Requirements for the Concentration in African Studies

Number of Units
Six units are required.

Required Courses
Complete three of the following courses:

AFST 205 Global Africa
AFST/ANSO 210 Thinking Africa
AFST/ANSO/HIST 278 Africa Now
AFST/ANSO 280 Geography of Africanness

Three additional courses chosen from the following list. Courses should include Africa specific study abroad subject to approval by the Director of African Studies.

AFST/ANSO 211 Global Black Feminism
AFST/ANSO 290 Africa in Global Context
AFST/ANSO 295 On Being Human In Africa
AFST/FREN 445 Afro-Perspectives
AFST 455/FREN 335/455 Letters From the Francophonie
AFST/HIST 273 Atlantic Slave Trade
ANSO/CES 410 Missionaries to Pilgrims: Diasporic Returns
ENGL 260 African Cinemas of Belonging
HIST 292 WGS in Early Latin America
*SPAN 425 Topics in Spanish Linquistics

*SPAN 425 will count as an elective only if taught by Dr. Faulkner. To apply this course to the concentration requirements please fill out a Substitution form on the Registrar's website.

Concentrators are encouraged to take as many core and elective courses as possible.

Courses taken abroad and at other U.S. colleges and universities, or with guest scholars on campus, may meet a concentration requirement. Students are encouraged to speak with the Director of African Studies as they develop their program.

Kalamazoo College also operates study abroad programs in Africa: Kenya, Senegal, Egypt, and Botswana. These give students an intensive academic and intercultural experience in an African region. The specific African countries in which the College operates are listed in the "Center for International Programs" section of this catalog.