AFA 130The African Diaspora

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Survey of the African and African Diaspora people from origin to contemporary existence. Includes an introduction to the field of Africana studies by way of the African continent and its people; slavery, colonialism and freedom; creating the African Diaspora; (re)memory of African culture, colonialism and independence struggles; and other forms of resistance, rebellion and revolution. Also includes an overview of Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, and Black Power Movements; Black arts and African diasporic artistic expression, religions, practice, representation, and the contemporary Black world.