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Graduate Certificate in African Diaspora Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

Programme overview

The certificate introduces current scholarship on the African Diaspora and a grounding in the historical, political, literary and cultural responses of African peoples to diasporic conditions.

Faculty: Graduate School  |  Department: W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies  |  Location: Amherst, MA, United States

What you will study

Graduates are expected to gain grounding in the development of Pan-Africanism and the African Diaspora in the Americas, conceptual strategies for engaging diaspora discourses, and working knowledge of issues such as refugee status, exile, migration, immigration, transnationalism and expatriation.

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Application information

Apply through the official page: https://www.umass.edu/graduate/apply

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