Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.80 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Introductory Topics in African Literature
AFRICAN 203 introduces special topics in African literature, focusing on a specific region or genre.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Luis Madureira
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Historical reviews of Tobi Idowu: Workload consists of reading three books, daily discussion posts, weekly journal entries, and a single research essay on African immigration and struggle.
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Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Samuel England describe him as passionate and nice, with a quality rating of 5 and moderate difficulty. Reviewers appreciated his desire for student learning.
LUIS MADUREIRA is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SAMUEL ENGLAND is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 25 / 25 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Tobi Idowu: The course is described as very easy with minimal workload, requiring only three books, daily discussions, weekly journals, and one research essay.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.80 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Tobi Idowu: Workload consists of reading three books, daily discussion posts, weekly journal entries, and a single research essay on African immigration and struggle.
Historical reviews praise Professor Samuel England for his passion and desire for student learning, describing him as a nice instructor.
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Introductory Topics in African Literature
Recorded 2026-09-07Tales of Love & War
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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