The African Diaspora

AAD

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The African Diaspora

A survey of the historical connections of the African diaspora from pre-transatlantic slave trade to post-colonial movements. This course examines the political and socio-economic institutions and interactions between Africans before and during the transatlantic slave trade, the reasons why Africans were enslaved, the inland and middle passages, the impact of the trade on African societies, African communities in the Diaspora, the end of the trade and the beginning of European colonial rule in Africa, as well as the legacies of both the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism in post-colonial Africa. For History majors and minors, this is designated as a world history course.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes

COPT - CSIPD (CSI Pluralism and Diversity), COPT - CSISSA (CSI Social Scientific Analysis)

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