Course Description Hausa is a Chadic language (a branch of the Afro-Asiatic family) spoken by more than 34 million people in parts of Nigeria, Niger, and Chad, and as a trade language by another 18 …
Course Spotlights
Course Spotlight: Literature and Popular Culture in Africa
Course Description “Popular culture” as a category is a relatively new object of study in academia, and it has much to do with learning from the analysis of discourses that are unofficial, informal, or primarily …
Course Spotlight: Tales of Love and War from Portuguese-speaking Africa
Course Description The African literature this course studies arises from a creative will to bring a new community into being. It is fueled, at the same time, by a desire to undo the destructive legacy …
Course Spotlight: Intro to African Art and Architecture
Course Description This course examines the rich heritage of African arts and architecture as they shape and have been shaped by the histories and cultural values (social, political, religious, philosophical, and aesthetic) of African peoples. …
Course Spotlight: Africa Since 1940
Course Description This course surveys the history of sub-Saharan Africa from the 1940s through the present day. Students will examine how various African communities have defined well being, pursued prosperity, and imagined collective futures in …
Course Spotlight: Africa South of the Sahara
Course Description This course is an intermediate-level introduction to the geography of Africa. While very much welcomed, no course work on Africa is required prior to taking this course. After a general overview of physical, …
Course Spotlight: Health, Healing, and Science in Africa and the African Diaspora
Course Description Theoretical perspectives from Science and Technology Studies have become increasingly influential in the study of health in Africa and the African Diaspora in recent years. The scholarly turn toward bio-politics and the examination …
Course Spotlight: Language, Gender, and Sexuality in African Contexts
Course Description An exploration of how gender and sexuality are constrained, constructed, performed, and resisted in and through language. Readings will include theories of language and gender, queer linguistics, and feminist discourse analysis, followed by …
Course Spotlight: AFRICAN 669 – Itineraries of Africa and the Middle East
Enroll soon! Deadline to enroll is Friday, September 13, 2013. Course Description Depending on whom you ask, Ameen Rihani may have been a writer with excellent knowledge of Middle Eastern geography, or he may have …