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Department of African American and African StudiesAAAS 2201: Major Readings in African American and African

StudiesFall 2015

Instructor Dr. Cheikh ThiamDays and Time T-Th: 11:10-12:30Ofce hours T-Th: 9:30:11:00Ofce 220 Haerty Ha!!"mai! thiam.#$osu.edu

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lowering your final papers grade by half a letter grade.

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+ourse Schedule

ee/ 1 and 2: hat is Africana Studies

- Tuesday+ %uust 2#: Introduction- Thursday+ %uust 2E: F. 4udim'e+ GDiscourse o o/er and no/!ed

Otherness- Tuesday+ 7e,tem'er 1: e/is ;ordon+ GIntroduction: %ricana ,hi!oso,conte5t

- Thursday+ 7e,tem'er 3: T. atterson and *. e!!ey G(n&nished 4iratio*eJections on the %rican Dias,ora and the 4akin o the 4odern ?or!d

ee/ 3 and 4: he Rele"ance of Ancient African 6istoriograph!

- Tuesday+ 7e,tem'er >: T. atterson and *. e!!ey G(n&nished 4iratio*eJections on the %rican Dias,ora and the 4akin o the 4odern ?or!d

- Thursday+ 7e,tem'er 10: Ancient Africa A History DeniedKAu!! Documen- Tuesday+ 7e,tem'er 1#: ?a!ter *odney+ GHo/ "uro,e (nderde)e!o,ed

cha,ter 2- Thursday+ 7e,tem'er 1E: O!uemi Tai/o+ Gro,hets ?ithout Honors

ee/ 5 and 7: 8egritude and +ultural Resistance

- Tuesday+ 7e,tem'er 22: 7enhor+ 7e!ected ?ritins- Thursday+ 7e,tem'er 2: 7enhor+ 7e!ected ?ritins- Tuesday+ 7e,tem'er 29: %imM CMsaire+ Notebook of the Return to the N

Land+ T@%- Thursday+ Octo'er 1: %imM CMsaire+ Notebook of the Return to the Native L

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