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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This is an upper division course, which focuses upon the unique development of the African and African-American family within the traditional and modern context both within continental Africa and the Americas. Relevant topics concerning the African American family will be studied. Particular attention will be given to the survival role the family has served for African peoples. Prerequisite: AFRS 2000
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This course specifically addresses the role of African women in the development of modern and post modern society in Africa and the diaspora. The unique continuing contribution of Africana women in the ongoing transformation of social relations is the central theme and topical focus of this course. The course will exam the various political tendencies within the African women's movement. It will also explore the underlying social causes of male chauvinism, gender violence, and gender role transformation within the context of race and class oppression. Prerequisites: AFRS 2000 OR AFRS 1501
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3.00 Credits
An introductory survey of political patterns, political processes, and political ideologies in Africa; an examination of the legacy of colonialism and the processes of modernization, and development: problems of political instability
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An extensive examination of the various cosmologies, basic ethical systems, and spirituality of selected traditional African societies and the extent of their impact and influence on the development of the African American religious tradition.
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3.00 Credits
Studies African-American folklore, preaching and speaking, and the lyrics of spirituals, blues, and rap in relation to African roots, historical conditions, and literary practice. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the "orature" and literatures (anglophone and, in translation, vernacular,francophone, Swahili, and Arabic) of sub-Saharan Africa. Includes such writers as Achebe, Soyinka, Armab, Okri, Ngugi, Senghor, Beti, Oyono, Fagunwa, and Salih. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
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A survey of African-American poetry from the nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary poetry, examining its relationships to the oral tradition and to literary, social, and political influences. Includes such writers as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, and Rita Dove. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
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An introduction to the literature of the Caribbean produced by writers of African descent. Includes such writers as Walcott, Braithwaite, Lamming, Marshall, Kincaid, Cesaire, and Guillen.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the cultural patterns and institutions foundations and structure of selected African societies that presents and examines both traditional and contemporary aspects of the African culture as well as examining the impact of culture on the various areas of societal, institutional, and national development will be discussed as well.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the problems faced by minority groups in American society, especially where skin color and language pose social, cultural, and economic barriers; an examination of conflicts between dominant public attitudes and minorities, and among minority groups such as Black Americans, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans, Chicanos, and other sizable ethnic groups. Prerequisite: SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1150
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