The following NYU faculty members have strong Africa or Africana interests:
| J. Lawrence Aber | Steinhardt, Applied Psychology and Public Policy |
| Awam Amkpa | Tisch, Drama |
| Offiong Aqua | Steinhardt, Art and Education |
| Nancy Barton | Steinhardt, Art and Art Education |
| Robert Berne | Wagner, Public Policy and Financial Management |
| Breyten Breytenbach | FAS, Creative Writing |
| Chris Collins | FAS, Linguistics |
| Dalton Conley | FAS, Sociology |
| Fred Cooper | FAS, History |
| Kevin E. Davis | School of Law |
| Karen Day | NYU School of Medicine Medical Parasitology |
| Manthia Diawara | FAS, Comparative Literature, Africana Studies |
| George Downs | FAS, Politics |
| William Easterly | FAS, Economics, Africana Studies |
| Frankie Edozien | Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute |
| John Gershman | Wagner, Public Service |
| Lewis Goldfrank M.D. | NYU Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Michael Gomez | FAS, History |
| Lynn Gumpert | Grey Art Gallery |
| Sally Guttmacher | Steinhardt, Public Health |
| Lyle Aston Harris | Steinhardt, Art and Art Education |
| Richard Hull | FAS, History |
| Stuart M Hirsch | NYU College of Dentistry |
| Lewis A. Kornhauser | School of Law |
| David Levering-Lewis | FAS, History |
| James Macinko | Steinhardt, Public Health |
| Jonathan Murdoch | Wagner, Public Policy and Economics |
| Pamela Newkirk | FAS, Journalism |
| Yaw Nyarko | FAS, Economics |
| Hila Richardson | NYU College of Nursing |
| Marcia Rock | Journalism at NYU |
| John Singler | GSAS, Linguistics |
| Paul Smoke | Wagner, Public Finance and Planning |
| Clyde Taylor | Gallatin School, Individualized Study and Africana Studies |
| Deborah Willis | Tisch, Photography and Imaging |
| Jonathan Zimmerman | Steinhardt, Educational History |