• AAST 3000: African American Music

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Surveys African American music from its origins in Africa to current, popular jazz, rock, soul and rap forms. AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000-level course.
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• AAST 3010: African-American Aesthetics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines inter-relationship of the creative process with cultural and philosophical motifs, as well as the spiritual and the artistic amongst African people on the continent and Diaspora. Prerequisite: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000-level course.
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• AAST 3130: Global Impact Afric Cultures

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines concepts of culture and value systems as applied to Africa and African-derived cultures and the impact on civilizations around the globe. Using the lens of the Diaspora, examines aspects of African culture on the African continent along with the traditions, experiences, socialization, and histories that continue for dispersed peoples of African descent. Prerequisite: any AAST course or junior/senior standing.
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• AAST 3260: African Spirits in New World

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Begins with Yoruba roots in Africa travels with the African diaspora focusing on spirit possession in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santeria, Jamaican Revival Zion, Jamaican Rastafarianism, Brazilian Candomblé, and "Black Church" in the United States using ethnography and postcolonial theory of religious studies. Cross listed with RELI 3260. Prerequisites: WB & CH.
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• AAST 3670: African Diaspora

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the process through which aspects of African culture have endured in Diaspora. Analyzes the social relations between Diaspora Africans and non-African populations in North and South America, the Caribbean, Britain, Asia and the Mediterranean. Discusses cultural hybridization ("Creolization") as a product of culture contact. Cross listed with SOC 3670. Prerequisites: AMST 2110, ANTH 1200, ENGL 2190, SOC 1000, SOC 2140, any AAST course, or junior/senior standing.
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• AAST 3933: African Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the work of philosophers of Africa, of African descent and others who deal with the African diaspora. Topics include the nature of African Philosophy and the African American struggle, African colonialism, philosophy, political philosophy and gender, traditional African thought. Prerequisite: A prior course in either African American and Diaspora Studies, Global and Area Studies, or Philosophy.
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• AAST 4000: Black Freedom Movement

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Presents the struggle of African Americans for self-definition, self-development, and self-determination from the inception of the modern civil rights movement to the contemporary period. Prerequisite: 3 hours of AAST coursework.
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• AAST 4020: The Black West

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Historically surveys African pioneers in the west, and legacy of the Black West (i.e. the black cavalry and cowboy). Prerequisite: AAST 1000.
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• AAST 4050: Development, Africa, Culture

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Focuses on the complex and checkered relationships between Western-inspired development and African cultures. Striking a balance among ethnographic case studies, theoretical lenses, and practical implications, understand what Euro-American efforts at foreign development, including contemporary globalization, look like from an African perspective. Provides an understanding of African expectations of development and developers. Cross listed with INST 4050. Dual listed with AAST 5050. Prerequisites: Junior standing and instructor consultation.
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• AAST 4065: Black American Rhetoric

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Study of rhetoric through Black lives and experiences, from enslavement and Civil Rights to #Black Lives Matter. What does understanding Black American experiences mean for civil rights movements across the world and the U.S.? Explores how Black American speech challenges inequities in the United States and strives for racial equality and justice.
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