# The Center
**Source**: https://africana.cornell.edu/the-center
**Parent**: https://admissions.cornell.edu/diversity-at-cornell/diversity-and-community-resources
At the forefront of academic innovation while committed to activism and engagement
# The Center
### Visitor Information
[Location, Transportation and Parking](/visitor-information)
[John Henrik Clarke Africana Library](http://africana.library.cornell.edu/)
The Africana Studies & Research Center extends the teaching and learning opportunities that we provide in both our undergraduate and graduate classrooms well beyond to service learning projects and community initiatives, from local to transnational contexts.
## Reserve Africana Studies & Research Center Spaces/Facilities
Several spaces at the Africana Studies and Research Center are available to reserve for private events and gatherings. Explore the links below to find more details about available spaces as well as general information for visitors to the center.
- [Africana Studies & Research Center Spaces: Virtual Tour](/africana-studies-research-center-spaces)
- [General visitor information](/visitor-information)
## The John Henrik Clarke Africana Library
The John Henrik Clarke Africana Library, also known as the Africana Library, provides a special collection focusing on the history and culture of people of African ancestry. There are more than 22,000 volumes in the collection. Explore the links below for highlights of the library's special collections and exhibitions.
- [Hip Hop Collection](http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/hiphop/index.html)
- [President Barack Obama Visual Iconography Collection](http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/obama/)
- [Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection](https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4270009)
- [Def Jam at 30: The Declarations of an Independent - 1984-1985](http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/defjam)
- [Early Black Women at Cornell: Part and Apart, 1890s-1930s](http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/earlyblackwomen/)
### Upcoming Africana Events
Mar
11
Wednesday
12:00 AM
## [Wunpini Mohammed, "Media, Culture and Decolonization: Re-righting the Subaltern Histories of Ghana"](https://events.cornell.edu/event/wunpini-mohammed-media-culture-and-decolonization-re-righting-the-subaltern-histories-of-ghana)
Goldwin Smith Hall
G22
Mar
19
Thursday
05:00 PM
## [Claude McKay: The Wanderings of a Rebellious Poet](https://events.cornell.edu/event/claude-mckay-the-wanderings-of-a-rebellious-poet)
Goldwin Smith Hall
HEC Auditorium, room 132
Mar
24
Tuesday
04:45 PM
## [Amiel Bize, "The Post-Agrarian Question”](https://events.cornell.edu/event/amiel-bize-the-post-agrarian-question)
Klarman Hall
KG 42
Apr
14
Tuesday
05:00 PM
## [Pop after Empire: Disco, Decolonization, and the Re-Making of Europe's Pop Music Industry](https://events.cornell.edu/event/pop-after-empire-disco-decolonization-and-the-re-making-of-europes-pop-music-industry)
A. D. White House
Guerlac Room
May
22
Friday
12:00 AM
## [University Commencement Weekend](https://events.cornell.edu/event/commencement_2567)
Schoellkopf Field
May
23
Saturday
12:00 AM
## [University Commencement Weekend](https://events.cornell.edu/event/commencement_2567)
Schoellkopf Field
[See all events](https://events.cornell.edu/search?search=africal)