African American and Black Diaspora Studies is Boston University’s Newest Major
Growing interest from students and faculty and strong support from the university boosts profile of program under leadership of Louis Chude-Sokei
BY SARA RIMER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY CYDNEY SCOTT
To see how Louis Chude-Sokei has reshaped Boston University’s African American Studies Program in the five years since he became director, all you have to do is check out the course catalog: the 29 new offerings (some cross-listed with religion, law, political science, history, medicine, and other subjects) include Race, Memory, and Diaspora in US Popular Music; The Prison and Black Writing; Reparations, Restitution, Restorative Justice for Slavery and Jim Crow Segregation; and Race, Sex and Science Fiction (taught by Chude-Sokei, a lifelong science fiction aficionado).
Soumanou Salifou (administrator)
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