AHANA is an acronym used to describe individuals of African ... and it is now common to find the two terms used interchangeably in the same piece of writing. Furthermore, the issue has never been ...

Valerie Lewis-Mosley, BC ’79, helped coin the term AHANA—African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American—popularizing it among the student body during her time at Boston College. In 1979, it became an ...