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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: any course the focuses on African or African American content, or English 1213. Examines the visual commodities of black and white cultural producers to analyze issues of caste and class status, gender, and sexuality that historically and currently inform competing notions of blackness within the public sphere. (Irreg.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing and any 2000-level African and African American Studies class. This course investigates the continuation of traditional elements produced in diverse media and circumstances in a modern, largely urban Africa. Issues such as identity, difference, diversity; tradition and history; modernity and development; wealth and power; political change and gender relations are topics to be explored through folk expression. (Irreg.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: completion of 12 hours of required AFAM or AFAM-related courses. Provides students the opportunity to review and integrate their study in African and African-American courses. Students will be involved in academic experiences that facilitate the translation from theory to practice. Experiences will vary depending on the instructor. (Sp) [V]
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0.00 Credits
1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: junior standing and any course covering African and African-American issues. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit nine hours. Designed to permit the study of specific and changing issues and problems in AFAM Studies. Course will also be used for special workshops, conferences, seminars, etc. and individually planned and supervised activities focused on specific areas of concern. (Irreg.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: any course that focuses on African or African-American content, or English 1213. Examines major ancient and recent African civilizations. Includes study of state formation, kinship, government, iconography, ritual, habitat and dance, music, and art. (Irreg.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing and any 2000-level African and African-American Studies course. The course examines African politics as it relates to civil-military relations, military coups d'etat and political liberalization and democratization. The overriding objective of the course is to familiarize students with the problems and transformation of African political systems. (Irreg.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: junior standing and any 2000-level African and African-American Studies (AFAM) class. This course explores current visual arts developments in Africa. The course traces the historical evolution, influences and status of contemporary African art, with special reference to established visual artists who either work within or outside of Africa. (Sp)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing and any 2000-level African and African-American Studies class. This course will resent Africa's contemporary reality - the positive as well as the negative-by examining major current issues after surveying Africa's history, geography, societies, and culture. Themes covered will include: political developments, regional conflicts, human rights and women's issues, economic development and poverty, refugees and migration, and the environment. The course will also examine Africa's role in US global policy priorities, including the war against terrorism. (Ir
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing and any 2000-level African and African-American Studies class. This course examines African youth cultures and sub cultures as they enter and transform political, social, cultural, and economic spaces. It also explores their relationship with adult, mainstream societies. We will investigate African youth's identity project-how and why they articulate and mobilize an individual and group identity. Some issues of exploration will be the following: What is youth culture and subculture How do western concepts of individualism apply to an African context (Irreg.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: any course that focuses on African or African American content, or English 1213. Examines various essential dance movements from the African Diaspora. Theory and praxis meet in an effort to better understand the culture and language of dance amongst African people. (Irreg.)
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