African American and African Studies @ WFU
African American and African Studies at Wake Forest University is a signature academic program that:
- Leverages the University’s distinctive commitment “to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts” while educating a new generation of scholars and citizens committed to serving humanity
- Employs a broad humanistic framework in providing a novel intellectual space for students and scholars to develop new knowledge in their attempt “to ask and answer the fundamental questions of human existence”
- Distinguishes its approach to the discipline by its unique focus on the cultures, knowledges, and expressions of African descended people in the southern United States and their global reverberations.
“I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition – about what we can endure, dream, fail at, and still survive.”
– Maya Angelou
AFAM@Wake
African American and African Studies is integral to a liberal arts education.
Academics
Learn more about our signature African American and African Studies program and see what’s being offered this spring.
Faculty
Meet our distinguished African American and African Studies faculty.
2026 Williams College Sterling A. Brown ’22 Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture with Dean Corey D. B. Walker
News
The 2026 Williams College Sterling A. Brown ’22 Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture with Dean Corey D. B. Walker is now available on YouTube. The link is in our bio. 🔗 @WilliamsCollege
#blackstudies #highereducation
Announcing the @WFUEEJI 2026 Mellon Environmental and Epistemic Justice Summer Institute, taking place June 1-4, 2026 in London, England. We are thrilled to welcome institute faculty and fellows as they engage in research , teaching, and community engagement. #environment
Announcing the @WFUEEJI 2026 Mellon Environmental and Epistemic Justice Summer Institute, taking place June 1-4, 2026 in London, England. We are thrilled to welcome institute faculty and fellows as they engage in research , teaching, and community engagement. #environment
Dean Corey D. B. Walker, Sterling Brown ’22 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Africana Studies, @WilliamsCollege , will present a lecture titled “Whither Now and Why: Black Studies and the Fate of the University.”
#africanastudies #blackstudies #highereducation
WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE: A National Forum on Black Studies Under Fire
Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 7:00 PM ET | 6:00 PM CT
Free & Open to the Public | Zoom Webinar
Register: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9OMl_RnSQVWB0LmdaYzylg#/registration
Today we celebrate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If you are local to Winston-Salem, please consider signing up for the 2026 MLK Day Read-In, sponsored by @WakeForest , @WSSURAMS and @HandsOnNWNC. Registration closes on January 20 at 12pm. Link in bio.
#mlkday
Welcome back, Deacs! We hope you have a great semester and we look forward to seeing you in class. 😊
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