Healing in African History

Catalog description

Health and Healing are topics of intense interest to all human societies. There is a tradition in Africanist historiography that examines the political theory of statecraft in Africa through the metaphor of ‘public healing’. Beginning with that tradition, this course looks at the history of African healing traditions, and how they relate to contemporary traditions of resistance and resilience within African and African diaspora communities. Prerequisite: AFST 101 and at least one other AFST course. Offered every other spring.