AFRICAN CIVILIZATION II
(AFRAS 521 & MALAS 600C)
This course serves as an intensive investigation into the rise and fall of several major African Civilizations. Civilizations and periods will normally include the Sudanic empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, as well as the histories of more modern societies such as the Yoruba, Xhosa, and Asante. Emphasis will be placed on African agency, showing the evolution of the peoples, nations, and their civilizations at different places and times within the long history of Africa.
Bio: Dr. Taharka Adé is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies. Adé obtained both his M.A. and Ph.D in Africology from Temple University. His research interest is primarily the development of comparative analyses between various African and African diaspora cultural phenomena.
Mondays + Wednesdays, 1:00-1:50 PM
Professor Taharka Adé
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