IA 229 - African Politics And Literature

Institution:

Lewis & Clark College

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Staff Content: Comparative analysis of politics as reflected in literature (novels, short stories, plays, poetry) from sub-Saharan Africa. Themes vary from year to year and may include traditional political systems, colonialism and its legacies, nationalist movements, changing roles of women, problems of southern Africa, postcolonial independent Africa. Authors vary from year to year and may include early Swahili poets, Chinua Achebe, Sembene Ousmane, Wole Soyinka, Ayi Kwei Armah, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Buchi Emecheta, Zakes Mda, Andre Brink, Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, Alex La Guma, Bessie Head, Nuruddin Farah, others. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lclark.edu/

Phone Number:

(503) 768-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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