African Studies Program

Discover African Studies at Georgetown: Focus on Conflict Management & Resolution

The continent’s strategic importance grows in the minds of policymakers and business leaders both in the U.S and abroad due to such factors as international and regional security threats, energy security, increased private investment, global commodity markets, the rise of China and other Asian powers in African affairs, and Africa’s health and environmental challenges.

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Georgetown Africa Interest Network (GAIN)

Georgetown Africa Interest Network

The African Studies Program is a member of the Georgetown Africa Interest Network

From the Director...

Professor Scott TaylorWelcome to African Studies at Georgetown. Our program offers a unique window into a vital, dynamic, but frequently misunderstood, region of the world: sub-Saharan Africa. Africa is a place of incredible contradictions: it is on the margins of world trade and investment, yet throughout modern history, Africa’s people and resources have been essential to development elsewhere; Africa is incredibly rich in resources, but it is plagued with some of the world’s most entrenched poverty ...

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