Intro to Africana StudiesLehman College AAS 166

Prof. WilliamsChapter 3

African Background

Course LogisticsBooks, voting, eventsA Great and Mighty Walk, part 1BreakMaulana Karenga Chapter 3 selections

Class Agenda 9/26/2018

Viewing notes

Write down 3-4 names of key people Dr. Clarke mentionsWrite down 3-4 key events Dr. Clarke mentions

A Great and Mighty Walk, part 1Film notes

Producer/narrator: Wesley SnipesDirector: St. Clair BourneBlack Dot Media, 1996

Problems of Study (3.3)

1 Vastness2 Prevalence of oral history3 European conquest4 Attempts to “Europeanize” history

Problems of Study[ing African History] (3.3)

Kemet

Contributions to human knowledge (81-84)

1 Spirituality and ethics2 Agriculture3 Crafts and professions4 Science and math5 Art and literature6 Writing and writing systems

1 Gun and monopoly2 Economic advantage3 Holocaust of enslavement4 Internal and external problems5 lack of unifying ideology

Decline of African Societies

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