Welcome to CSAAD

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

Citadelle Laferrière, Milot, Haiti
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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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Social Suffering and Armed Violence of the Black Geographies in the Pacific Coast of Colombia

20 Cooper Square

CSAAD 2025-2026 PostDoctoral Fellowship Presentation Dr. Bladimir Carabali Hinestroza CSAAD PostDoctoral Fellow, Fall 2025 Wednesday, December 10, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 5th FL, Room 503 New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95862798209 Please join CSAAD for our final Africa~Diaspora Forum Series event this semester, led by our Fall 2025 PostDoctoral Fellow Dr. Bladimir […]

Between Exceptionality and Obscurity: Excavating the Political Worlds of Afro-Panamanian Women

20 Cooper Square

CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi Rutgers University - New Brunswick Wednesday, December 03, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 5th FL, Room 503 New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/94244279229 Please join CSAAD for our Africa~Diaspora Forum Series event for Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi. This presentation by Dr. Corinealdi examines the […]

Ajami Manuscripts: New Sources of Knowledge for African and African Diaspora Studies

Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New York

CSAAD 2025-2026 Distinguished Scholar Event Dr. Fallou Ngom Boston University Tuesday, November 11, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm NYU Silver Center, Hemmerdinger Hall 31 Washington Pl New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/92593107329 Please join CSAAD for our annual Distinguished Scholar Event, featuring Dr. Fallou Ngom's lecture presentation on Ajami Manuscript. Sub-Saharan Africa is often portrayed […]

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