| Course ID: | CMLT(AFST)(ANTH) 3030. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Introduction to African Languages and Cultures |
Course
Description: | Overview of African languages and cultures, their diversity and
similarities. Critical approach to discourses on Africa. |
| Oasis Title: | AFR LANG AND CULT |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SWAH(YORB)(AFAM) 3030 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The course objectives is to introduce students to the languages, cultures, folklore,
orature, and literature of East Africa and West Africa, with emphasis on the
Swahili speaking people of East Africa and the Yoruba speaking people of West
Africa. Students will learn about these cultures through literary works, dramatic
and documentary films, and historical and critical essays and studies. |
| Topical Outline: | THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE ADDRESSED THROUGH LITERARY TEXTS AND FILMS:
1) African Oral Traditions and Literature in African Societies;
2) Language and Culture in African Societies;
3) African View of the World: Birth, Marriage, Death;
4) The Global Village;
5) Kinship, Family;
6) Politics, Law;
7) Economic Exchange;
8) Belief Systems;
9) Art, Aesthetics;
10) Music, Literature, Performance;
11) Yoruba and Swahili Culture in the New World |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students are required to abide by the University of Georgia academic honesty policy. |