Program of African Studies
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The Program of African Studies was founded by Melville J. Herskovits at Northwestern University in 1948.
The Program serves as a vital base for the world-class Africanist faculty, students, and professionals attracted to Northwestern and its renowned Herskovits Library of Africana Studies. PAS has achieved international prominence for its production of innovative scholarship, training of African specialists, and development of new ways of thinking about the African World.[1]