An Africanist is a specialist in African affairs, cultures, or languages. The term is sometimes used erronously to mean African, Afrocentist or Pan-Africanist. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Pan-Africanism is a term which can have two separate, but related meanings. ...
The deceptively similar term Africanism means: a characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature. An Africanist is a specialist in African affairs, cultures, or languages. ...
African American Studies is also recognized as one of the most dynamic departments at Oberlin College.
African American Studies is neither conceived nor conducted as a narrowly focused, separate enclave for "fls only." Rather, the discipline is recognized as a valuable under-taking for all members of the Oberlin community, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic background.
African American Studies 101 and other beginning courses may serve as prerequisites to all intermediate and advanced courses.
African American studies, or Black studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans.
Programs and departments of African American studies were first created in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of student and faculty activism at many universities, sparked by a five months strike for fl studies at San Francisco State.
The creation of programs and departments in Black studies was a common demand of protests and sit-ins by minority students and their allies, who felt that their cultures and interests were underserved by the traditional academic structures.