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ENGL 23038 - Narratives of the African Diaspora

Course Credit: 1
This course will focus on 20th and 21st century Anglophone African literature. The course will examine themes of globalization and migration in the age of neoliberalism, neocolonialism, and African diasporic consciousness. We will supplement primary readings with critical essays on necropolitics, neocolonialisms, and the white savior complex of neoliberalism. Writers include: Achebe, Cole, Wainaina, Adiche, and Coetzee. [AH]