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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the history, core concepts, guiding questions and current issues in the field of African and African American Studies. As a survey of the history, major themes, and current trends of the field, the course introduces students to the social, political, and economic, problems facing persons of African descent in America and across the African Diaspora. Through a multidisciplinary perspective, the course provides students with an intellectual foundation for understanding and critically assessing the history and experiences of persons of African descent in America and across the African Diaspora.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the historical, political, social, cultural and economic forces shaping contemporary African political processes, systems and institutions. The course first examines different theories and approaches used to study African politics. Topics covered include: the colonial experience (1900-1960); the rise of African nationalism and the struggle for independence; experiments with African Socialism; military regimes (including military Marxist regimes); and the first and second waves of democracy movements and democratic electoral processes in Africa, starting in the 1990s. Required for AAAS majors with a concentration in the Africa region. Pre-requisite: AAS 2301 Introduction to African, African American Studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive overview of both indigenous and modern African political thought. It includes a survey of the most popular ideologies of post-colonial Africa, namely African nationalism, African socialism, and Afro-Marxism; it ends with a review of democracy and development in contemporary Africa. The course surveys indigenous African scholars such as Ibn Khaldun, 19th century African theorists, such as Edward Blyden and Africanus Horton, prominent African nationalists, such as Amilcar Cabral, Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere, as well as contemporary African intellectuals, such as Cheikh Anta Diop and Claude Ake. Required of all AAAS majors with a concentration in the Africa region. Pre-requisite: AAS 2301 Introduction to African, African American Studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to African political systems and institutions based on kinship and on lineages (common ancestry) sanctioned by a founding myth which developed in the context of highly advanced African cultures, societies, states and civilizations throughout Africa from the 9th century B.C.E. to the 19th century A.D. These African political systems and institutions were based on an elaborate system of checks and balances with effective checks on the abuse of power by the leader (chief, king or emperor); the basic political unit was the village assembly, where major decisions concerning the society were adopted by majority rule. Starting in the 16th century, the Atlantic slave trade severely undermined, denatured and eventually destroyed these systems and institutions. Pre-requisites: For AAAS majors AAS 2301 Introduction to African, African American Studies and junior status.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the various ideologies and strategies of economic development initiated by African states and leaders after independence. It examines Africa's place and role in the current globalization process and in the world economy, with particular attention to the continent's relations with the international financial institutions (the International Monetary Fund/IMF and the World Bank). The course will also examine key cooperation and integration experiments and institutions in each of the five sub-regions of Africa, as well as various continental initiatives, such as the 1980 Lagos Plan of Action and the 2001 New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Prerequisites: AAS 2302 Politics of Africa and junior status.
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3.00 Credits
This course starts from the observation that conflicts are part and parcel of the dynamics of African society. Historically, Africa has experienced a perennial struggle among individuals, families, clans, ethnic groups and nations for control over scarce natural, economic and political resources. The course focuses on the post- Cold War period which, paradoxically, saw a resurgence of sub-regional, political, ethnic, racial and religious conflict in many African countries. Liberia, Ivory Coast, the Central African Republic/ CAR, the Democratic Republic of Congo/DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, and Somalia are some of the on-going conflicts that this course will analyze. The course will then examine various conflict prevention, management and resolution mechanisms and institutions developed at the international (United Nations), continental (African Union) and sub-regional levels. Pre-requisites: For AAAS majors with Africa concentration, AAS 2301 Introduction to African, African American Studies and junior status.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the historical, political, social, cultural and economic forces shaping contemporary political processes, systems and institutions in [North, West, Central, Eastern/the Horn or Southern] Africa. Topics covered include: the colonial experience; the rise of African nationalism and the struggle for independence; experiments with African Socialism, military regimes and military Marxist regimes; and the first and second waves of democracy movements and democratic electoral processes in Africa Prerequisites: AAS 2302: Politics of Africa and junior status.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the economic, political, diplomatic and strategic dimensions of the external relations of the 54 African states, from independence to the present. The course begins with an historical overview of Africa's international relations from 1945 to 1965 focusing on such issues as the heritage of colonialism, federalism, and pan-Africanism and African unity. Topics covered include: Africa's evolving relations with the major world powers--particularly the U.S.A., the European Union and France- during and after the Cold War; Africa in the world economy; African conflicts and conflict prevention, management and resolution initiatives; and African cooperation and integration at the sub-regional and continental levels, with particular focus on the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its successor organization, the African Union (AU). Pre-requisites: For AAAS majors with Africa concentration, AAS 2301 Introduction to African, African American Studies and AAS 2302 Politics of Africa and junior status.
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3.00 Credits
These concepts represent an historic development in the formulation of African diasporic identity and culture in the twentieth-century, and both were designed locate peoples of African descent at the center of their cultural and historical experiences. Negritude and Afrocentricity form the basis of this course and students will become acquainted with their respective yet overlapping histories, the conceptions of each paradigm, their relevance in the production and utilization of knowledge, and the debate both have and continue to generate among a wide range of thinkers and scholars. Pre-requisites: For AAAS majors with Africa concentration, AAS 2301 Introduction to African, African American Studies and junior status.
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3.00 Credits
This course analyses the economic development of Latin America from colonial times to the present, including the evolution of markets, changing roles of government and politics; and the impact of international organizations. Prerequisite: junior status. Cross-listed as HIS 3307. Students may not receive credit for both AAS 3307 and HIS 3307. Pre-requisites: For AAAS majors, with South America concentration, AAS 2301 Introduction to African, African American Studies and junior status.
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