Afro-atlantic Histories and Peoples, 1791-present
Thematic overview of African diaspora histories since the Haitian Revolution, focusing on political, social, and intellectual movements in the Americas.
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Articulate how the past has affected present day circumstances regarding race and racial inequalities in the U.S. and in the African diaspora
Define important questions related to the history of the modern African diaspora and explain their academic and public implications.
Evaluate the evidentiary and theoretical bases of various historical conversations in the making of the modern African diaspora.
Recognize, challenge, and avoid false analogies, overgeneralizations, anachronisms, and other logical fallacies.
Examine the context in which sources were created, search for topical, chronological, and other relationships among them, and assess the sources in light of that knowledge.
Drawing upon a diversity of primary- and secondary-sources, synthesize the most pertinent evidence to make persuasive arguments and draw innovative conclusions.
Apply course concepts to your life outside the classroom, demonstrating self-awareness and empathy for people from a range of backgrounds and political perspectives.
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The African-descended population of the Americas is around 180 million people. Roughly two-thirds of those live outside of the United States, mostly in Brazil and the Caribbean. Provides an overview of the histories, aspirations, and problems that have most impacted peoples of the African diaspora in the years since the Haitian Revolution. As such, the focus will be thematic rather than chronological. The primary emphasis will be on the history of political, social, and intellectual movements. Topics will include slave resistance, black nationalism, socialism, and anti-colonialism. Learn about figures as varied as Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ida B. Wells, Marcus Garvey, WEB DuBois, Carolina Maria de Jesus, Frantz Fanon, Paul Robeson, and many others. Other topics to be covered include: the meaning of "freedom," the construction of black "masculinities," diasporic religious expressions, art and literature, and race and medicine.
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- Political and social movements: slave resistance, black nationalism, socialism, anti-colonialism
- Cultural and intellectual themes: freedom, masculinity, religion, art, literature, medicine
- Key historical figures in the African diaspora
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- Historical source evaluation and contextual analysis
- Critical reasoning and identification of logical fallacies
- Connecting historical events to contemporary racial issues
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