Spring 2027

Introduction to African Popular Culture

An introduction to the African continent using popular culture, including literature, music, and film, to explore cultural differences and similarities.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Matthew Brown

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.80 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.89 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.70 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize canonical authors and texts, historical forms, genres, and structures, and recognize aesthetic and cultural concerns in Africa and its diasporas.

  • Develop a level of proficiency in the different “ways of knowing” Africa and the diaspora through language, literatures, and cultures.

  • Understand their own learning processes and possess the capacity to intentionally seek, evaluate, and learn from information, and recognize and reduce bias in their thinking.

  • Communicate effectively through essays, oral presentations, and discussion, so they may share their knowledge, wisdom, and values with others across social and professional settings.

  • Show knowledge of conventional rhetorical strategies, and integrate research by other authors while distinguishing between their own ideas and those of others

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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AFRICAN 212

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.85 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MATTHEW BROWN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.80 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.89 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.70 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Topics

  • African popular culture, literature, and media.
  • Regional aesthetics and cultural contexts across Africa.

Skills

  • Recognizing canonical authors, texts, and aesthetic concerns in Africa and the diaspora.
  • Communicating effectively through essays, oral presentations, and discussion.
  • Integrating research and applying rhetorical strategies.

Grades

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AFRICAN 212 · Spring 2027

Introduction to African Popular Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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