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HIST 436. Afro-Latin America

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 012174

Crosslisted with ANTH 436  

Latin America and the Caribbean were the first and largest parts of the Western Hemisphere to be populated by Africans. Afro-Latin America examines cultural formations Africans brought to these regions. Beginning with an overview of the slave trade, it examines the histories of Africans and African-descent people throughout Latin America, as well as contemporary Afro-Latin American culture(s). Prerequisite: One course in either Latin American or Africana studies (any discipline); upper-division status or permission of the instructor.