| Course Title: Beyond Francafrique: Franco-African Encounters in Historical Perspective |
| Start Date: 08/30/2021 End Date: 12/13/2021 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2021 |
| Description: This course examines how France and Francophone West Africa have shaped each other throughout the past three centuries. Beginning with the French Atlantic of the eighteenth century, the course traces Franco-African encounters through informal and formal colonial rule, decolonization, and the postcolonial period. It closes by examining current controversies over race, literature and museum rights engendered by this complex history. Students will gain a deep historical understanding of contemporary issues, giving them the capacity to think widely about social divisions, power asymmetries, and debates surrounding identity and belonging that de-center the American experience. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Elisa Prosperetti | eprosper@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 203 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought major | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| HIST-241-01 Beyond Francafrique |
| AFCNA-241FR-01 Beyond Francafrique |
| CST-249FR-01 Beyond Francafrique |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Aventure Ambigue / Ambiguous Adventure Author: Kane, Cheikh Hamidou Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9782264036933 Publisher: |
Required | 12.00 |
| Title: The sons of independence Author: Kourouma, Ahmadou Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780841907478 Publisher: |
Required | 13.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: You can purchase the book in English or in French, whichever language you prefer. |