Department of Africana Studies
A key figure in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Black History, Oscar Ritchie continues to inspire generations of students and educators.
Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, one of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's oldest student organizations, is working to maintain the legacy of the organization credited for starting the formal observance of February as Black History Month.
Sounds of joyful singing could be heard coming from Oscar Ritchie Hall, when a group of nine students and their professor from the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa, were welcomed to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï as part of an exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in South Africa.
When he was a student at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, Preston Mitchum, BA ‘08, was heavily involved in student government and other organizations and recalls taking part in a considerable number of campus protests.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State faculty and students discussed belonging and other issues at author Bettina Love's book signing on Thursday.
The Nkafu Policy Institute recently appointed Ghana native Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, one of its Non-Resident Fellows in Governance & Democracy.