8 courses with the subject AFN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
AFN 130Introduction to Africana Studies3
Interdisciplinary exploration of the collective experiences of the African Diaspora, which includes Africans and people of African descent in various continents and countries in addition to the United States.
Exploration of several theoretical, historical and contemporary issues and themes of Gullah-Geechee Culture, history, language and politics, as a specific African American ethnic enclave within America.
AFN 235Battle for Justice: From the Boat to the Vote3
Examination of the right to vote through a focus on the Constitution, legislation, and case law. Including, exploration of methods of voting restriction and dilution such as literacy tests, poll taxes, redistricting, violence, and intimidation. Centering the impacts on race and democracy in the United States.
AFN 290Readings in Literatures of the African Diaspora3
This course explores the literary expressions of Africans and peoples of African descent as they are found in the Caribbean, Latin America, and in the United States.
Examination of Wilmington’s 1898 massacre and coup d’état through the lens of Africana Studies. Includes studying the impact and strategies for repairing the harms that continue today and how this event shapes Black and African American communities in the region, in the state, and across the country. Student research required.
AFN 353Black Feminisms: Survey of Black Feminist Thought3
Exploration of the rich tradition of Black feminisms, womanisms, and queer theories, and the communities and institutions they speak of, for, and to. Includes the investigation of identities and identification, sexualities, motherhood and family, womanisms, representation and citizenship, community building, and anger and activism.
Engagement in a service-learning project in Wilmington, NC region, and abroad related to communities of African descent. Emphasis on the African American communities’ (and people of African descent) strengths, values, beliefs, attitudes, and ideals by the examination and application of community engagement and development concepts.
AFN 495Senior Seminar: Topics in Africana Studies3
Intensive study of a selected theme in Africana Studies designed to foster and encourage critical and systematic inquiry into the historical, cultural, social, and or political factors that influence African, African American, Caribbean, and other peoples of African descent around the world.
