Courses - Fall 2008
Fall 2008
AFST 201 Introduction to African-American Studies
Multidisciplinary approach to the African-American expernece through the Civil War period which examines such issues as traditional African societies, the institution of slavery, the development of African-American culture, the beginnings of African-American protest tradition, and the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Dr. Bertin Louis
Dr. Joongbaeck Kim
AFST 202 Introduction to African-American Studies
Multidisciplinary approach to the African-American experiences from the Civil War through the Civil Rights era which focuses on such topics as African-American rural and urban societies, the African-American church and education, and African-American intellectual and protest movements.
Dr. Bertin Louis
AFST 225 Introduction to African Literature
Survey of first wave of African literature up to the mid-1960's; course discusses the major genres and emphasizes comparative, cross-cultural and cross-national approaches.
Prerequisite(s): English 102 or 118.
Dr. G. J. Ndigirigi
AFST 233 Major Black Writers
Black American literature as a literary tradition. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Susan Feldman
Dr. Kristi Havens
Dr. J. G. Ndigirigi
Dr. Katherine Chiles
AFST 235 Introduction to African Studies
Multidisciplinary approach to the study of African traditions, cultures, religions, political economies, pre-colonial democracies, and states from the first through the 16th century. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Wornie Reed
Dr. Amadou Sall
AFST 236 Introduction to African Studies
Multidisciplinary study of Africana and its incorporation into the world economy between the sixteenth and the twentieth century. Includes the rise of nationalism, post-colonial dependency, contemporary problems, and current liberation struggles in various areas of the continent. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. J. G. Ndigirigi
Dr. Amadou Sall
AFST 331 Race and Ethnicity in American Literature
Examines the role of ethnic and racial identity in the literature of the United States. Writing-Emphasis course.
Dr. Martin Griffin
Dr. William Hardwig
Dr. Carrie Sheffield
AFST 343 Race and Ethnicity
Social sources of racial and ethnic cleavages and social, economic, and political consequences. Emphasis on race and ethnicity in the United States. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Asafa Jalata
AFST 352 African-American Religion in the US
Historical and critical examination of formation and development of African-American religious thought and institutions in America. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. John O. Hodges
AFST 373 African Religions
Religions of the indigenous peoples of Africa, including how myth, rites, and symbols and certain cultural and political movements in Africa have been and are being informed by religious sensibilities. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Rosalind Hackett
AFST 442 Comparative Poverty and Development
A critical examination of patterns of poverty and inequality in developing areas of the world, along with a review of major sociological theories which attempt to explain differences in patterns of development. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. John Shefner
AFST 443 Topics in Black Literature
Content varies according to particular genres, authors, or theories from 1845 to the present, including Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Richard Wright and Gwendolyn Brooks, writing by black women, international black literature in English, and black American autobiography.
Dr. Katherine Chiles
AFST 452 Black African Politics
Recent evolution and current political environment of black African nations. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. William Jennings
AFST 461 Art of Southern and Eastern Africa
Art traditions of the eastern and southern regions of Africa. Sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture and human adornment will be examined. Some ancient Stone and Iron Age traditions will be examined, but the main emphasis will be on the diverse ethnic and regional art traditions practiced in the area from the 19th century to the present. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Bill Dewey:
AFST 463 Arts of the African Diaspora
Examines the aesthetic, philosophical and religious patterns of the African descendants of Brazil, Surinam, the Caribbean and the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the full range of art forms, including the sculptural and performance traditions, as well as architecture, textile, basketry and pottery art forms. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Bill Dewey
AFST 480 African-American Communities in Urban America
Evaluates the benevolent and historical influence of three major institutions: the church, the family, and the school upon the African-American struggles to survive. Includes political, economic, and social factors utilized by black people in developing coping strategies and mechanisms. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Asafa Jalata
AFST 484 African-American Women in American Society
Focuses on historical and contemporary social, economic and political factors in American Society as they relate to the black woman. Writing-emphasis course.
Dr. Cynthia Fleming