Spring 2009

AAS 110 (93809) West African Social Organization

Wale Adebanwi 4 Units  MW 10:00-11:50 202  Wellman

Ecology, population, social organization, and survival culture of West Africa in the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods.

AAS 154 (CRN 60012)  University Gospel Choir

Calvin Lymos  2 Units   WF 5:00-7:00 PM Music 115

First-hand experience of Gospel music; to acquaint students with the full variety of Gospel choral styles, especially those of the African American tradition, but also including African music, Contemporary Gospel, Traditional Gospel, spirituals, hymns, and anthems; and to have students share their work in public performances.

AAS 155A (93810) African-Amer.Dance And Culture In The U.S., Brazil And The Caribbean

Halifu Osumare 4 Units TTh 04:10-6:00 UCLCB

A comparative study of the African American dance forms in the U.S.A., Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica,Barbados, and Trinidad. Examination of ritual, folk, and popular dance forms and socio/historical factors that have influenced these forms (same course as Dramatic Art 155A).

AAS 169 (60013, 60014, 60015, 60016)  History Of African American Television

Christine Acham 4 Units TTh 10:30-11:50 26 Wellman

A history of the representation of African Americans in television suggesting how the representations reflect the social and political forces in American society. A discussion of how African Americans have actively taken a role in shaping their representation.

AAS 175B (93831) BLACK DOCUMENTARY: HISTORY AND THEORY

Christine Acham 4 Units Th 02:10-04:00 3 Wellman

Black documentary history and documentary theory. Use of black documentary for political purposes.

AAS 181 (60017, 93811, 93812, 93813)  Hip Hop In Urban America

Halifu Osumare 4 Units TTh 12:10-1:30 179 Chem

This course presents an overview of the youth-oriented culture of hip-hop through scholarly essays, news articles, videos, websites, and music recordings. We investigate the history, aesthetics, African Diaspora connections, the urban context, educational potential, economics, and institutional policing of hip hop in the United States.

AAS 190 (CRN 60019) The Politics of Resources

Wale Adebanwi 4 Units MW 2:10-4:00 1150 Hart

This course examines the ways in which the processes of the extraction, purification and use of natural resources by (wo)man in society produce complex dynamics. We explore how values are placed on resources and how such values and the regimes of valuation and commodification and the social formations that are (re)produced by these regimes lead to cooperation and conflict in contemporary African society and state - and beyond.