Wk
Date & Topic
Readings & Asignments
1
1/20' Overview of the class
Begin next week’s readings!
2
1/23'Images of Africa
Bohannan & Curtain e-reserve
1/25'Africa: Myths & Facts
3
1/27'The Space & Geography of Africa
Hochschild book, p. 1-100
1/30'The History of the Continent
O’Toole e-reserve
2/1'Explorers, Colonists & Missionaries
2/3'D-DAY : King Leopold’s Ghost
4
Hochschild book, p. 101-194
2/6'Quiz
2/6'Colonialism, continued
H film: “The Curse of Congo” (57 min): Monday 4PM & Tuesday 6PM
2/8'NEWS REVIEW : Congo Today
5
2/10'D-DAY : King Leopold’s Ghost
Hochschild book, p. 195-306
2/13'Modernity & Social Change–Focus on the
Nuer & Dinka
Peters-Golden ì e-reserve
H film: “The Nuer” (73 min): Monday 4PM & Tuesday 6PM
2/15'Sudan’s Civil War
6
2/17'D-DAY : The Lost Boys of Sudan
Deng et al. e-reserve
2/20'Modernity & Social Change: Focus on the
Ju/’hoansi
Peters-Golden í e-reserve
2/22'D-DAY : Traditional Hunter-Gatherers
Shostak e-reserve
H film: “A Kalahari Family, Part V: Death by Myth” (90 min): Wednesday 8PM &
Thursday 6 PM
2/24'The End of Hunting and Gathering
7
2/27'D-DAY : Gender & Tradition: Female Genital
Operations
Walley e-reserve
3/1'African Families
H film: “Masai Women” (52 min): Wednesday 8PM & Thursday 6PM
8
3/3'D-DAY : Marriage, African-Style
Davison e-reserve
3/6'D-DAY : African Childhoods
Gottlieb e-reserve
Small e-reserve*
*read only the article assigned to your group
Bower e-reserve
Small e-reserve
3/8'Child labor
3/10'D-DAY : Child soldiers
9
SPRING RECESS
10
3/20'African Belief Systems
3/22'D-DAY : Genii of the River Niger
Rosen e-reserve
Peters & Richards e-reserve
Gibbal book, p. 3-116
H film: “Healers of Ghana” (58 min): Wednesday 8PM & Thursday 6PM
3/24'Shamanism and Islam
11
3/27'D-DAY : Genii of the River Niger
Gibbal book, p. 117-174
3/29'AIDS in Africa
3/31'D-DAY : Women at the Crossroads
12
Renaud book, p. 1-59
4/3'AIDS orphans
4/5'NEWS REVIEW : AIDS in Africa
H film: “Their Brothers’ Keepers: Orphaned by AIDS” (55 min): Wednesday 4PM &
Thursday 6PM
4/7'D-DAY : Women at the Crossroads
13
Renaud book, p. 61-167
4/10'Apartheid in South Africa
4/12'D-DAY : Madumo
Ashforth book, p. 1-133
EASTER RECESS
14
4/19'Witchcraft & Sorcery
H film: “Maids & Madams” (54 min): Monday 8PM & Tuesday 6PM
4/20'NO CLASS–view film above
4/21'D-DAY : Madumo
15
Ashforth book, p. 134-255
4/24'Refugees
4/26'Youth in Africa
4/28'D-DAY : Fear in Bongoland
16
Sommers book, p. 1-116
5/1'IN THE NEWS: Refugees in Africa
H film: “The Tree of Our Forefathers” (50 min): Monday 4PM & Tuesday 6PM
5/3'D-DAY : Fear in Bongoland
5/5'NO CLASS–view film above
Sommers book, p. 117-207