HIST 1421

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HIST 1421
FWS: African Novels, African Histories

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

Novels are perhaps one of the most enjoyable ways to explore the past.  Written as fiction, they nevertheless entice us to learn more.  This course will explore two West African novels written as historical fiction. We will discuss and write about the many themes in the novels, but also contrast their conceptions of the past with how historians have explored these same themes and times past. The novels we will read are Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood, which examines a railway workers strike in colonial Senegal. The other novel is Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun, that discuss the Nigerian civil which occurred  between 1967-1970.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18879 HIST 1421   SEM 101

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    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020

    • Greene, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.