AFST 213

Spring 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 25-May 5

African Muslim Societies

Credit: 3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Non-West

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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AFST 213 class schedule data for spring 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	66648	Online	A	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	n.a.	Nobili, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Non-West course. Section Info: Description: Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muḥammad in 632 CE, Muslims “overflowed” from the Arabian Peninsula into the African continent. Soon, from North Africa and the Indian Ocean, the new religion entered sub-Saharan Africa. Today, one Muslim out of three is from Africa and one out of two Africans is Muslim. Through the study of secondary sources, in-class reading and discussions of primary sources, as well as documentaries, this course will provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand this central phenomenon in modern world history, now an unfortunate and misunderstood staple of contemporary news due to the prominence gained in the past ten years by Jihadist movements such as Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria, AQMI in the Sahara and the Sahel, and Shabab in the Horn and East Africa. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.