Aug 24, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

LIBS 311 - The Idea of Africa


3 Credit(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hour(s)

This course will provide students with the skills to critically analyze the way Africa has been portrayed historically in the West, in fiction, the academy, books, magazines, film, television and other popular media. The development of critical thinking skills in written and oral communication is at the core of this course which asks students to rethink common assumptions, perceptions and stereotypes.