Mar 28, 2024  
Summer Record 2009 
    
Summer Record 2009 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

ANTH 256 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa


Studies African modernity through a close reading of ethnographies, social histories, novels, and literature. We will explore precolonial African societies, colonialism, rural-urban migrations, globalization, status of women and the on-going conflicts. We will discuss how Africa has been portrayed by anthropologists, and focus on issues that are relevant to an understanding if contemporary African societies.

Credits: 3