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Global Africa: Creative Cultures

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21G.026
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2018English
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This course examines contemporary and historical cultural production on and from Africa across a range of registers, including literary, musical and visual arts, material culture, and science and technology. It employs key theoretical concepts from anthropology and social theory to analyze these forms and phenomena. It also uses case studies to consider how Africa articulates its place in, and relationship to, the world through creative practices.

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