African Studies

Integral to our mission of training a new generation of African leaders, the African Studies Program at Ashesi University constitutes an important means for helping students understand Africa's past and present, and begin to formulate some ideas of how this diverse society might be shaped for future generations. Furthermore, the African Studies Program serves as a platform for collaboration between local and international scholars of Africana. Currently, the African Studies Program at Ashesi is a multi-disciplinary program with a selected set of advanced (level 300 & 400) courses in the following fields of study: African music and dance, archaeology, architecture, history, philosophy, political science, and sociology.

African Studies courses are of particular interest to Study Abroad students, and also serve as electives in the liberal arts core curriculum. Courses are taught on a flexible schedule driven by student interest and faculty availability. Students interested in taking specific African Studies course should express such interest to the Dean of Academic Affairs at least a full semester before the intended date of taking a specific course. Fulltime students must have successfully completed two prerequisites, Expository Writing and Text & Meaning, before taking an advanced course in African Studies.

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