Africa and African Diaspora World

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Combines lecture, critical discussion of readings, guest speakers, student presentations and individual research projects. Drawing on various sources (written, oral, archaeology), explores themes linking peoples of Africa and African heritage in Africa, the United States, the West Indies and Latin America, and Europe, the processes of cultural transformations in Africa and the evolution of African cultures and survival in the New World. Explores topics including transatlantic slave trade, comparative slavery, African-American and Latin America emigration to Africa, African immigration to the New World and the Pan-African movement. Emphasizes links between blacks in Africa, the West Indies and the United States, the cultural and political influences they had on each other and the legacy that remains in these areas today.