AFR 167 Survey Africana Womanism

This special topics course presents paramount elements, arguments, and theories of Africana womanism. Students will learn about the cultural, social, political, educational, and artistic herstory of Africana womanism from its origins in everyday praxis and rise in literature, to its
critical theorizations, contentious arguments, and its global influence and impact. Following several Africana womanist scholars, students will engage conflict between the mainstream (read: white) feminist, the Black feminist, the African feminist, and the Africana womanist. This course calls attention to Africana womanism’s contributions to efforts centering the study of race, anti-Blackness and anti-Africanness, capitalism and class struggle, sexuality, and sexism and heteropatriarchy. Strong emphasis will be given to womanist discourses on love, respect, humanity, survival, family, and community throughout the African diaspora.

Credits

1 Course Credit