AFS 499 - "Towards an African American Origin Story"
Offered Spring quarter, 2006, 4:10 - 5:50 p.m., 4 credits

The syllabus will invite students to review the scientific evidence for human origins in Africa, discuss the debate among Egyptologists regarding the origins of Egyptian civilization, research cultural practices from thousands of years before the Common Era that still appear today and appraise certain African nation states that pre-date the slave trade. Then students will be asked to explore the links to their personal histories from the time of the Middle Passage forward.
 

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