Apr 8, 2025
In the media: Prof. Orock quoted by Reuters about presidential election in Gabon
Rogers Orock, assistant professor of Africana studies, was quoted in two April 2 Reuters articles.
Africana Studies
Sep 6, 2024
Meet our new faculty: Rogers Orock
Learn more about Rogers Orock, assistant professor of Africana studies.
Mar 19, 2024
A world of learning: Senegal
Eighteen students spent three weeks learning about the experience of modernity in a West African city.
Jun 20, 2023
Lafayette gathers to commemorate Juneteenth
Lafayette College gathers to commemorate Juneteenth.
Mar 31, 2023
Global Senegal: Alternative Modernities
Enjoy photos from the course: Global Senegal: Alternative Modernities.
Sep 12, 2022
Wendy Wilson-Fall
Wendy Wilson-Fall was recently promoted from associate professor to professor.
Mar 22, 2022
Video: Inside the Archives
This Women's History Month, learn about the Grace Hopper Coding Glossary and Marie Curie's Treatise on Radioactivity, two artifacts that live within the…
Mar 14, 2022
Faculty hosting first-ever conference on the study of nighttime in Africa
Scholars from around the world are expected to join Profs. Robert Blunt and Christopher Lee to explore the study of nighttime in Africa at a conference…
Sep 20, 2021
Aaron Pride
Professor Pride's area of expertise is African American history in the early 20th and late 19th century.
Jun 29, 2021
Prof. Christopher Lee on Africa’s Relationship with China
Associate professor of history expresses how issues of framing, narration, and analysis have created problematic misrepresentations.