AFA 130 - The African Diaspora

1. Identify key contributions of Africa and the African Diaspora in the creation and development of the modern world.
2. Describe the historic and contemporary experiences of African-descended people
3. Describe the evolution of African culture, art, and religion through the African Diaspora

1. Introduction to the Field of Africana Studies
2. The African Continent and Its People
3. Slavery, Colonialism, and Freedom
   1. The Forgotten East African Slave Trade
   2. Europe’s Quest to Conquer Africa
   3. Enslavement in the New World
   4. The Atlantic Creoles and West African Signares
4. Creating the African Diaspora
   1. Forced and Free Migration
   2. Trade and Diplomacy
   3. Capitalism
   4. European Colonialism in the Atlantic
5. (Re)memory of African Culture
   1. Language and Ajami Scripts
   2. Evolution of African Cultural in Latin America and The Caribbean
   3. Creating African American Culture
   4. Global Black Identities
   5. Food and Culture
6. Identity and Disconnections from the African Origin
7. Colonialism and the Struggle for Independence
   1. European colonies in the West Indies
   2. Abolitionist movements in the US
   3. Afro-Caribbean Independence Movements: Haiti, Jamaica,
   4. Economic ramifications and statehood in the Afro-Caribbean
8. Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolutions
   1. Decolonizing Africa
   2. Caribbean Rebellions and Blueprints
   3. From Civil War to Civil Rights
   4. The Maroons of the Afro-Caribbean, Latin, and North Americas
   5. Resistance and safe spaces in Latin America
   6. Freedom in Canada Land
9. Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, and Black Power
10. Black Arts and Diasporic Artistic Expression
    1. African and Diasporic Literature
    2. Oral Traditions
    3. Music
    4. Visual Arts
    5. Film
11. African and Diasporic Religions and Practice
    1. Indigenous African Spiritual Religions
    2. Christianity
    3.  West African Voudon to Haitian Voodoo
    4. Santeria, Lucumi, Candomblé- The evolution of the Yoruba Faith in the Western World
    5. Black Catholicism in the Afro-Caribbean and the Louisiana Territory
    6. African Islam
12. Africa, The Diaspora, and Representation
    1. Racial Caste in Latin America
    2. Media Representation of Black Bodies
    3. Deficit Narratives of Blackness from the Outside world
13. The Contemporary Black World
    1. Building the modern world
    2. Black Culture as Popular Culture in the US
    3. Economic effects of independence and colonization throughout the Diaspora