Word: afro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be a waste of effort and money to make separate study departments for the dozens of U.S. ethnic groups. How could they be limited to the seven he mentions? More importantly, separate departments will help very little if the administration doesn't want to teach these subjects. The Afro-Am Department is a good example, and these new ones would get even less support. A better approach would be to emphasize these groups in existing programs...
Despite past student opposition to joint appointments, concentrators at a rally in support of Afro-Am on Tuesday said they were pleased he was coming, although more needed to be done to strengthen the department...
Aaron A. Estis '80, an Afro-Am concentrator, said the appointment was "one step forward for two steps backward" since Ewart Guinier, the only professor tenured solely in Afro-Am, retired last semester, and K. Onwuka Dike, the only tenured professor specializing in African history, will return to Nigeria next year...
Students said during the week the department needs a tenured Africanist to tie African culture to present Afro-American culture. The executive committee has not discussed whether to look for an Africanist...
Another problem Huggins may have to face is a shortage of faculty within the department. In addition to Guinier's retirement, Chidi Ikonne and Selwyn Cudjoe, assistant professors of Afro-Am. will be taking leaves of absence next year. Both men taught sizeable course loads this year...