AFST 3301 - Theories, Methods and Intellectual Thought in Africana Studies

(3) Credit Hours

This course examines the major historical and contemporary theories and intellectuals which have both defined and informed the discipline of Africana Studies, as well as the academic, ideological, cultural, and activist leadership it produced. Furthermore, this course analyzes diverse voices and perspectives of the African Diaspora whose work and leadership produced Africana-based historical narratives addressing issues of race, racism, power, gender, class, resistance, violence, and the historical importance of grassroots activism to sociopolitical change. Students will read scholarship on a variety of topics arising from the historiography of Black social movements. This scholarship will serve as the foundation for the course. Spring semesters. Exclude Freshman standing.