The African Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt) gathers data-rich ethnographies from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Our growing repository of video and audio documents what UNESCO calls intangible cultural heritage (ICH), including oral history, performance and ritual. ADEPts list of research sites includes locations in Africa, the Caribbean and North America and will continue to expand.

Our focus starting in the 2017-18 academic year is on communities accessible to student researchers in which our faculty researchers have long-standing experience and continued interest. This includes Afro-Cherokee and Gullah-Geechee communities as well as central neighborhoods of Atlanta.

With the guidance and support of ADEPts core personnel, Atlanta University Center students and faculty collect new ethnographic data, interpret it and share analyses and content using technology-centered methods and platforms. A primary goal of the project is to engage Morehouse students, largely young Black men, in research that both addresses and transcends current events weighing heavily on our student body, taking them on new journeys of identity formation.
Jun 7, 2019

Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)

The African Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt) gathers data-rich ethnographies from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Our growing repository of video and audio documents what UNESCO calls intangible cultural heritage (ICH), including oral history, performance and ritual. ADEPts list of research sites includes locations in Africa, the Caribbean and North America and will continue to expand.

Our focus starting in the 2017-18 academic year is on communities accessible to student researchers in which our faculty researchers have long-standing experience and continued interest. This includes Afro-Cherokee and Gullah-Geechee communities as well as central neighborhoods of Atlanta.

With the guidance and support of ADEPts core personnel, Atlanta University Center students and faculty collect new ethnographic data, interpret it and share analyses and content using technology-centered methods and platforms. A primary goal of the project is to engage Morehouse students, largely young Black men, in research that both addresses and transcends current events weighing heavily on our student body, taking them on new journeys of identity formation.

This series contains materials collected by the ADEPt project in Ghana.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series contains materials collected from the University of Nigeria Nsukka for the ADEPt project. The University of Nigeria was founded in 1960 with the Faculty of Arts, including the first Department of Music in Nigeria. The Department of Music boasts a number of student ensembles, including the African Instrumental Ensemble, Opera, Chorus, Dance-Drama, and Afro Pop Band. The Nsukka community is known for its indigenous music including the unique Ikorodo ensemble which is accompanied by the maidens dance.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This collection contains items related to multiple cultures that were collected by the ADEPt project in the United Sates.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
The African Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt) gathers data-rich ethnographies from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Our growing repository of video and audio documents what UNESCO calls intangible cultural heritage (ICH), including oral history, performance and ritual. ADEPts list of research sites includes locations in Africa, the Caribbean and North America and will continue to expand.ethnolinguistic cultures of Senegal and Gambia.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This collection highlights all Africana Digital Ethnography Project materials gathered from a multicultural context.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series is for the Gullah-Geechee ethnolinguistic culture (ISO Code: GUL) of the southeastern United States.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series contains materials collected from Nigeria (ISO Code: NGA) for the ADEPt project.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series is for the Igbo ethnolinguistic culture (ISO Code: IBO) of Nigeria.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This collection highlights all Africana Digital Ethnography Project materials gathered from the Atlanta University Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and its member institutions.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series is for the Wolof ethnolinguistic culture (ISO Code: WOL) of Senegal and Gambia.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series is for the Yoruba ethnolinguistic culture (ISO Code: YOR) of Nigeria and Benin.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series is for the Ogu (Egun) ethnolinguistic culture (ISO Code: GUW) of Kenya and Tanzania.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This series is for the KiKuria ethnolinguistic culture (ISO Code: KUJ) of Kenya and Tanzania.
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
This collection highlights the role of women in traditional and contemporary styles of music making throughout Nigeria. It is curated by Quintina Carter-Enyi based on her master's work at the University of Georgia
Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)