AADS2513 · African and African Diaspora Studies
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Since the era of the Atlantic slave trade, people of color in France's colonies spanning Africa, the Americas, and Asia have challenged what it has meant to be a part of and apart from French imaginings of nation and empire. Focusing on historical documents, memoirs, and visual media featuring people of African descent primarily in the Americas (including the Caribbean) and Africa (including North Africa), this course examines how the sociopolitical activity, artistic creation, and intellectual work by women and men from these regions have transformed France and a wider world.Fulfills the LAMA requirement for History Majors and Minors. Fulfills the PSI and BAC requirements for AADS Majors and BAC requirements for AADS Minors.
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~5
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Fall 2024
1 section