Topic: Afric Civilztn TranAtl Slave

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
1:00pm-2:15pm
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Math & Science Center - N306
Kristin Mann. HSC. 413429 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Crosslisted: AFS364-000, HIST364-000.

Catalog Description: Wide range of topics pertinent to the African American experience. Among topics that have been offered in the past are: Black Political and Social Movements, Afro-Centric Cultures and Human Services, Black Images in American Film, Black Families, Education and the Black Community, and Social Psychological Perspectives on Black Men and Women in the United States.

Semester Details:

Content: This course introduces students to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of sub-Saharan Africa from the ninth through the eighteenth centuries. It emphasizes such themes as the formation of African states; the spread of Islam into Africa; and the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on Africa.

Texts: D. T. Niane, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali; P. Curtin, African History; R. S. Smith, Kingdoms of the Yoruba; D. Northrup, ed., The Atlantic Slave Trade; B. Davidson, The Atlantic Genius; C. Achebe, Things Fall Apart.

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