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NEW! LS 191: Introduction to Africana Studies
CRN 25566
This course explores the themes that characterize the historical experiences and contributions
of the African diaspora in the modern world. It will provide students with an interdisciplinary
approach to the basic concepts and literatures of Africana studies from forced migration
to the adopted homelands of the African diaspora. The course begins by outlining the
methodological challenges in the orientation of African and African American Studies
and raises questions that interrogate a monolithic “African” identity. Students will
explore the historical developments within which different notions of agency, power,
community, identity and race have worked to transform the experiences of the descendants
of the African diaspora.