The Development of African Studies in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18929839 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol A Dressel (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Pages | 66-73 |
| Publication date | 1966-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0002020600038762 |
| OpenAlex | W2278936571 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
The earliest interest in Africa among institutions of higher education in the United States was probably that of denominational colleges which trained missionaries for Africa and other areas. But their motivation was to bring the fruits of Western civilization to non-Western areas, and this had no effect on the college curriculum of the nineteenth century. The missionary interest has continued in at least one major African studies program. The Hartford Seminary Foundation offers courses on missionary problems, African religions, and Christianity in Africa. It also teaches several African languages. Northwestern University has had an interest in African anthropology which dates back to 1927. No available information, however, has revealed whether courses then offered included the study of Africa. During World War II, there was an abortive attempt to organize an International Conference on Africa, and just after the war, an instructor at Colby Junior College included the study of African literature in an English course. The Carnegie Corporation aided the development of African studies by extending their grants for area studies to the African field, giving funds for fellowships and sending small groups of scholars to Africa for “look-see” tours. Superficial as these tours may have been, a number of their participants later became Africanists
African culture · African studies · Archaeology · Christianity · Civilization · Corporation · Curriculum · Political science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2010 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |