AAST 132 - Introduction to African Studies: Patterns, Issues and Controversies
Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute:4SS, CD, WINT
This course introduces students to the study of Africa. It examines the often negative media representation of Africa as a continuation of a long pattern established by colonial anthropologists, officials and literary writers. It also examines the destabilizing impact of colonialism on pre-colonial African political institutions, social organizations, patterns of belief, etc. Africa’s current difficulties can more fully be understood within this context, which contemporary media portrayals of Africa often ignore.