Our mission is to create and share scholarship of the highest quality, considering the many dimensions of the African American and African diasporic experience. We promote the study and understanding of historical and contemporary connections among Africans, African Americans, and other New World Black communities.

To fulfill our mission, we introduce students to a wide range of current research and scholarly opinion on the history, culture, and social status of Black Americans and others of African heritage. We examine a breadth of topics on the African diaspora, considering the lives of Blacks who have settled in other parts of the world.