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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kopytoff. An Introduction to the peoples and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa, including culture history, languages, traditional social and political structures, and traditional religion.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Mbeje. The aim of the course is to provide a general perspective on African languages and African linguistics. No background in linguistics is necessary. Students will be introduced to theoretical linguistics-its concepts, theories, ways of argumentation, data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation. The focus will be on the languages and linguistics of Africa to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to handle the language and language-related issues typical of African conditions. We will cover topics related to formal linguistics (phonology/phonetics, morphology, syntax, and semantics), aspects of pragmatics as well as the general socio-linguistic character of African countries. We will also cover language in context, language and culture, borrowing, multilingualism, and cross-cultural communication in Africa.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Fetni. This course will deal with law and society in Africa. After surveying the various legal systems in Africa, the focus will be on how and to what extent the countries of Africa "re-Africanized" their legal systems by reconciling their indigenous law with western law and other legal traditions to create unified legal systems that are used as instruments of social change and development. Toward this end, the experiences of various African countries covering the various legal traditions will be included. Specific focus will be on laws covering both economic and social relations. This emphasis includes laws of contracts and civil wrongs, land law, law of succession, marriage and divorce and Africa's laws of International Relations, among other laws. Throughout this course a comparative analysis with non-African countries will be stressed.
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3.00 Credits
Moudileno. This course will introduce students to recent films by major directors from Francophone Africa. While attention will be given to aesthetic aspects and individual creativity, the viewing and discussions will be mostly organized arounda variety of (overlapping) themes: History; Tradition/modernity; Urban Life; Gender and sexuality; Politics. Class conducted in French.
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3.00 Credits
Blakely. Chinua Achebe's metaproverb "proverbs are the palm wine with which words are eaten" highlights the importance of metaphor in the the sophiticated rhetoric of Igbo of Nigeria and more widely in Subsaharan Africa. Study of proverbs and other African folklore oral genres including folktale, epic, song, praise, poetry, drama, and oratory provides a privileged lens into African worldviews and cultural values: from generational and gender relations to notions of honor, hospitality, and worldly and spiritual power. The course also reveals the vibrancy of African folklore in contemporary life through such topics as editorial poetry in daily newspapers which Tanzanians read avidly; Ivorian womens' coding and decoding of proverbs in popular cloth designs; Lesotho migrant workers' songs of struggle; and congolese popular theatre portraying proverbial wisdom in television performances.
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3.00 Credits
Cassanelli. This seminar will examine the experiences of recent emigrants and refugees from Africa, including many now living in the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding region. In addition to reading some of the historical and comparative literature on migration, ethnic diasporas, and transnationalism, students will have the opportunity to conduct research on specific African communities in Philadelphia or elsewhere in North America, Europe, or the Middle East. African emigres' relations with both their home and host societies will be explored and compared with the experience of other immigrant groups over the past century. Topics include reasons for leaving Africa, patterns of economic and educational adaptation abroad, changes in gender and generational roles, issues of cultural and political identity, and the impact of national immigration policies.
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3.00 Credits
Hailu. Offered through Penn Language Center. The Elementary Amharic I course can be taken to fulfill a language requirement, or for linguistic preparation to do research on Ethiopia/Africa-related topics. The course emphasizes communicative competence to enable the students to acquire linguistic and extra-linguistic skills in Amharic. The content of the course is selected from various everyday life situations to enable the students to communicate in predictable common daily settings. Culture, as it relates to language use, is also part of the course content. Students will acquire the speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the mid-high novice level, based on the ACTFL scale. The mid-high novice level proficiency skills that the students will acquire constitute threshold capabilities of the second semester range of proficiency to prepare students for Elementary Amharic II course materials.
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3.00 Credits
Hailu. Prerequisite(s): Completion of Elementary Amharic I, or permission of the instructor. Offered through Penn Language Center. Continuation of Elementary Amharic I.
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3.00 Credits
Hailu. Offered through Penn Language Center.
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3.00 Credits
Hailu. Offered through Penn Language Center.
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