Faculty Name

Kathryn Geurts

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

GLOB

Course Subject

GLOB

Course Number

3100

Course Section

01

Course Title

African Crises in Global Persp

Academic Term and Year

Fall 2016

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

D, O

Area of Study

AFST, GLOB, SOCJ

Course Description

Goals: To learn about social and cultural consequences for Africans of historical and contemporary exploitation of the continent's natural resources and its human beings. To gain an understanding of how countries and societies in Africa have fared in the past couple centuries as global economic, political, cultural, and environmental interconnections have intensified. Content: Particular emphasis will be placed on interrogating reasons for exploitation, and we will do this through immersion in journalistic, literary, cultural, and cinematic representations of various "crises" on the African continent. Students will become more aware of root causes of some of the strife and destitution that often gets associated with Africa as a result of Hollywood and mass media representations. We will also explore specific responses and resistances to socio-political turmoil in given locales. Credits: 4

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