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Class Detail:
WN 2013 Afroamerican & African Studies AAS 358 - Topics in Black World Studies Section 003 Cultures Portuguese-Speaking African
Credits:	3
Other:	Theme
Waitlist Capacity:	99
Consent:	With permission of instructor.
Repeatability:	May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit(s).
Primary Instructor:	Arenas,Fernando
	(real time availability for all sections)

This course will be an introduction to Portuguese-speaking Africa, namely: Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé & Príncipe. Through an interdisciplinary lens focusing on history, geopolitics, literature, and film, students will become acquainted with key issues related to Lusophone Africa and the various individual countries in question. This will be a unique opportunity for students to engage with cultural realities that are rarely studied in the United States or in the context of African Studies. This course will also serve as an introduction to Africa and a number of key issues related to colonialism and post-independence; Pan-Africanism and Négritude; wars of liberation and Third World Marxism; national identity formations; the politics of gender; the travails of democratization and modernization; the challenges of nation (re-)building and peace-making; and a possible future for (Lusophone) Africa in a globalized world. Throughout this course, important cultural links will be established with other regional or national realities such as Brazil, Portugal, Spanish-speaking America, and the United States. Course Requirements: No data submitted Intended Audience: No data submitted Class Format: No data submitted

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)
Coursepack Location:	Dollar Bill Store
Note:	Will be available earlier in the semester

ISBN: 9780253341877	A history of postcolonial Lusophone Africa, Author: Chabal, Patrick, 1951-, Publisher: Indiana University Press 2002
Required

ISBN: 081666983X	Lusophone Africa : beyond independence, Author: Arenas, Fernando, 1963-, Publisher: University of Minnesota Press 2011
Required

ISBN: 9781852428976	Sleepwalking land, Author: Couto, Mia, 1955-, Publisher: Serpent's Tail 2006
Required

ISBN: 9780813343860	Mistaking Africa : curiosities and inventions of the American mind, Publisher: Westview Press 2009
Required