ARCH 429 — Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Archaeology and Heritage Studies · University of Ghana
The course will examine the nature, history and culture of the African Diaspora as found on the African continent, Europe, the Americas and elsewhere. Among key issues on which the course will focus are variability, continuity and change in the cultures of different groups of Diasporan Africans, and relationships that are found between major environmental challenges as well as historical events such as the Islamic Jihads, Trans-Saharan Trade, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, colonialism, and Plantation Slavery in West Africa and the relocation and redistribution of African populations in Africa.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- ARCH 410 — Long Essay
- ARCH 422 — Post-field Laboratory Analysis
- ARCH 424 — Cultural Resource Management in Ghana
- ARCH 425 — Information Technology in Cultural & Heritage Studies
- ARCH 426 — Monument Conservation
- ARCH 427 — Cross-Cultural Contacts and Historical Archaeology of Africa
- ARCH 428 — Human Diversity, Peace and Conflict Management
- ARCH 431 — Introduction to Museum Studies
- ARCH 432 — Gender in Archaeology
- ARCH 433 — Palaeo – Historical Demography of Africa
- ARCH 434 — Popular Culture in Ghana
- ARCH 435 — Landscape Archaeology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).