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4.00 Credits
(Also DRA 205) 4 hours; 4 credits A study of the musical theater of African Americans from its early beginnings in African culture to genius manifested in the 19th century, its influence on early vaudeville, its unique contribution to American musical theater, and the present-day popularity of its style. Current productions will be attended by the class and studied in detail when available.
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4.00 Credits
(Also AMS 211) 4 hours; 4 credits Mutual perceptions of Blacks and Whites in 19th- and 20th-century America, how these perceptions were born, and how they have changed. (social science) (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, COR 100
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4.00 Credits
(Also ENH 221) 4 hours; 4 credits A sociological examination of African American literature as it has developed from the dynamic interaction between Black and White communities and movements within the Black community. Works by African American authors will be analyzed with respect to the dominant social forces of their times and the ideas about the historically persistent polemics of assimilation, separation, or cultural pluralism, and their relevance for Americans of African descent in their struggle for equality. (literature) (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, ENG 151
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits The works of African, African American, and Caribbean writers are examined. The poetry and fiction of modern African writers are considered with particular reference to the African personality, presence africaine, and negritude, the vision and image of Africa. Prerequisite: ENG 111
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits A study of the literature of the world of the politically and economically oppressed and exploited. The course will deal with such themes as oppression and protest; violence; the crisis of identity; music, language, and rhythm; humorous distance; ritual and magic; and conceptualization and abstraction. (literature) Prerequisite: ENG 111
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4.00 Credits
(Also HST 266) 4 hours; 4 credits A descriptive survey of the peoples and cultures of the African continent. Emphasis is on those features and/or qualities of the African pattern of life that are common to the African people as a whole. (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, plus any college-level history course or COR 100
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4.00 Credits
(Also POL 253) 4 hours; 4 credits An examination of the colonial and post-colonial problems of Africa, and the developmental process in general. Other topics to be discussed include the sociopolitical and historical-philosophical appeal of communism to Africa; ideology, strategy, and the communist model of development; and the idea of revolution as an agent of rapid transformation versus the Euro- American model of evolutionary change. (p&d)
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4.00 Credits
(Also HST 207) 4 hours; 4 credits Nineteenth-century African history, the story of European imperialism, and the emergence of modern, independent Africa and its problems. (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, and COR 100 or any college-level history course
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4.00 Credits
(Also HST 262) 4 hours; 4 credits A study of the African American experience in the Western hemisphere. Emphasis on the slave trade, slave life, slave revolts, and the struggle for freedom. For history majors and minors, this is designated as a United States history course. (social science) (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, and COR 100 or any college-level history course
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4.00 Credits
(Also HST 263) 4 hours; 4 credits Continuing role of African Americans in the building of their own nations. Emphasis on freedom movements as shown in literature, in civil rights movements, and in nationalist and other political organizations. (social science) (p&d) Prerequisites: ENG 111, and COR 100 or any college-level history course
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