GLFA 215 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN CINEMA (4 credits)

Survey of African cinema. Critical analysis of cinematic works from North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Comprehensive exploration of films across different regions of Africa in order to capture their richness and diversities, as well as their struggles, in terms of aesthetic, sociopolitical, environmental, economic and cultural significance. Examination of African film institutions with particular attention to their impact on African societies and global cinema. Conducted in English.

Typically offered: Spring Semester

(CREATIVE STUDIES, GLOBAL PLURALISM)

GLFA 230 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN STUDIES (4 credits)

Interdisciplinary introduction to African studies. Survey of main figures of African Studies with a particular attention to historical periods and geographic particularities, discussion of the relations between Africa and the African diaspora with an emphasis on the necessity to understand "Africans" in their proper human historical and international contexts.

Total Course fees: $20.00

(CREATIVE STUDIES, GLOBAL PLURALISM)