UGRC 230 — Introduction to African Studies/ Gender and Culture in Africa
University-Wide Required Courses (UGRC) · University of Ghana
Course Description This course examines how culture shapes the positions of women and men in African societies and analyses cultures and cultural practices as dynamic, contested and rooted in socioeconomic conditions and power relations. Key concepts in gender studies are analyzed in relation to debates about accepted notions of culture. In this introductory class, we provide students with the opportunity to interrogate the ways in which gender is embedded in various social institutions including the family, the media, religious, political and economic institutions. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their own experiences of gender, and their role in reinforcing and transforming the nature of gender relations in society.
- 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 223 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa and the Diaspora
- 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 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).