Africana Studies 202cp - Topics in Africana Studies-Caribbean Political Thought and the Quest for Freedom
T-Caribbean Political Thought
Fall
2021
02
4.00
Aaron Kamugisha
M W 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM
Smith College
AFR-202cp-02-202201
Seelye 105
akamugisha@smith.edu
How have the history and geography of the Caribbean shaped the political claims of its thinkers in the quest for freedom from domination? This course tracks their contribution to issues fundamental to societal formation in the Caribbean, expressed in the aspiration for national independence and self-determination. The ideas of revolutionaries and intellectuals are counterposed with manifestos, constitutional excerpts, speeches and modes of creative expression to provide a survey of the range of political options, challenges, and the immense choices that have faced the region’s people over the last 500 years. Enrollment limited to 40. (E)