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 …
Courses
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 901: The Form of the African Novel
This course studies the form of the novel as it emerges in Africa. We are interested in how the African novel works, how it exhibits literary properties, and how it generates interpretive problems. Our study …
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 …
African 335: First Semester Zulu
This course meets every day of the week, Monday through Friday, 11am-11:50am.
African 371: First Semester Yoruba
This course meets every day of the week, Monday through Friday, 8:50am-9:40am.
African 393: Third Semester Wolof
This course meets Monday through Thursday, 11am-11:50am.
African 331: First Semester Swahili
This course meets every day of the week, Monday through Friday, 9:55am-10:45am.
African 329: Fifth Semester Arabic
This course meets three days a week. 3 credits