Institute of African American Affairs

The Institute of African American Affairs (IAAA) at New York University was founded in 1969 to research, document, and celebrate the cultural and intellectual production of Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic world and beyond. IAAA is committed to the study of Blacks in modernity through concentrations in Pan-Africanism and Black Urban Studies.

Contact:

OUR NEW Address:
Institute of African-American Affairs
New York University
14A Washington Mews, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003

General Phone: 212-998-2130

Director of the Institute of African American Affairs
Manthia Diawara
Phone: 212-998-2139

Associate Director of the Institute of African American Affairs
Jaïra Placide
Phone: 212-998-2981

Administrative Aide for the Institute of African American Affairs
Iris Cofield
Phone: 212-998-2132

Administrative Secretary for the Institute of African American Affairs
Linda Morgan
Phone: 212-998-2131