| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2:30pm-3:45pm | TuTh | Callaway Center C101 | HSC. | 4 | 3610 | TBA. |
January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010
Crosslisted: HIST221-000.
Catalog Description: (Same as History 221.) Provides students with historical background needed to understand contemporary Africa. Focuses on major political, social, economic, and cultural developments from the end of the trans Atlantic slave trade to the present.
Semester Details: Content: There have been major changes in the writing and study of African history since 1950 and differences as well between academic and non-academic historians, and attitude towards written and oral sources. This course focuses on how the past is remembered in Africa. It explores the processes of historical memory, the work of the historian, and how much the present dictates what is (and how things are) remembered. We will examine the role of local historians (griots) and their methods; selected histories of origin, warfare, political systems, slavery, encounter with Europeans and Arab traders and missionaries. The course intends to expose students to the richness of African historical sources. We will explore written and oral especially African music, poem, dance, monuments, symbols, textiles, monuments and rituals as historical sources.
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