Introduction to Africana Studies

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to the value and real-world applicability of Africana Studies by examining global Black history and contemporary Black people’s experiences. It will examine the fundamental role of race in structuring the modern world by foregrounding African Diasporic people’s history, politics, and cultural productions with a particular emphasis on the Americas and the Caribbean. This course will offer an interdisciplinary, intersectional, and transnational study of Black people. Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement