SS 2008
Pan-Africanism in Perspective
Weiterführendes PS in LW, Übung Transcultural Area Studies
Di 10:15-11:45 Uhr – CIP Pool (Geb. C 5.4) Raum 1.01

Topic: In 1958, newly independent Ghana hosted the First All-African People's Conference, a major event in the history of Pan-Africanism. In the context of the fiftieth anniversary of this event, we will explore Pan-Africanism from a variety of (literary and non-literary) perspectives, with a particular focus on Ghanaian authors.

Grade Options: benoteter/unbenoteter Schein

Readings and Requirements: see

- Attendance, Presentations, Final Exam
- Check who is BA, who is PS/Übung

Week 01 (15.04.08) Intro and Overview

Week 02 (22.04.08) Pan-Africanism I (Concepts, History)

Homework: These readings retrieve the 'pan-african moment' of the 1950s and 1960s and situate local independence movements in transnational/transcultural context. Please research hort biographies of Marcus Garvey, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (W. E. B. DuBois), George Padmore]

Week 03 (29.04.08) Pan-Africanism II [History of Ghana/Decolonization]

Week 04 (06.05.08) Pan-Africanism III [Nkrumah]

Week 05 Armah I/II

Week 06 Armah II/II

Week 07 Fanon I [Armah and Fanon]

Week 08 Fanon II [Fanon and 1968]

Week 09 Fanon III [Fanon and Decolonization]

Week 10 Aidoo I

Week 11 Aidoo II

Week 12 Excursus: Amma Darko Faceless/Roaming Around

Week 13 Pan-Africanism Revisited I

Week 14 Pan-Africanism Revisited II

Week 15 Final Exam