AFRS 200 - Movements and Ideas in Africana Studies

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

An in-depth [examination] of the methodologies in Africana Studies, this course develops comparative frameworks for unsettling essentialist and nationalist discourses across space and time. Covering theories of Négritude, racial capitalism, and African philosophies (such as abolitionism and Black Power), it analyzes their manifestations in visual and performing arts, religious practices, literatures, and languages. Students leave this course with a sophisticated understanding of how pan-African liberatory consciousness and radical aesthetics speak to power. The skills gained from this course prepare them to confront and interpret the complexities of the 21st-century persistence of racism. Diane Harriford.

Prerequisite(s): One of the following courses: AFRS 100, AFRS 105, AFRS 110.

This course is a requirement for the Africana Studies Major, the Africana Studies Correlate, and the Prison Studies Correlate.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS