Imagining Africa Otherwise

3 credits

Introduction to Africa as a rhetorical construct and to the study of the African continent as a nexus of world-making innovation. Combines theoretical critiques from Black studies, African/a studies, and postcolonial theory, as well as African popular culture, to deconstruct common portrayals of Africa. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: ANTH 100. and third-year standing.