In class announcement for your students: course offering. The course Afro 3910, "Black Internationalism," taught by Yuichiro Onishi will be held in Blegen Hall 330 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:45-11:00am.
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SPRING 2009
Afro 3910 (Section 1)
Black Internationalism
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:45-11:00am
Blegen Hall 330
Instructor: Yuichiro Onishi
This course introduces the concept of Black internationalism as political theory to unpack the dynamics of the Black
Freedom Movement in the twentieth century. It is conceived as a reading-intensive seminar on Black radicalism and
internationalism, exploring how leading Afrodiasporic intellectual-activists responded to such world historic developments as European colonialism in Africa, the Americas, and Asia, U.S. imperial ascent and expansion, two World Wars and the Cold War, and African independence movements. An emphasis is on how these Afrodiasporic intellectualactivists, as well as leading contemporary scholars of Black radicalism have framed the study of race and nation, especially as it relates to a critique of colonialism, imperialism, and liberalism to engender
new analytic, theoretical, and political possibilities.
One of the course requirements is that students lead and facilitate class discussions. Students who are interested in the international study of African American history, Black radicalism, and social movements are encouraged to take this course.
Required Texts:
-Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism.
-Charles W. Mills, The Racial Contract.
-Nikhil Pal Singh, Black Is a Country.
-Kevin K. Gaines, American Africans in
Ghana.
-W. E. B. Du Bois, Dark Princess.
-Andile Mngxitama, ed., Biko Lives.
-Additional Readings on E-Reserve
For more information, email: ohni0001@umn.edu
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