ASRC 4201 - [Islam in Africa and Its Diaspora]

(crosslisted)
(also DSOC 4630, NES 4710) (CA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2012-2013. Co-meets with ASRC 6203/DSOC 6630.

A. Mazrui.

It has been estimated that one-third of the Muslim population of the world is in Africa and the African Diaspora. This course addresses the historical dimension of Islam in the Black experience examining Global Africa as a whole. Within the African continent, Islam is part of the triple religious heritage, which includes rivalry with Christianity and co-existence with African indigenous religions. In the Americas, Islam is up against Western secularism and Christianity. We are concerned with how Islam has affected the politics and cultures of the African peoples worldwide, issue of slavery and Islam, and the interaction between Islam and contemporary ideologies of socialism, nationalism, and race consciousness in the Black experience.