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Introduction to meaning, origin, and characteristics of African religion, focusing on the approaches and challenges in studying African religion.
Continuation of the language, including grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structures. Emphasis on the ability to engage in reasonable fluent discourse in Amharic and a comprehensive knowledge of formal grammar, and the ability to read Amharic with a high level of complex grammatical structures…
A broad introduction to the continent's geography, history, and current events.
The literature of twentieth-century Africa in translation with emphasis on the African novel.
Readings and discussions of current developments in African studies carried out as a contract between an individual student and an appropriate instructor.
This class will learn an African language and the culture of Wolof. Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania. It is the Lingua Franca in Senegal and an important trade language in West Africa. It is one of the Niger-Congo language that is not tonal; Senegal is…
The impacts of various globalization issues on indigenous cultures in Africa. Students will research the issues and do in- class presentations followed by brief summaries of their research. Students will write a final paper relating one globalization issue to its impact on one or more indigenous…
The course will survey some of the major areas of theatre activity, as well as provide a general history of African theatre and performance. Playwrights well known in the West, such as Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa thiong'o, Femi Osofisan, and others will be discussed, primarily within the context of…
Examination of African doctrines, death, muses of death, categories of death, rites, final judgment, reincarnation, and the ancestral cult.
Analysis of international development programs, stressing the developing world's perspective. Study of issues affecting international cooperation, agricultural development and sustainability, technology transfer, and extension education.
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African Studies Courses: Spring 2024
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