The course aims at giving the students an understanding and 
appreciation of the literature and culture of African-American, 
African-Caribbean and African people through the study of 
selected works of the most representative authors of the Black 
Diaspora literature. Students will be required to do research 
and write a documented paper on an author or period of the 
literature of a student’s own choice. The documented paper will 
comprise 60% of the final grade in the course, and will be in 
lieu of the final examination. In addition to the research 
paper, students will also a take an objective test and write a 
short paper in the course.

The literature of the early encounter of the African people 
with the West; the literature of black people’s struggle 
against slavery, colonialism and racism; black cultural 
identity; black people's concerns in today's global community; 
the search for black literary
aesthetics.

All academic work must meet the standards contained in “A 
Culture of Honesty.” Students are responsible for informing 
themselves about those standards before performing any academic 
work.