ASRC 2351 - Intro to Africa and its Diaspora

(GHB) (HA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

K. Gaines.

This course introduces students to the study of Africa and its Diasporas, including the Americas and West Indies, as well as Europe. The course takes a multimedia, interdisciplinary approach to a range of historical, literary, artistic, religious, economic, and political questions crucial to the understanding of the experiences of people of African descent. Using maps, films, the visual arts, music, important historical and contemporary texts, and short stories, the course will focus on four major themes: 1) migration and the middle passage; 2) slavery and resistance; 3) segregation, colonialism and freedom movements; and 4) the arts and global Black consciousness.