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Introducing Anthropology of Africa
A 27 weeks online Masters Program split into three 9 week modules. 8-10hrs per week minimum commitment.
October 2022 – July 2023
27 Weeks, Online
8-10 hours per week
27 Weeks, Online
8-10 hours per week
27 Weeks, Online
8-10 hours per week
COURSE OVERVIEW
The anthropology of Africa provides a lens through which students can begin to redefine what the discipline means for Africa. It is designed to challenge the colonial gaze of Africa and Africans as the conceptual ‘other’ and is instead focused on providing students with skills and resources to augment social and cultural development in Africa and its diaspora.
COURSE AIMS:
- To raise critical awareness of politics implicit in the representations of its places and people.
- To provide an overview of past and current anthropological approaches to African societies.
- To draw from ethnographic analyses of identify common historical social, economic, and political experiences.
- To challenge the racist foundations of the Anthropology as a discipline and provide a true Afrocentric perspective on culture and society.
- To provide new ways of approaching audiences with research on Africa.
WHO YOU WOULD BE LEARNING FROM
Anthropology of Africa is taught by the leading academics in their fields, from cultural psychologists to specialist on African development and anthropology:
Dr. Aminata Cairo
Dr. Karanja Keita Carroll
Dr. Mwenda Ntarangwi
Dr. Efua Prah
Dr. Daniel Mulugeta
Christopher Grandison
The School of Pan African Thought Ltd is a member of the CPD Certification Service.
This course will be submitted for accreditation and certification with the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service and is therefore recognized as applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies.
A qualification in African Politics not only provides you with the knowledge and understanding of today’s complex political landscape, but also with a wide variety of transferable skills.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL
The School of Pan African Thought brings together world leading intellectuals and scholars to empower a new generation of leaders to address the challenge of African development. Our focus is on developing the intellectual and human capital to build a better world for Africa and Africans.
School of Pan African Thought is a non-profit company limited by guarantee.