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2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ANTH 248: Africa: Peoples and Cultures


(1 Unit)
Prerequisite: SOC 101  or ANTH 105 , or permission of instructor.
A survey of African cultural diversity past and present. Explores the lives and livelihoods of African peoples through ethnographic case studies that span the continent. Engages stereotypes and challenges the ways in which Africa is popularly depicted in the media. Considers key issues in anthropology, including colonialism, conflict, ecology, economic development, food security, gender, childhood, religion, health, humanitarianism and globalization. Harnish.