UGRC 223 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa and the Diaspora
University-Wide Required Courses (UGRC) · University of Ghana
Course Description This course is designed to provide a general overview of the voluntary and involuntary journeys, life experiences, as well as the general culture of Africans in the Diaspora. It will also discuss some of the surviving African cultural elements in the Americas, and analyze certain cultural and political coping/resistance strategies. The course hopes to demonstrate the resilience of African culture as expressed in music, literature, language, religious beliefs, festivals and art. It will critique some of the ideological bases for the various slave-trading epochs, and suggest ways of enhancing the African image within the global community. Furthermore, it will and discusses some notable contributions of the African Diaspora to the body of world civilization.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- UGRC 221 — Introduction to African Studies/African Art, its Philosophy and
- UGRC 222 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa in the Contemporary World
- UGRC 224 — Introduction to African Studies/African Popular Culture: Traditional
- UGRC 225 — Introduction to African Studies/African Dance
- UGRC 226 — Introduction to African Studies/African Drama
- UGRC 227 — Introduction to African Studies/African Music
- UGRC 228 — Introduction to African Studies/Chieftaincy and Development
- UGRC 229 — Introduction to African Studies/ Culture and Development
- UGRC 230 — Introduction to African Studies/ Gender and Culture in Africa
- UGRC 231 — Introduction to African Studies/Gender and Development
- UGRC 232 — Introduction to African Studies/Issues in Africa’s Population
- UGRC 233 — Introduction to African Studies/Our African Heritage through
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).