BIOGRAPHIES OF AFRICAN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

 

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This course will analyze the biographies of celebrated black personalities from the African diaspora, including Africa, the United States and the Caribbean islands. It will enable the students to compare the differences and complexities of the various presentations. We will examine the events that the authors depict and then analyze why they think these personalities are important to write about. For instance, we will study how issues such as the struggle against colonial rule and the quest for freedom reoccur in many of these authors' works. Furthermore, we will determine whether or not these biographies are successful in promoting the causes of:

Finally, it will compare the lives portrayed in the biographies to determine similarities and differences in age, occupation, economic status, number of followers, effectiveness of their theories, their impact upon the world, and circumstances that brought about their death.