B.A African Studies

Course Descriptions B.A (AFRICAN STUDIES)

LEVEL 100

First Semester		Second Semester
Courses	Credits	Courses	Credits
AFS 101: Introduction to Cultural Studies (core)	3	AFS 102: Foundations of African Civilization (core)	3
		AFS 103: Introduction to African Dance and Music (core)	3

First Semester		Second Semester
Courses	Credits	Courses	Credits
AFS 201: Language and Ethnicity in Africa (core)	3	AFS 203: Oral Literature in Africa (core)	3
AFS 202: Introduction to African Culture (core)	3	AFS 204 Indigenous African Religion (Core)	3

First Semester		Second Semester
Courses	Credits	Courses	Credits
AFS 301: The Slave Trade and Colonialism in Africa	3	AFS 314: Indigenous Technology and Development	3
AFS 303: African Philosophy (core)	3	AFS 315: Conflict and Conflict Resolution	3
AFS 303: African Philosophy (core)	3	AFS 316: Traditional Religion and the Environment in Contemporary Africa	3
Electives		AFS 317: Ethnography and Forms of African Music	3
AFS 304: Race, Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations	3	AFS 318: African Social and Political Thought	3
AFS 305: African Classical Ideas	3	AFS 319: Ghanaian Culture	3
AFS 306: The Role of Music in African Social Life	3	AFS 320: Social Structure of Ghana	3
AFS 307: African Aesthetics	3	AFS 321: Africans in the Diaspora	3
AFS 308: History and Development of Indigenous African Music	3	AFS 322: African Music and Related Arts	3
AFS 309: History of West Africa from 1600 to 1800	3	AFS 323: A West African Language Usage I	3
AFS 310: Religious Experience and Humankind	3
AFS 311: African in Dispersion	3
AFS 312: Introduction to Literature	3
AFS 313: African Traditional Religion and Health Delivery	3

First Semester		Second Semester
Courses	Credits	Courses	Credits
AFS 401: Ethics of Indigenous African Religion	3	AFS 422: African Economies and Development	3
AFS 402: Cultural Geography of Africa	3	AFS 423: The Cultural Impact of Tourism in Africa	3
AFS 403: A West African Literature I	3	AFS 424: African and the Uni-polar World	3
AFS 404: Themes in African Literature	3	AFS 425: A Survey of Selected Societies and Cultures in Africa	3
AFS 405: The Indigenisation of English in West Africa	3	AFS 426: Integration in Africa	3
AFS 406: Sex and Sexuality in African Culture	3	AFS 427: Philosophy of Traditional Education in Africa	3
AFS 407: Chieftaincy and Society	3
AFS 408: Nationalism and Independence Movements	3
AFS 409: African Epistemology	3
AFS 410: Africanisation of Christianity (alternative to ASP 412)	3
AFS 411: Indigenous Foods and their Preparation	3
AFS 412: Africanisation of Islam (alternative to ASP 410)	3
AFS 413: Economic History of the Gold Coast	3
AFS 414: Form and Structure of African Music	3
AFS 415: Ghanaian Literature	3
AFS 416: Popular Music in Ghana	3
AFS 417: Ghanaian Contemporary Art Music	3
AFS 418: A West African Language Usage II	3
AFS 419: A West African Literature II	3
AFS 420: Indigenous Architecture	3
AFS 421: Democratisation and Development in Contemporary Africa	3