ANTH 030 PZ -Engaging Africa

Institution: Pitzer

Description: This course introduces students to the diversity of African societies from an anthropological perspective. We will take a thematic approach in exploring cultures, environments, histories, and politics across the continent while contextualizing and challenging misconceptions of Africa. We will begin with an overview of African precolonial, colonial, and independence histories followed by examinations of topics such as kinship, feminisms, urban life, illness, healing, violence, extraction, and humanitarianism. Drawing on anthropological and postcolonial analyses, African literature, and comparative case studies, these explorations aim to give students a broad understanding of contemporary Africa and the forces which have shaped its present reality.

Prerequisite(s): See the current course schedule for registration restrictions.

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