African Studies
African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (Pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography (ethnic groups), culture, politics, economy, languages, and religion (Islam, Christianity, traditional religions). A specialist in African studies is often referred to as an "Africanist". A key focus of the discipline is to interrogate epistemological approaches, theories and methods in traditional disciplines using a critical lens that inserts African-centred ways of knowing and references.
For Africanists, also known as communitarians, problems within Africa are thought to be caused because the real flesh-and-blood communities that comprise Africa are marginalized from public life as so many "tribes". Therefore, the solution is understood to be the need to defend culture and put Africa's age-old communities at the center of African politics. It is also argued that there is a need to "deexoticize" Africa and banalise it, rather than understand Africa as exceptionalized and exoticized.
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Matching African Studies Colleges
University of Kansas
Four or more years; Public; $25,586 average out-state tuition; $9,818 average in-state tuition |
Brown University
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $52,231 average out-state tuition; $52,231 average in-state tuition |
Barnard College
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $50,882 average out-state tuition; $50,882 average in-state tuition |
Bowdoin College
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $51,344 average out-state tuition; $51,344 average in-state tuition |
Stanford University
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $48,987 average out-state tuition; $48,987 average in-state tuition |
Howard University
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $24,122 average out-state tuition; $24,122 average in-state tuition |
Ohio University-Main Campus
Four or more years; Public; $21,360 average out-state tuition; $11,896 average in-state tuition |
Scholarships for African Studies Majors
Shoe-Smith ScholarshipUniversity of Colorado Boulder |
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award $4,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Wollitzer Merit Scholarship for Area or Competitive StudiesCouncil on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) |
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award $2,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Myrna Lee Sprengler Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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award $2,500 |
deadline Varies |
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William and Effa McMeans ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Sven Peterson Memorial Scholarship - UCSDUniversity of California, San Diego |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Arts and Science Alumni Affiliate Scholarship - Oakland UniversityOakland University |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Asa Iokepa de Neeve Aloha Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of Colorado Boulder |
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award $1,500 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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SJSU Alumni Association ScholarshipSan Jose State University, College of Social Sciences |
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award $1,250 |
deadline Varies |
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Humanities & Social Sciences Tiger Athletic Foundation ScholarshipLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge, College of Arts and Science |
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award $1,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Ernest R. Johnson Memorial PrizeUniversity of Iowa |
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award $1,000 |
deadline Varies |
African Studies Related Majors
- Women's Studies
- African-American/Black Studies
- French Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
- East Asian Studies
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies
- Asian Studies/Civilization
- German Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- American Indian/Native American Studies
- Gay/Lesbian Studies
- Spanish and Iberian Studies
- Russian Studies
- Area Studies
- Korean Studies
- Italian Studies