Announcements/Events Listing

It is with great sadness that our community lost a powerful educator, psychologist, writer, poet, author, and queen Dr. Julia Hare.  Africa

Chicken & Juice is an opportunity for faculty, administrators, staff, and students to network and create community over a delicious meal.  Join us for the luncheon sponsored by Africana Studies

Celebrate 50 years of Black Studies with Burnt Sugar Arkestra at the BSU GET DOWN on Monday, October 29 4pm to 7pm at the Student Event Li

Upending the Ivory Tower

October 25th from12:30 pm-2pm; Ethnic Studies, Room 116

We are proud to partner with esteemed alumna Adrienne Anderson to screen selections from the Black Laurel Film Festival at SF State, McKenna Theatre from 6:15pm until...

Welcome Back!! Classes begin Monday, August 27.

Join us for a screening of four great shorts that celebrate our shared 50 years since 1968!

Announcing SF State Scholars!!

It is the time to congratulate the achievements of our outstanding graduates! 

Jabulani: The Black African Legacy Rite

The film by Black Studies & Cinema alumnus Boots Riley is in theatres July 6!

Tuesday, April 17th, The African Student Association will host their 3rd Annual Harambe!

Representation Matters - Black Business Students Asociation and Black Unity Center present this engaging panel from 6pm to 8pm in Library 121 on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.

Join us on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in EP 116 at 3:30pm until 7pm for lively dialogue and poetry!

Warmest wishes to Dr. Nathan Hare— the first Chair of Black Studies! Happy Birthday! We honor you!!

Renowned Dr. Kevin Cokley presents today’s Mbongi!! See flier for details.

An electronic version of our Department brochure. Registration for Fall 2019 is upon us. Meet with both faculty advisers and Student Engagement Center advisers!

Sneak Preview is on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Rain or Shine, our campus will be ready to welcome you!

When: Saturday, April 7, 2018

The Black Unity Center is conducting research on student engagement among students who identify as Black, African, or African American, and we are inviting you to participate.

Join us at Malcolm X Plaza at 7pm before the BSU meeting to engage a short program of rememberance and meditation on Dr. King’s life and legacy. We shall overcome.

Africana studies students, staff and faculty proudly represented the dawn of the discipline and its 50 years of triumph at the 42nd National Council of Black Studies Conference this past week in At

When: March 6^th from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Where: Library Rm 121

Join Us! February 22, 2018 for Chicken & Juice. Location: Ethnic Studies/Psychology Building Room 116 Time: 12:30pm to 2pm Vegetarian and Gluten Free Options Available

Wastewater Treatment is the process of turning water that is considered unusable, into usable water.

The Black Business Student Association will be hosting as Black Resource Fair

Are you ready for graduation Spring or Summer 2018?

We can help you cross the stage!

Are you ready for graduation Spring or Summer 2018?

We can help you cross the stage!

About the Conference

The Black Unity Center will show the film, "The Black Candle" and lead a discussion about the Nguzo Saba (the seven principles of Kwanzaa).

Come and enjoy a workshop about you... and dealing with stress before finals get intense! Learn how to channel nervous energy for the end of the semester.

Join us to learn about graffiti writing culture, its ancient origins, and the state of the arts as Mr. Brumfield demonstrates on a wall in the Black Unity Center!!!

Do not miss Analisa Brown research findings. In Ethnic Psychology Building in room 116 on November 28th 2017.

The Department of Africana Studies proudly announces the generous contributions of BSU co-founder, Jerry Wayne Varnado, Esq.

Artist, writer, and scholar of visual culture, Duane Deterville, hosted the Black Unity Center’s event, “The Future Blackwards: Afrifuturism and Black Visual Culture” on October 3rd.

Make a gift donation to the Africana Studies Department today! Any amount is appreciated and it all goes back to continue to help the department thrive.

Jerry Wayne Varnado received a BA in Economics from San Francisco State University in 1969.

The 18th Annual Scholarship Awards is this Sunday, October 15th!