IDUP 270 - Introduction to Africana Studies

Institution:

Virginia State University

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Description:

This course examines the various disciplinary and theoretical approaches to Africana Studies and its development as a field of scholarly inquiry. Through fiction and nonfiction, students will explore topics that will include Africa and its place in the world community, the Atlantic slave trade, nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Afrocentricity, and the roles of race, gender, and class in shaping the experiences of people of African descent in African and the Diaspora. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 Composition I, ENGL 111 Composition II

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vsu.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 524-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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