HIST 275 - African Women in Comparative Perspective

FDR: HU
Credits: 3

In this course, we will widen our appreciation of African Women’s experiences, including history, legal and socio-economic status, religious and political roles, productive and reproductive roles, and the impact of colonialism and post-independence development and representation issues. The course will move across time and space to examine the aforementioned in pre-colonial, colonial and ‘post’-colonial Africa. We will begin with the question: What common beliefs/images about African women did/do Euro-Americans share? Ballah.