W.E.B. DuBois
The Program in "Africana Studies:  African Americans, Africans and the Diaspora" at Williams College offers a range of courses taught by faculty in history, English, political science, music, theatre, dance and the visual and performing arts. Faculty research interests include: civil rights and human rights movements, slavery, the Harlem Renaissance, contemporary incarceration and policing, comparative literature, gender and women's studies, African music and dance, contemporary theatre and performance studies. A range of courses is regularly offered in the social sciences, arts and humanities.

The program is augmented by endowed special lectures and visiting professorships including the annual Allison Davis Lecture, Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships, the Sterling Brown Visiting Professorship, and active theatre, dance, and music ensembles such as Stalwart Originality and Kusika and Zambezi Marimba Band.

Williams faculty offer winter study sessions in Africa, the Caribbean or South America that contribute to the concentration in Africana Studies.