« This course explores the diversity of African experiences from the 19th through 21st centuries. It addresses the field of African studies from a multidisciplinary standpoint (using texts, videos, conferences, among other sources) to understand the complex social, political and cultural realities of the continent, Africans, and their diaspora. Inspired by the black radical tradition, the course will focus exclusively focus on continental and diaspora black experiences. This approach aims to highlight global anti-blackness faced by Black people in Africa as well as in Diaspora. Class sessions will provide students with critical tools to question various issues that inform Black experience such as: white supremacy, eurocentrism, imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, racism, sexism, etc. »

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