Africa and Black Diaspora SOAS University of London

Overview

You will also get the opportunity to engage with your own understanding of contemporary themes including migration, colonialism, economic change, climate change and popular culture.

The   Africa and Black Diaspora programme at the SOAS University of London   enables students to negotiate with some of the key tensions in the study of Africa and its multiple diasporas. This programme is distinguished through its interdisciplinary and trans-regional approach. It engages with the diasporic worlds and connections between regions of Africa, the Black Atlantic, Black Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean.

You will be able to combine your study of disciplines including Politics, Social Anthropology, Languages and Cultures, Economics and International Relations with Africa and Black Diaspora. You will be able to engage on meaningful projects, explore the regions of your interest through the optional summer or year abroad programmes, and graduate as a skilled and accountable global change maker.

Why study BA Africa and the Black Diaspora at SOAS

• SOAS is ranked 7th in the UK for African and Middle Eastern Studies (Complete University Guide 2025)

• We are ranked 13th in the UK for Modern Languages (QS World University Rankings 2025)

• Modern Languages and Linguistics at SOAS has been ranked 10th in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

• We've also been ranked 4th for research environment - with 100% of our research ranked as 'internationally excellent' and 85% as 'world-leading' - and 8th for research outputs in the REF 2021

Employment

Graduates of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics leave SOAS not only with linguistic and cultural expertise, but also with skills in written and oral communication, analysis and problem solving.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Amnesty International
• Arab British Chamber of Commerce
• BBC World Service
• British High Commission
• Council for British Research in the Levant
• Department for International Development