Comps, honors papers, and prize-winning works of the Africana Studies program are featured here. All works have been self-submitted by the student authors. Descriptive information about each work is available to search or browse. Access to the full text of the works is limited to current Carleton affiliates with faculty permission. Learn more about how to submit your work and how to request access to the full text of works.
Submissions from 2022
Kenya Cooper, African/African American Studies (AFAM) 2022, Anti-radicalism and Governmental Surveillance in the Cold War and the War on Terror
Submissions from 2016
Lindsey Kay Walters, African/African American Studies (AFAM) 2016, Obruni! Obruni!: African American Experiences in Ghana and the Politics of Diaspora
Submissions from 2012
David Tullis, African/African American Studies (AFAM) 2012, Masked Identity: Reinventing Tradition Through Lágbájá’s Musical Performance
Submissions from 2011
Alice Southworth Melton, African/African American Studies (AFAM) 2011, Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Eastern and Western Approaches and What Can Be Learned From Them
Submissions from 2010
Kenneth Wayne Coleman, African/African American Studies (AFAM) 2010, For Black Youth Who've Considered Hip-Hop when their Social Realities became too Tough: An Analysis of Contemporary Commercialized Rap Music
Submissions from 2009
Elizabeth Nguyen, African/African American Studies (AFAM) 2009, Alternatives in dialogue and race
