This study is an essential part of academic diversity because it helps in reshaping, reconceptualizing, and remolding traditional approaches to the study of the African continent. The program came to existence as a result of the need to have better understanding of the global arena, its processes and key institutions that are critical in appreciating the multicultural and multilingual geosphere called Earth. Although particular attention will be paid to continental Africa, students will have the opportunity to explore identities, cultures, literature, politics, and socio-economic issues of black peoples in the Americas as well as in Europe.