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LIT Core 3 cl hrs, 3 cr African myths, short stories and novels provide insight into African manners, mores, ideas and thought patterns. Longer works illustrate the conflict between indigenous factors and European influences. Prerequisite: ENG 1101/EG 101
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LIT Core 3 cl hrs, 3 cr Emphasis on systematic and critical analysis of style and content. Focus on cultural, social and economic values as reflected by African writers. Prerequisite: ENG 1101/EG 101
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LIT Core 3 cl hrs, 3 cr A comparative study of the work of black writers in the Caribbean from 1920 to the present. Themes such as cultural and class confrontation, cultural assumptions and values, African/Caribbean aesthetic integrity and unity of purpose in a highly complex multi-cultural society are subjected to in-depth literary analysis and synthesis. Prerequisite: ENG 1101/EG 101
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LIT Core 3 cl hrs, 3 cr The various roles played by and attributed to the black woman in literature. Traditional as well as current efforts by black writers to hold up a mirror that reflects the true essence of the black woman. Students are encouraged to peer into that mirror and see how images of black women are reflected throughout the ages. The course encompasses writers from Africa, the Caribbean and North America. Prerequisite: ENG 1101/EG 101
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AES Core 3 cl hrs, 3 cr A study of the arts and architecture produced by the indigenous African societies of Ancient Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Nubia, Ethiopia and the countries of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. The traditional aesthetics, qualities and characteristics of regional art forms are analyzed. Slide lectures/presentations, discussions and museum/gallery field trips are included. Prerequisite: ENG 1101/EG 101
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3 cl hrs, 3 cr This course examines the interplay of philosophy and religion in the Africana World, the intricacies and interdependence of social values (culture), economics, and politics as they impact the daily life and worldview of Africans. The course also discusses the cosmogenic, mythological, ontological as well as the epistemological aspects of Africana Philosophy. The course will attempt to answer the question, "What is African Philosophy?" To provide a context for comparative analysis there will be a brief survey of some of the major philosophical traditions. The main themes to be analyzed will include the concepts of time, mind, person, art and religion. In addition, the philosophical interpretations of modern African and African American thinkers will be discussed. Pre- or corequisites: ENG 1101/EG 101, background in Humanities and Social Science and department approval required
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3 cl hrs, 3 cr An examination of the thought, structure, operation and results of imperialism in human history generally, and the 19th/20th centuries in particular. European/ American imperialism in the nonwhite areas of the world: the roles of the Industrial Revolution; the imposition of Western European institutions on indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, North/South America; colonialism; attempts by these people to reestablish autonomous sociological and cultural systems. Prerequisite: ENG 1101/EG 101
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3 cl hrs, 3 cr Examines case studies; reviews the actions, reactions and interactions of groups in urban America. Urban institutions and agencies are critically assessed in the context of a constitutional democracy. Perceptions, and the problems which they generate within urban black communities, are analyzed. Prerequisite: CUNY certification in reading and writing
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3 cl hrs, 3 cr A critical study of the relationship between poverty and the black community. Psychological/ sociological and cultural dynamics within the black community and how they are affected by external historical and ideological factors. Poverty and its effects upon the peoples of Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and urban America. Students learn the skills of basic research methods, sociological theory and effective expository writing. Prerequisite: CUNY certification in reading and writing
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3 cl hrs, 3 cr A factual, conceptual and chronological survey of the African- American peoples from their African origins to the end of the American Civil War in 1865. The central organizational theme is the threeand- one-half century-long struggle of African Americans to assert their human dignity, rights, potentials and contributions in the context of Euro- American social orders and processes. Prerequisite: CUNY certification in reading and writing
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