ANTH 1110 - African Issues in Anthropological Perspective

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Brown University

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Western ideas of Africa are dominated by images of a primitive and timeless past and of a present characterized by poverty, AIDS, famine, and violence. In reality, Africa is a vast continent with a rich history and a population of half a billion people who live in very varied physical, economic, political, and cultural environments. We will read fiction by African authors, see African films, look at African art, and listen to African music. Goals of the course are: 1) Learn about the lives of a variety of Africans at particular times and in particular places, 2) Know the outline of the history that has formed the African present, 3) Understand specific world views and patterns of belief that have been described as typically African, and 4) Investigate the possibility, and the problems, of generalizing about Africa.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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