Message from the Director
A hearty welcome to the Kwabena Nketia Centre for Africana Studies at AUCB! The KNCAS is an interdisciplinary institution dedicated to the study and advancement of knowledge about the peoples and cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora, through scholarly research, teaching and publications that are aimed at the regeneration of African peoples and societies.
The motto of AUCB is “Discover yourself from here,” and, appropriately, the foundational tools for this self-discovery are found in the Africana Studies courses that are offered by the Kwabena Nketia Centre for Africana Studies.
These courses are designed to effectively enable students to discover who they are so that they can confidently go out to pursue their future careers.
Students are encouraged to take Africana Studies courses that will create and deepen an awareness of themselves as Africans and contribute to the future of Africa.
Our students learn to examine the world around them, communicate what they know, and persuade others to their point of view. By their fourth year, our students are prepared for a variety of careers not limited to public relations, broadcast media, government, marketing, sales, social media, law, health, academia. Graduates from AUCB are hailed both locally and globally for their creative excellence in their various field of endeavour.
The African University of Communications and Business(AUCB) also has a top notch business school, Sam Jonah School of Business, to give you the best foundation and knowledge making you competitive in today’s business and entrepreneur world.
Ensure that you have read about the various tracks below and make your enrolment decision with sureness and passion. Connect with us online or in person, visit our campus or see the steps below to apply.
The aim of the Centre for Africana Studies at African University of Communications and Business is to serve as the foundation of the University’s commitment to ensuring that its overall mission is African centered.
Through course offerings, seminars, exchange programmes, conferences, research, and publications, the Centre for Africana Studies is designed to provide its students in particular, and the African World community in general, with the requisite knowledge and training necessary to contribute to the rejuvenation of African society.
Below is a list of the courses, interdisciplinary in subject and methodology, courses which are offered at the Centre for Africana Studies:
The Centre for Africana Studies, in cooperation with the Office of International Affairs, will provide opportunities for students and faculty to benefit from a variety of exchange programs centered around the development and promotion of African Studies. In effect, the Centre for Africana Studies will invite students and faculty from abroad to learn and teach at the Centre and, conversely, students and faculty from AUCB will be sent from the Centre to learn and teach abroad. The link between the University of the Bahamas and AUCB is one example.
The Centre conducts a series of periodic seminars at AUCB on a wide variety of critical issues related to Africa and World Affairs.
These seminars will make use of AUCB’S own experts along with other experts in the field of African studies who are either living in Ghana or on visit. The seminars will be designed to educate faculty and students at AUCB and the public-at large. Furthermore, semi-annual conferences on a wide variety of critical issues pertaining to Africana Studies will be organized at AUCB. These conferences will be international in focus, with contributors and participants invited from around the world.
