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Welcome to ASWAD ASWAD is the premiere international scholarly organization for researchers educators practitioners and community members seeking to further understanding of Africa and the African Diaspora. ASWAD was founded in 2000 and today is the largest scholarly organization focused on the study of Africa and the African Diaspora. With over 900 individual and institutional members the ASWAD community is based in the United States as well as in the Caribbean Latin America Europe and Africa. ASWAD is also a multilingual and broadly interdisciplinary organization with strong representation from the humanities and social sciences and increasing engagement with STEM disciplines medicine public health information science and museum studies.