African Studies

To incorporate African Studies, MEALAC plans name, curriculum change

Columbia’s MEALAC, is proposing to change its name to the department of Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies. MEALAC, the department hopes, will soon become MESAAS.

By Amber Tunnell and Madina Toure | Feb 4 03:20 am ET

African studies strewn across University

In the late spring of 1968, as Columbia attempted to regain its footing after the explosive student protests tied to the Vietnam War and campus expansion, a movement that would become a controversial issue was emerging at Barnard.

By Scott Levi | Apr 1 08:36 pm ET

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