Africana Studies is the systematic study of the historical, cultural, intellectual and social development of people of African descent, the societies of which they are a part, and their contributions to world civilization. Its principal geographic domains are the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, the African continent and increasingly western Europe where large black communities reside. The field features a diversity of approaches, intellectual and practical interests, and draws upon the humanistic, social and behavioral sciences in its interdisciplinary framework. Donor Stories