AAAS 2100 - Comparative Approaches to Forms of Black Consciousness

This course focuses on the history of Black consciousness in the African Diaspora from the seventeenth to twenty-first century. It is concerned with forms of Black expression and social action as they are manifested in specific historical, cultural, and political contexts using comparative approaches. Some of the themes include Africa in African American thought and culture, naming and identity, feminism and gender, movement and migration, and the rhetoric of freedom in Black ideology. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations – Inquiry and Engagement: Critical Thinking in the Arts and Humanities Category.

Credits: 3 hours