Jul 01, 2025  
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog

AFS 501 - Foundations in Africana Studies, II


Core course required of all students pursuing a Master’s degree in Africana Studies. The two-semester foundations courses will introduce students to the theoretical issues and historiography of the Africana Diaspora. The parameters of Africana Diaspora studies will cover the historical, literary, socio-political, cultural, and economic themes of the black experience. The course will provide critical examination of the global experience and promote an understanding of the Black Diaspora focusing on scholarly works by Paul Gilroy, Chinua Achebe, Henry Louis Gates, Angela Davis, Walter Rodney, and others.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.) ​

Offered Spring

Required Permission of advisor required.