Jun 26, 2026
Inside the classroom: Exploring global connections through African pastoralism
Cowboys in Africa course reveals how rural economies in Africa shape, and are shaped by, the wider world
Africana Studies
Jun 27, 2025
Prof. Rogers Orock releases book, ‘Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa’
Prof. Rogers Orock releases new book on how rumors and conspiracy theories construct popular narratives about postcolonial elites, sexualities, and power…
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.
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…