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Class Detail:
FA 2012 Afroamerican & African Studies AAS 111 - Introduction to Africa and Its Diaspora Section 001
Credits:	4
Requirements & Distribution:	HU, RE
Consent:	With permission of instructor.
Other Course Info:	May not be included in a concentration plan. F.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Ampene,Kwasi
Instructor:	Scott III,Julius S
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Introduces basic concepts and methods involved in the study of Africa and its Diaspora. This team-taught course takes a multimedia, interdisciplinary approach using maps, cultural artifacts, films, art, music, archival documents, literary texts, and key scholarly readings from both the humanities and social sciences. Prerequisite to the AAS concentration and academic minor.

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)



ISBN: 0521806623	Reversing sail : a history of the African diaspora, Author: Gomez, Michael A., 1955-, Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008
Required	Other Textbook Editions OK.

ISBN: 9780451627261	The Classic slave narratives, Publisher: Penguin op.
Required	Other Textbook Editions OK.

ISBN: 9781405849425	Sundiata : an epic of old Mali, Author: D.T. Niane ; translated by G.D. Pickett ; with extra material by David Chappell, James A. Jones., Publisher: Pearson Longman Rev. ed. 2009
Required	Other Textbook Editions OK.