Afro-American Studies C 130B - Black Cultural Diaspora:Question of African Cultural Retention,Extension,or Extinction among Black Americans

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University of California-Los Angeles

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Lecture, three hours; fieldwork, one hour. Consideration of important intellectual question of destiny of traditional West African cultures in black America. Did enslaved people from Africa arrive in North America completely devoid of their cultures Did they maintain some cultural attributes for some generations Were all vestiges of African cultures invisible by end of U.S. Civil War How was culture of African Americans transformed across time and space Who are major contributors to this debate and what have been their intellectual and methodological approaches How can study of Ghanian cultures contribute to this discourse Focus on traditional cultures of West Africa, particularly Ghana, and its imprint on black culture in North America. Concurrently scheduled with course C230B. P/NP or letter grading.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

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(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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