ASRC 2003 - [Africa: The Continent and Its People]

(GB) (HA-AS)

Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits.

L. Edmondson.

Introductory interdisciplinary course focusing on Africa’s geographical, ecological, and demographic characteristics; indigenous institutions and values; the triple cultural heritage of Africanity, Islam, and Western civilization; main historical developments and transitions; and contemporary political, economic, social, and cultural change. Africa’s ties with the United States (from trans-Atlantic slavery to the present), its impact on the emerging world order, and its contribution to world civilization are also explored.