Mission Statement

The Africana Studies Department is dedicated to advancing the academic and career goals of our students, promoting research and the dissemination of knowledge in the field of Africana Studies and related disciplines and fostering the strategic goals of the College, i.e., to maintain and enhance academic quality, to assure a student-oriented campus and to support the greater good of the citizens in the Brooklyn community.  Through our work as teachers in the various sub-fields in Africana Studies, our individual research in these fields, and our service to the campus community and the Brooklyn community at large, we uphold the strategic goals of the College.