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Patterson This course studies the history of Francophone Africa in the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, focusing on cultural and political trans-formations. ?Francophone Africa? is far from a monolithic place; it covers peoples and cultures from the Mediterranean Sea to the Congo basin, from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. It also had two colonial powers, France and Belgium, whose theories and practices would impact all aspects of life during and after the imperial period. Themes may include slavery, Christianity, Islam, négritude, the Rwandan genocide, and ?Eurafrican? excha nge. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Spring Unit:
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Cudjoe This course traces the life stories of prominent African Americans, which, in their telling, have led to dramatic changes in the lives of Afri-can-American people. Some were slaves; some were investigative journalists; some were novelists; and one is the president of the United States. We will examine the complex relationship between the community and the individual; the personal and the political and how these elements interact to form a unique African-American person. The course also draws on related video presentations to dramatize these life stories. Authors include Linda Brent, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, Malcolm X and Barack Obama. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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Steady NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course examines alternative healing systems that attempt to treat the whole person as a physical, social, and spiritual being and to promote community participation and healing. It offers new perspectives on the biomedical model as it examines the sociocultural context of the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of disease. Examples of healing systems will be from Third World countries, particularly in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America, and from industrialized societies, particularly from African-American and indigenous communities in the United States. Examination will be made of healing systems that include divination, herbal medicine, folk medicine, and faith healing. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course is a sociological exploration of the lives of women in Caribbean societies. While the emphasis is on contemporary English-speaking Caribbean (e.g., Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Nevis), attention will be given to the historical background of the current situation and to the French-speaking (e.g., Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti) and Spanish-speaking (Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico) Caribbean. Women's work in the formal and informal sectors, activism, roles in develop-ment and familial relationships are some of the topics to be explored. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Steady NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Jamaica is a country that provides a unique opportunity for the study of multiculturalism in action. Its national motto is ?Out of many, one people.? The study abroad Wintersession course in Jamaica will explore the history, culture, and political econ-omy of the country and promote an understanding of the Caribbean as a whole through seminars, participatory field research, and intern-ships. The program will give students an opportunity for total immersion in the Jamaican environment and for participation in several com-munity-based projects that will add experiential value to their classroom-based education . Not offered every year. Subject to approval of the Dean's Offic e. Prerequisite: By permission of the department. Application required. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 0 .5 AFR 301 Seminar. South Afri ca Stea dy NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. An examination of the degree of success or failure in social transformation from a racist, centralized, and oppressive apartheid system to a nonracial, democratic and participatory system that seeks to promote social and economic justice for all its citizens. Topics include the structural challenges to social transformation, socioeconomic development and resource distribution, the persistence of de fac to apartheid, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, increasing poverty among the African population, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the impact of globalization, and South Africa's place in Africa and the world at lar ge. Prerequisite: A 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1
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3.00 Credits
Cudjoe During the twentieth century the Anglophone Caribbean produced a rich body of ideas that had an enormous impact upon the colonial and post-colonial worlds. These ideas cover fields such as history, politics, economics and culture. This course traces the development of these ideas, examines their applicability to the specific circumstances in the Caribbean and analyzes how they resonated in the larger world of ideas. We will look at the works of writers and thinkers that could include: A.R.F. Webber, Marcus Garvey, Arthur Lewis, Eric Wil-liams, C.L.R James, Amy Ashwood Garvey, Jamaica Kinkaid, Rhodda Rheddock, Patricia Mohammed, Erna Brodber, Cheddi Jagan, Wal-ter Rodney, Maurice Bishop, and Michael Manley. Prerequisite: One 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Steady NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Throughout the African Diaspora, economic change has resulted in the migration of large numbers of people to urban centers. This course explores the causes and consequences of urban growth and development, with special focus on the most disadvantaged cities. The course will draw on examples from the United States, the Caribbean, South America, and Africa. Prerequisite: One 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Topic A: Three Writers of the Harlem Renaissance Cudjoe NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. The Harlem Renaissance is a period associated with the rebirth of African-American literature and culture. Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Zora Neale Hurston are three important novelists and poets of this period. This course examines selected works from their prose and poetry. Selected works will be examined against the background of the Harlem Renaissance. Prerequisite: One 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0 Topic B: Rhetoric and Revolution Cudjoe NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course examines the rhetoric and writing of Africana freedom fighters and the role prison plays as a weapon in the freedom struggle. Texts include Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom; Martin Luther King, Why We Can't Wait; Frantz Fanon, Wretched of the Earth; The Autobiography of Malcolm X; and selections from Jack Mapanje' s Gathering Seaweeds: African Prison Writings . Prerequisite: One 200 level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0 Topic C: Writers from the Diaspora Cudjoe NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course examines six selected novelists from the African Diaspora and the continent. They include Frede-rick Douglass, The Narrative of Frederick Douglass; Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery; Sembene Ousmane, God's Bits of Wood; Michel Maxwell Philip, Emmanuel Appadocca; Stephen Nathaniel Cobham, Rupert Gray; Ralph De Boissière , Crown Jewel ; Selwyn R. Cudjoe , Beyond Boundaries ; Bernard Bell , The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition ; and Gregory Wilson , Between Piracy and Justice: Liminality in Maxwell Philip ? Emmanuel Appadocca. The course concentrates on the commonality of themes and approaches to the ex-planation of similar phenomenon. The selected texts draw on and reflect the slave and colonial experience s. Prerequisite: One 200 level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.
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3.00 Credits
Steady A comparative analysis of the role of women in development with emphasis on the struggle within struggle-the movement to achieve political and economic progress for Africa and its people and the struggle within that movement to address problems and issues that direct-ly affect women. We will explore women's participation in social and political movements and ways to improve the status of women . Prerequisite: One 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Patterson Topic for 2009-10: Health, Medical Professionals, and the Body in the African Diaspora. This course examines the major nineteenth- and twentieth-century local and global health developments that have impacted the public and private lives of people of African descent. The course includes an assessment of how pharmacists, nurses, and physicians navigate their respective medical fields in the African-Atlantic world, with emphasis on the United States, Senegal, and Cuba. This course considers how traditional and modern medical philos-ophies converge and diverge in urban planning, disease management, and public health policy. It further considers how individuals and communities respond to these policies. Prerequisite: One 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of instructor. Distribution: Historical Studies or Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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