Society of Black Archaeologists

The official account of the Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA)

[Society of Black Archaeologists @SbaArch]

#tbt to one of the first ever SBA meetings - 2012 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in Baltimore, MD. Do you recognize any of those young faces?

Check out the way this beautiful community has grown over the last 14 years!

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Seats will be limited. RSVP to attend the event: https://t.co/DW1N9m1exp

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Join us this Saturday after SHA Detroit for a book signing event with Dr. Alexandra Jones at Source Booksellers in Midtown Detroit!

The book, Indya the Archaeologist, features a young Black girl who dreams of becoming an archaeologist like her mom.

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Big shoutout to Zenzi!

Support more work like this by donating to SBA at the link in bio 🙏🏾

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SBA Spotlight | Zenzi Moore-Dawes 👷🏾‍♀️

Meet Zenzi, a Graduate Scholar @SFStateAnthro

Zenzi shares part of her archaeology journey and her mission to develop comprehensive cultural resource management for her family and communities in Jamaica 🇯🇲

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@UCLA PhD candidate and Project Field Director Madison Aubey gives us a brief overview of the project and the aspects that are bringing her the most joy ❤️

Big shoutout to Maddy and the entire SVA team for this awesome project!

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SBA Fieldsite Spotlight | Saclo Village, Bénin 🇧🇯

The Saclo Village Archaeology Project unites Béninois and American students through a dynamic archaeological investigation spanning over 2000 years of political and socioeconomic change in West Africa

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Big shoutout to Ndarni!

Support more work like this by donating to SBA at the link in bio 🙏🏾

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SBA Spotlight | Sunday Jonathan Ndarni 👷🏿‍♂️

Meet @JNdarni , a graduate from the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies @unijos 🇳🇬

Ndarni shares some of his historical archaeological work in Nasarawa State, central Nigeria to investigate the history of the Ambuga people 🌍

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Big shoutout to Craig!

Support more work like this by donating to SBA at the link in bio 🙏🏾

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SBA Student Spotlight | Craig Stevens 🤖

Meet Craig Stevens @mrblackatlantic , current SBA treasurer and a Doctoral Candidate @NorthwesternU

Craig shares some of his experiences using curation and virtual reality for community-engaged research in West Africa 🌍

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PanAF is accepting sessions now through Nov. 30th (with likelihood for extension). Sessions can be submitted through their website: https://t.co/1G00APzPb6

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The Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies has announced the dates of July 26th to 31st, 2026 for PanAf 2026 - hosted in Maputo, Mozambique.
The conference theme for Maputo 2026 is "Discovering African Archaeology and Heritage Without Borders"

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

Africans are creative people, Sand arts in Goree Island, Senegal 🇸🇳

[Babatunde Babalola PhD @AbidemiBabalol5]

Last call for abstracts submission for the 2025 West African Archaeological Association conference (WAAA). Abstracts can be in English or French. Send abstracts to [email protected]

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Support the SBA Mentoring Program today with a one-time or recurring donation! Click the link below on in our bio to donate

https://t.co/EcX3khscgR

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The SBA Mentoring Program supports those in all stages of their careers in archaeology and related fields. It provides opportunities for students and early career archaeologists to find support, and for those who are further along in their paths to uplift our growing community 🙏🏾

[HU Center for African Studies @HUCenterAfrica]

Our Howard University Wolof language students (Rashada Nur Kaba and Shailai Jones) recipients of the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, are enjoying their study at the West African Research Center in Dakar Senegal
#HowardAfrica #HUBisonAbroad #CulturalCompetency

[Black History Heroes @HistoryHeroes]

Ireland's 'untold black history' focus of exhibition that traces Black history in Ireland as far back as the Viking and Roman eras https://t.co/rJUB7fWWYi

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Click the link in bio to donate today and support more of this powerful work, and view the full #BlackInArchaeology2025 Video

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Meet Gabriela Martinez Rocourt - a Haitian PhD student @SorbonneParis1 and a contributor to our #BlackInArchaeology2025 Video.

Check out this video to learn more about her community-based archaeological research on the colonial history of Haitian coffee 🇭🇹