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Course Catalog Information (24-25)

AFAM 11
Sankofa: Roots of the African American Experience

Course Description

This is an African American Studies course that introduces students to concepts of race, racialization, ethnicity, racial identity formation, and their impact on the lived experiences of Black people in the United States. The course will build upon African American Studies concepts in order to understand the experiences of the African Diaspora in the United States. This course will build upon this concept of Sankofa or “returning to the source” in order to understand the present state of the African Diaspora, specifically those individuals identifying as Black American or African American. Emphasis will be placed on the historical and psycho-cultural understanding of people of African descent throughout the Diaspora.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze and articulate concepts such as race, racism, racialization, ethnicity, equity, ethnocentrism, eurocentrism, white supremacy, liberation, decolonization, sovereignty, imperialism, settler colonialism, anti-Blackness, anti-racist, and misogynoir as analyzed through African American Studies.
  • Apply Ethnic Studies concepts, like intersectionality, liberation theory and knowledge produced by African American individuals and the larger cultural community to describe the critical events, histories, cultures, intellectual traditions, contributions, lived experiences and social struggles of African Americans, with particular emphasis on agency and group-affirmation.
  • Critically analyze the intersections of race, and white supremacy as they relate to class, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, immigration status, relationship status, ability, language and/or age in African American communities.
  • Review critically how struggle, resistance, racial and social justice, solidarity, and liberation, as experienced, enacted, and studied by African Americans are relevant to current and structural issues such as communal, national, international, and transnational politics, law, and societal expectations.
  • Describe and actively engage with anti-Blackness, white supremacist, anti-racist and anti-colonial issues and the practices and movements in African American communities to build a just and equitable society.

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Course Details

Units
4 Units
Hours
  • Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
  • Weekly Lab Hours: 0
Gen Ed
General Education Class
Program Status
Program Applicable
Credit
Credit - Degree Applicable
Transferability
Transferable to both UC and CSU
Grading Method
Letter Grading
Formerly Statement
Formerly ICS 11

Requisite and Advisory

Advisory(ies)
EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)

Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills

Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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