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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3-0) Sp Students will study the essential features of African spirituality, African spiritual world view, and myths about the origins of the world, community, and of life and death. Students will study the influences of African spirituality on the religious expression of Africans in the Diaspora. Students will study domesticating processes that affected African religions transported to the New World. Students will study the influence of African spirituality on styles of worship and religious expression of Africans who adopted Christianity and Islam in the New World.
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2.00 Credits
2 Credits (1-2) F, Sp Students will examine, analyze and become familiar with, historical and contemporary national as well as international issues and events facing African countries and how they grapple with them at the national, regional, continental and international levels. Students will be exposed through simulation of different continental and international summits to diplomatic exchanges and to resolutions drafting/passing using parliamentary procedures.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3-0) F Students will be introduced to the visual arts and civilizations of African ancient and modern history. Students will learn about various and diverse art styles on the continent of Africa by exploring ancient and modern architecture, paintings, drawings, hieroglyphics, stone engraving, sculptures, ceramics, and cultural fashions. Students will examine the cultural impact and influences of religion and art to edify the spirit of diverse cultures. Students will finally examine the world-wide impact of African visual arts upon various civilizations around the world from ancient to modern times.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3-0) Sp Prerequisite: ENGL 2111 or 2112; AFWS 1001 Students will examine a selection of leading African writers in poetry, fiction and drama. Students will form a coherent perspective of historical, social, and cultural background of writers and their works.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (2-2) TBS Prerequisite: AFWS 1001 & AFWS 2003 Students will study the concept of the metanarrative (overarching stories constructed and employed to legitimate a world view) and critically analyze its applications in Western culture through content analyses of the representations of Africa and people of African ancestry utilized in such contexts of information dissemination as textbooks, literature, and advertisements.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3-0) F This is an introductory course focusing on Afro-Brazilian culture and history as a field of African World Studies. Afro-Brazilian culture and history are presented in a manner that reflects continuity with African culture and history. Students will critically examine the experiential contexts associated with European attempts to build a European world outside of Europe and the challenges of being African outside of Africa. This course will have particular relevance to preservice and in-service teachers interested in improving their capacities to teach in the area of Latin American Studies.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
3-6 Credits (0-3-6) F, Sp, S This African World Studies Internship/Field Experience Course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience conducting research in an area related to his or her academic concentration, or engaging in an internship/field experience in a rural or urban setting.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3-0) TBS Students will demonstrate their mastery outcomes and their ability to define a problem in African World Studies, develop a conceptual framework for the study of that problem, write an analytical review of literature related to the problem and prepare formal presentation to share their understandings of the problem before a group.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3-0) F, Sp This course will survey the role of women in the development efforts of African countries within the context of religious, cultural, social, educational, and political milieu as well as images of women in the colonial and post colonial Africa and for the current social location of women. Special attention will be given to the changing roles and perceptions of today's African women. Issues and concerns of women from both a current and historical perspective - violence against women, spiritually, sex roles, development, and political and economic empowerment will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3-0) Sp Prerequisite: AWSI 1001 Students will acquire a thorough understanding of the portrayal of Africa & Africans in the Western media, e.g., news, documentaries and films. Students will understand the general history of colonialism and film in Africa through (a) a re-evaluation of received perceptions of African art, history, politics, culture and society, and (b) critical examination and analysis of the central themes of the four principal tendencies that exist in post-independence African cinema as depicted in the works of directors such as Ousmane Sembene, Med Hondo and others.
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