African 210: African Storyteller

This online course provides students with a new and critical perspective on a popular UW-Madison course. Originally developed by Harold E. Scheub, “The African Storyteller” introduces students to both the oral and written traditions of African …

African 605: African Screen Media

COURSE DESCRIPTION Screens have been the sources of news and narrative, as well as the venues for pedagogy and revolution in Africa since the invention of the motion picture. Today, Africa is the home of …

African 277: Africa: An Introductory Survey

Fall 2019 Neil Kodesh 4 credits TR 9:30-10:45am + disc Fulfills Humanities/Social Science, Intermediate This course is designed to be a multi­-disciplinary introduction to the cultures and history of Africa. Because the continent contains a …

African 440: African/Francophone Film

This course is an overview of francophone African cinema, featuring representative films and directors from Senegal, Mali, Chad, Cameroon, Algeria, and Morocco, and spanning from 1966 to 2016. We will study directors from the pioneering …