AFAM 11 - Sankofa: Roots of the African American Experience

    Recent Professors
    Julie Keiffer-Lewis
    Recent Semesters
    Winter 2027
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    4
    Winter 2027 Sections
    View Winter 2027 sections of AFAM 11
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    This is an African American Studies course that introduces students to concepts of race, racialization, ethnicity, racial identity formation, and their impact on the lived experiences of Black people in the United States. The course will build upon African American Studies concepts in order to understand the experiences of the African Diaspora in the United States. This course will build upon this concept of Sankofa or "returning to the source" in order to understand the present state of the African Diaspora, specifically those individuals identifying as Black American or African American. Emphasis will be placed on the historical and psycho-cultural understanding of people of African descent throughout the Diaspora.