ANTH 4510 — Contemporary Issues in Global Africa

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ICNUpath WIusually offered: falltypical days: T/FBostonTraditional

Explores Africa’s changing place in the world. Studies the history of Africa and explores the role of ethnography in the making of colonial Africa and the cultural transformations and continuities produced by the emergence of African cities during and after colonialism. Studies postcolonial Africa to critically and comparatively engage with contemporary issues facing African societies. Considers the efflorescence of new cultural forms of music, art, film, and literature, in conjunction with new sources of identity such as nationality, religion, ethnicity, consumption, and migration.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - ANTH 1101 (min D-)
  - SOCM 103M
  - CRIM 1100 (min D-)
  - PHR 107M
  - HUSV 1101 (min D-)
  - SW 105M
  - INTL 1101 (min D-)
  - ISM 118M
  - POLS 1140 (min D-)
  - POLS 1160 (min D-)
  - ISM 116M
  - SOCL 1101 (min D-)
  - PHR 101M
  - WMNS 1103 (min D-)
- one of:
  - ENGL 1102 (min C)
  - ENGL 1111 (min C)
  - ENGW 1102 (min C)
  - ENGW 1111 (min C)
  - WRIT 201M
  - ENGW 1113 (min C)
  - ENGW 1114 (min C)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2024	1	16	15	107%	0.0
Fall 2025	1	9	13	69%	4.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 100%

Common patterns: TF (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Nina Sylvanus (100% of students) · reviews

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Links

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