hudson/WABE) READ...read more ❯
Freedom School Lecture Series: Akua Naru
Exciting Announcement! Join us for an electrifying journey through the vibrant history of women and girls in hip hop with our Freedom School lecture series: The Keeper Project!
Dive deep into the last 50 years of hip hop culture as we celebrate the incredible...read more ❯
Georgia State Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora to Host 2nd Annual Global Read-a-Thon
The event, which will take place Feb. 27, will include partners from The Gambia, Germany and Colombia, as well as participants on the Georgia State University Atlanta Campus and other Atlanta-based universities. read more ❯
Edvige Jean-François will be moderating Hamilton’s 2023-24 Common Ground series with a discussion about bipartisanship, agriculture, and climate.
Hamilton alumnus and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ’72 and Rep. G.T. Thompson, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, will...read more ❯
Elizabeth J. West appears as a guest on WABE's a Closer Look with Rose Scott: 60th anniversary of the March on Washington
On Monday, for a special edition of “Closer Look,” show host Rose Scott talked with guests about the march’s pivotal point in history with a special guest who witnessed the event.read more ❯
Three Alumni Elected to Board of Trustees
Hamilton’s Alumni Council has elected three alumni trustees to serve on the Board of Trustees for four-year terms beginning July 1. They are Edvige Jean-Francois ’90, Kevin O’Donnell ’89, P’22,’25, and William...read more ❯
Georgia State Team Receives Fulbright-Hays Grant to Support Immersive Seminar Abroad on Afro-Brazilian Culture
A team from Georgia State University has garnered a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a four-week seminar next summer, where Georgia State will take 16 educators and students in the...read more ❯
Contact Us
Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora
Mailing address:
College of Arts & Sciences
P.O. Box 4038
Atlanta, GA 30302-4038
Edvige Jean-François, DHumLitt
Executive Director
Dr. Elizabeth West
Director of Academics
Joni Williams
Administrative Specialist