Welcome to CSAAD

Advancing cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora.

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Welcome to CSAAD

Advancing cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora.

Salvador, Bahia
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Welcome to CSAAD

Advancing cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora.

Sirimou, Mali
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The mission of the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) at NYU is to advance cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora in ways that bring that scholarship into sustained conversation.

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Aksum and Medina: African Diaspora and Early Islam

20 Cooper Square

CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Hamza Zafir University of Washington Tuesday, September 16, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 5 FL, Room 503 New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/93654463712 Join the Center for the Study of Africa and African Diaspora (CSAAD) this September to discuss Dr. Hamza Zafer’s exploration of Islamic […]

Art, History, and Cultural Politics in Africa Today

Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New York, NY, United States

September 23rd, 2025 5 pm to 8 pm Hemmerdinger Hall NYU Silver Center 31 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10003 Organized by the French department of Literature, Thought and culture and the Center for the study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) at New York University (NYU), in collaboration with Skinfama, the conference "Art, […]

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