Fall 2026

Theories of African Cultural Studies

A study of African cultural production, circulation, and meaning making, surveying critical theories from Negritude to postcolonialism.

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Summary

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

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Sophomore standing and 3 credits in AFRICAN

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    • 3 credits in AFRICAN
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    • Sophomore standing
    • 3 credits in AFRICAN

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Material and imaginative cultural forms and practices
  • Theoretical frameworks: Negritude, postcolonialism, postmodernism
  • Linkages to Euro-American sources
  • Biography of culture in Africa

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  • Surveys conceptual and critical modes of apprehending cultural forms
  • Explores methods of reading cultural forms
  • Assesses the refashioning of global critical tools by African cultural concerns

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