Faculty coordinator:
Associate Professor Pearl Robinson, Political Science
The Africa in the New World (ANW) interdisciplinary minor encourages students to explore Africa and the African diaspora to the Americas through a range of perspectives. Although at present there is no regular major concentration in Africa in the New World, students may propose a Plan of Study in this field.
The minor involves a designated group of five credits from at least three departments or programs of the university. In addition to the five credits, a student is required to complete an appropriate project, such as a thesis, an oral presentation, or a performance, which integrates the knowledge and methodologies of the disciplines involved. (See Interdisciplinary Minor Program for details.)
The courses listed below are among those regularly offered which count toward this minor. Courses listed with an asterisk are not centrally concerned with African/African-American/Native American experience, but contain substantial content in that area. Students who wish to count these courses for the ANW minor must consult with the course instructor first, and must agree to focus all independent work on appropriate ANW topics. Interested students should consult the faculty coordinator for more information. (See departmental listings for course descriptions.)
American Studies 12Race in America
American Studies 13 Viewing African-American Dance (Cross-listed as
Dance 70)
American Studies 192H Literature and Film of the Haitian Diaspora
Anthropology 115 Native Peoples of South America
Anthropology 118 Culture and Power in Africa
Anthropology 149A People on the Move: Tourists, Refugees, and Migrant
Workers
*Anthropology 184 Festivals and Politics in Latin America
*Anthropology 185 Anthropology of War and Peacemaking
Anthropology 187 Place,
Race, Memory
Art History 4 Introduction to the Arts of Africa
Art History 6 The Royal Arts of Africa
Art History 63/163 "Black" Arts of the United States
Art History 70/170 Contemporary Arts of Africa
Art History 71/171 Arts of the Afro-Atlantic Diaspora
Dance 61 West African Ewe Dances
Dance 62 West African Dagomba Dances
Dance 70 Viewing
African-American Dance (Cross-listed as American Studies 11B.)
Drama 48/148 African-American Theatre and Film
Drama 65 Third-World Film: Race and Its Discontents
English 36 Black World Literature
English 37 Twentieth-Century African-American Literature
English 45 Non-Western Women Writers
English 92E The African-American Canon
English 140 The African-American Novel
English 146 African-American Women Writers
English 148 American Indian Writers
English 149 African-American Criticism and Theory
English 150 The American Slave Narrative
French 44 African Theatre (in English)
*French 46 Masterpieces of Caribbean Literature (in English)
French 48 French African Literature (in English)
French 179 French African Literature (in French)
French 181 French African Theatre (in French)
*French 191B Diversity and Cultural Identity in the Francophone World
History 70 Africa to the Nineteenth Century
History 71 Africa since the Nineteenth Century
History 73XX Special Topics: Africa
*History 75 Americas
*History 76XX Special Topics: Latin America
*History 77 Colonial Latin America
*History 78 Modern Latin America
History 95 The African American in United States History to 1865
History 96 The African American in United States History since 1865
History 150 Race, Class, and Power in Southern Africa
History 151 Africa and the African Diaspora to the Americas
History 171 The American South since 1865
History 185 Research Seminar in African History
History 195 Special Topics in African History
Modern Languages 97, 98, 100 Swahili
Music 5 Musical Elements of Jazz Improvisation
Music 11 African-American Music
Music 12 Blues
Music 13 History of Rock 'n' Roll
Music 28/128 The Music of Africa
Music 40 History of Jazz
Music 48 Jazz Theory
Music 64 Gospel Choir
Music 65, 66 Kiniwe African Music Ensemble
Music 69 Big Band
Music 70 Jazz Improvisation Ensemble
Music 111 Jazz Arranging and Composition
*Philosophy 125 Racism and Social Inequality
*Political Science 90R Seminar: Race, Prejudice, and Politics
Political Science 105 Constitutional Law
*Political Science 106 Civil Liberties
Political Science 108 African-American Politics
Political Science 117 Politics of the American South
Political Science 129 African Politics
Political Science 130 Seminar: African Political Economy
Political Science 163 Seminar: Ethnicity and American Foreign Policy
Political Science 186 Africa in the New International Order
*Political Science 188 Regional Integration in Comparative
Perspective
Psychology 51 Black Psychology
Sociology 110 Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Sociology 130 Class, Race, and Gender Inequalities
*Sociology 188 Seminar: Children of Immigrants and Immigrant Children
*Spanish 50/150 Latin American Civilization (in English)
*Spanish 73 Contemporary Latin American Fiction in English
*Spanish 101 Latin American Theater (in Spanish)
*Spanish 102 Latin American Short Story (in Spanish)
*Spanish 103 Contemporary Latin American Novel (in Spanish)
*Spanish 104 Poetry in Spanish America (in Spanish)
*Spanish 107 Testimonial Literature of Latin America (in Spanish)
*Spanish 108 Latin American Women Writers (in Spanish)
Spanish 156 Afro-Hispanic Literature (in Spanish)
World Literature 122 South African Writers