AFRO 224

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Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp

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Credit: 3 hours.

Presents the Afro-centric world view as it was manifested in traditional African society and in the Afro-American slave community. Shows that this world view merged with European notions of art and humanity, as revealed in modern Afro-American literature, art, and music.

Same as CWL 226. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. Prerequisite: AFRO 100 or consent of instructor.

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

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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AFRO 224 class schedule data for spring 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39646	Lecture-Discussion	1	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	134 Armory	McKinnis, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Slavery & Religion In Blk Exp Section Info: AFRO 224: Course Title: "Slavery and Religion in the Black Experience." Course Summary: The enslavement of kidnapped Africans in North America was not simply a social, political, or economic problem. Rather, the institution of chattel slavery was inextricably tied to the religious and cosmological imagination of the colonial settler. One might say “empireligion.” This course scrutinizes theological and religious claims and practices of slaveholding North America, particularly in relation to the question of the materiality of enslavement. In a constructive move, participants will examine the undercurrent – or fugitive – imagination of enslaved Africans in their quest to assert and perform a sort of religion otherwise. In so doing, course attendees will pay close attention the organization of the “invisible institution” – that clandestine religious world of enslaved radicals – including theological meditations that offered a retort to, and rejection of, slaveholding empireligion. We will consider a variety of sources in the archive, including spirituals, narratives, and testimony, as a way of listening to the voices in the aftermath. Note: Course meets with Religion (REL) 294 and (CWL) 226