Fall 2026

Advanced Topics in African Cultural Studies

Advanced study of modern African cultural production, examining foundational texts and contexts of race, anticolonialism, and global circulation.

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Summary

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

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Subjects

African Cultural Studies

About this course

Introduces foundational texts in the study of modern Africa and the social, political, and economic contexts of the continent's cultural production and productivity. Conceptual explorations of interesting issues such as the African encounter with Europe, anticolonialism, race, racialism, and subjectivity, African and European languages and epistemology, transformations in gendered structures, and the environment, and the circulation and consumption of cultural forms and practices. Examines the long histories and theories of cultural production and practices in Africa, the local/global provenance of forms and styles, and the contexts of their local, national, and global circulation and consumption. Promotes critical thinking by putting like and unlike texts together and considering rhetoric and implied meanings, all in the context of Africa's interactive history with the world in the modern era.

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Junior standing and (AFRICAN 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 409, 412, 413, 440, 453, or 471), or graduate/professional standing

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AFRICAN 605

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Fall 2026

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

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Topics

Race, anticolonialism, and subjectivity.
Languages and epistemology.
Gendered structures and environment.
Cultural circulation and consumption.

Skills

Critical thinking and rhetorical analysis.
Historical and theoretical examination of cultural practices.
Conceptual exploration of race, identity, and history.

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