After carefully reading the selection from Joseph E. Harris (1993), consult the web to identify sources addressing the legacy of one of the following African Diaspora organiations in Latin America? (a) Identify the country that the organization is based, whether or not the entity still exisits, and the primary issues that the organization addressed in the past and today. (b) What does this organization’s focus reveal about the global dimesions of race and socioeconomic inequality? Please provide clickable hyperlinks to your online sources.
Expression Negra Peruna
Instituto de Investigaciones Afro-Peruana
Centro de Estudios Afro-Ecuatoriano
Instituto Autónomo Biblioteca Nacional
Colombian Folklore Research Foundation
Centre for Research on Black Culture
Black Cultural Movement
Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais
Museo Afro-Brasile
Centro de Estudos Afro-Asiaticos
Instituto De Pesquisas e Estudos Afro- Brasileiros
Movimento Negro Unificado Contra a Discriminacao
Outline of Course Schedule
?Module quizzes are due every Friday by 5 pm
?Discussion posts and responses are due every Friday by midnight
Date Unit Topic Foundational
Readings Contemporary
Readings
Jan 10-14
0 Orientation
Course Orientation Zoom Meeting Friday, January 14,
1:00- 2:30pm Syllabus, D2L orientation Complete Syllabus Quiz
Jan 18-21
1 The Trials and Triumphs of Africana Studies 1- Allen (1974):491-496
2- Marable (2000):17-36
3- Bailey (2000):77-90 Contextualizing Attacks and Critiques of Black Studies
1.-Naomi Riley (2012) 2-John McWhorter
3-Battle at Cornell
Jan 24-28
2 Slavery and Its Legacy 1- Lovejoy (2011):1-23
2- African American Odyssey (LOC)
3- Williams (1944):98-107
4- WPA Slave Narratives (Irene Robertson) Ongoing Significance 1-Robinson (2000)
2-Slavery in the World Today 3-Nas Roots
4-Slave Route Project
5-Limitations of Narratives
6- Slavery Not That Bad? UNESCO
Courier, p.8-30
Jan 31-
Feb 4
3 Colonialism and Its Legacy 1- Fanon (1963): 31-44
2- Uzoigwe (1985) : 19-44
3- Ngugi (1986):1-30
4- Hidalgo (2000) Debating Impact 1- Louis, Jr. (2012)
2- Pat Robertson
Feb 7-11
4 Jim Crow/Apartheid 1- Jim Crow Sampler 2- Apartheid Sampler
3-Lamola (1989)
4-Biko Interview (1972) 1-Mandela (2014)
2-Segregation Now
Feb 14-18
5 Globalization of African Culture 1- Africa in the Caribbean 2- Herskovits (1941):1-32
3- Triple Consciousness 4- Afro Latino Identity 1- Sea Island Gentrification 2- Garifuna
3-Afro Latino Identity
4-Black in Latin America
5-Yoruba Culture and Beyonce’s Lemonade
Feb 21-25
6 Black Authenticity: The Politics of Color, Hair, and Identity 1 Du Bois (1903) Ch.1
2- Garvey (2009): 15-29
3-Chestnutt (1898)
4-Hunter (2007)
5-Danticat (1994) 1- Non-Black Black Celebrities 2- Who is Black in America
3- Politics of Black Womens Hair
Feb 28-
Mar 4 * Midterm Exam Units 1-6
Mar 7-11 * Spring Break Mar 15 – Last day to Withdraw
Without Academic Penalty
Mar 14-
18
7 Black Feminist Thought 1- Davis(1981) 2-Collins (2009) 3- Mikel (1995)
4- Combahee River Collective (1979)
5- Carby (1982) 1- Melissa Harris Perry/bell hooks 2- Why Dont More People Call Themselves Feminists?
Mar 21-
25
8 Race or Class: Views on Under- Development in the
African Diaspora 1-Rodney (1973) in
Rothenberg: 107-125
2-Martin (1974)
3-Coates (2014) 1-La Belle Vie
2-In The Sky’s Wild Noise (10:05- 14:00; 20:55-23:00)
Mar 28-
Apr 1
9 Socioeconomic Inequality: Civil Rights or Global Duties 1- Harris: 705-723
2- Message to Grassroots (1963)
3- Nkrumah (1963): 1-42 1-Coates (2014)
2-European Perspective on Reparations
3-Akinde
Apr 4-8
10 Politics of Art: Hip & Hop Music and Culture 1-Rappers Delight
2-The Message
3- Baraka (1975):175-236 1-Vaught (2007)
2-Belafonte v. Jay-Z 3- Hip-Life/High Life
Apr 11-15
11 Violence 1-Ida B. Wells: The Red Record (1895):Ch.4
2-The Bosket Family
3-We Charge Genocide (1951)
4-Vaught (2007) 1- Emmett and Trayvon(2013) 2- Blanton (2001)
Apr 18-22
12 Pan-Africanism: African/African American Relations 1- Legum (1961):38-64
2- Cohen (2008):39-48 1-Africans v. African Americans Jackson (2004)
2-Chimamanda Adichie (2014)
Apr 25-29 13 Semester Wrap-Up
May 2 * Final Exam Week
