Anthropology 230 - AFRICA:PEOPL/ ENV/DEV ISSUES

Fall
2013
01
4.00
Elliot Fratkin

MW 01:10-02:30

Smith College
19899-F13
SEELYE 109
efratkin@smith.edu
This course looks at peoples and cultures of Africa with a focus on population, health, and environmental issues on the African continent. The course discusses the origin and growth of human populations, distribution and spread of language and ethnic groups, the variety in food production systems (foraging, fishing, pastoralism, agriculture, industrialism), demographic, health, environmental consequences of slavery, colonialism, and economic globalization, and contemporary problems of drought, famine, and AIDS in Africa.
Not open to first-years
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.