AFAM 3688 - African Literature I

Institution:

Fordham University

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The first course in an introduction to precolonial and indigenous oral and literary forms of African peoples. The epics of the West African empire, the Islam-influenced writings of the Western and Northern lands and the development of the Swahili tradition in the East will be the main foci. All materials will be read in English translations. This is not a prerequisite for African Literature II. 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate, Post Baccalaureate Schedule Types: Lecture Undergraduate Colleges College African & African Amer Studies Department Course Attributes: Globalism

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.fordham.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 817-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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