Summer 2007

MES s322K • GENDER IN NORTH & WEST AFRICA

Course Description

The course seeks to develop in students an understanding and appreciation of African gender theories through an examination of the variables between the realities of African gender perspectives and current gender theories. Students should engage in effective and meaningful dialogue that not only affects Africa but also the West, thus increasing an awareness in cross-cultural gender issues.

Grading Policy

Attendance and Participation: 10% Individual Term Paper 40% Individual Oral Presentation 15% Group Term Paper 20% Group Oral Presentation 15%

Texts

Akinwumi Isola. Efu
nseta
n Ani
wu
ra, Iya
lo
de Ibadan and Tinu
ubu
,Iya
lo
de Egba
: Two Yoruba
Historical Dramas. Trans. Pamela Olubunmi Smith. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press Inc., 2005. - Ba, Mariama. So Long a Letter. Trans. Modupe Bode-Thomas. London and Nairobi: Heinemann, 1981. - Djebar, Assia. Fantasia: An Algerian Calvacade. Trans. Dorothy Blair. London: Quartet Books, 1989. Trans of L'Amour, la fantasia. -Oyono-Mbia, Guillaume. "Three Suitors, One Husband" in Faces of African Independence: Three Plays. Charlottesville, 1988.

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