Teaching Africa began in Spring 2005. A common reading was selected for the campus that included excerpts from a famous slave narrative by Equiano entitled, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African: Written by Himself" from the book, The Classic Slave Narratives, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Throughout, many classes included Africa-related assignments, African artifacts and articles on current events in Africa were on display, each semester ended with student presentations of final projects, and speakers and other events took place.
