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AFST 24600 - Africana Popular Culture

Course Credit: 1
(COMM, COMS)
AFRICANA POPULAR CULTURE Course surveys the genres, media, conceptual dynamics and cultural consequences of popular culture of the Africana world. Examining music, religion, sports and graphic art, the course will investigate the historicity, aesthetics and social-political impact of these fields on Africana communities. Forms will be analyzed as vehicles for personal and public critique and transformation. Prerequisite(s): AFST-10000 or permission of the instructor. [AH]