Spring 2027

Theories of African Cultural Studies

Theories of African Cultural Studies examines culture, cultural production, circulation, consumption, and meaning-making in Africa, surveying conceptual modes from Negritude to postmodernism.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and classify canonical theorists and theoretical texts related to the study of cultural production in Africa and its diaspora.

  • Analyze and interpret key theories related to cultural production in Africa and its diaspora.

  • Generate critical perspectives on theoretical ideas that have been proposed for understanding cultural production in Africa and its diaspora.

  • Distinguish between the concepts and modes of expression in canonical theory and the student’s own concepts and modes of expression.

  • Integrate theoretical ideas expressed by other scholars into original analysis of cultural production in Africa and its diaspora.

  • Communicate scholarly ideas in various modes and forms, including essays, presentations, and discussion.

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  • Graduate/professional standing
AFRICAN 803

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Material and imaginative cultural forms and practices, including their origins, languages, contents, forms, functions, genres, and audiences.
  • Conceptual and critical apprehension of cultural forms and practices, ranging from Negritude to postcolonialism and postmodernism.
  • How meanings of culture are fought over, reshaped, and reconstituted, and the conditions enabling these processes.

Skills

  • Analyze and interpret key theories related to cultural production in Africa and its diaspora.
  • Generate critical perspectives on theoretical ideas regarding cultural production in Africa and its diaspora.
  • Integrate theoretical ideas from other scholars into original analysis of cultural production.
  • Communicate scholarly ideas through essays, presentations, and discussion.

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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