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    Introduction to Africana Studies

                       

 

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HISTORY & INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE

• What is Africana Studies? Black Studies? Afro-American Studies?
  • Harris, R. L. (2004). The intellectual and institutional development of africana studies. In J. Bobo, C. Hudley, & C. Michel (Eds.), The black studies reader (pp.15-20). Taylor & Francis. (Login using your John Jay credentials)
  • Douglass, F. (1845). Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, An American slave. Anti-slavery Office.  Read the entire Preface through p. 16.
  • Watch on YouTube: John Jay Lecture from Dr. Leith Mullings, Professor of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center: Brown BoE. (2014, April 18). New social movements in the African diaspora and the role of Black women. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmF_d7fRtdE

FREEDOM, LIBERATION, & BLACK NATIONALISM(S)

Social Construction of Race

• Race: The power of an illusion: Background readings: Ten things everybody should know about race. (2003). 
• Race: The power of an illusion: Background readings: Race timeline: Has race always been the same?
• Smedley, A., & Smedley, B. D. (2005). Race as biology is fiction, Racism as a social problem is real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race.  American Psychologist, 60,(1), 16–26. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.16  (Login using your John Jay credentials)
• Herbes-Sommers, C., Cheng, J., Adelman, L., Smith, L. & Strain, T. (Directors). (2003). Race: The power of an illusion [Film]. California Newsreel.  (Login using your John Jay credentials)
• Fanon, F. (1967). Black skins white masks. Grove Press.  Read “Introduction” pp. 7-14 and “Chapter 1: The Negro and Language” pp. 17-40.  (Login with your John Jay credentials)

CAPITALISM AND BLACKNESS 

• Suciu, T. (2009). Is capitalism ethical? Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series V: Economic Sciences, 2, 237–244.  (Login using your John Jay credentials)
• Lawrence, K., Sutton, S. Kubisch, A., Susi, G., & Fulbright-Anderson, K. (June 2004). Structural racism and community building. Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change.  http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/pubs/aspen_structural_racism2.pdf* Read pp. 7-22 (additional pages optional)

RACIAL CAPITALISM

• Leong, N. (2013).  Racial capitalism. Harvard Law Review, 26(8), 2152-2226.
  • Read pp. 2190-2198.   (Login using your John Jay credentials)
• Douglass, F. (1845). Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, An American slave. Anti-slavery Office. 
  • Read Chapters 1 through 3.

BLACK BODIES IN VISUAL & HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Women, Work and Slave Labor

• Documentary Film: Gavshon, H., & Brooks, P. (Producers), & Maseko, Z. (Director). (1998). The life and times of Sara Baartman: “The hottentot venus” [Streaming video]. Icarus Films. (Login with your John Jay credentials)
•  Davis, A. (December 1971). Reflections on the Black woman’s role in the community of slaves. The Black Scholar, 3(4), 2-15.  (Login using your John Jay credentials) 

VOICE AND NARRATIVE

• Douglass, F. (1845). Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Anti-slavery Office. 

COLONIALISM: THE GLOBAL SPREAD

Underdevelopment and Economic Liberalization in Africa

Exploring Underdevelopment and Neo-Colonialism

• Walter, R. (with Babu, A. M., & Harding, V.). (1981). How Europe underdeveloped Africa. Howard University Press. 
• Read the following parts of Section 6: “The Supposed Benefits of Colonialism to Africa” and “Negative Character of the Social, Political and Economic Characteristics.” Reading is available from the Internet Archive, pp. 203-238:  https://archive.org/details/howeuropeunderde00rodn. Sign up for a free account and “borrow” the ebook for one hour or 14 days in order to access the entire book.
• TEDx Talks. (2013, September 23). Africa post-colonial development: Fatoumata Waggeh at TEDxGallatin [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7lmz4UL4wE 
• Douglass, F. (1845). Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, An American slave. Anti-slavery Office.  Read Chapters 7 through 10.

Exploring the Politico-Social and Environmental Consequences of the Resource Curse

• Sundaram, J. K. (2008). Economic liberalisation and development in Africa. Codesria.  (Login with your John Jay credentials). Also available from https://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1332&lang=en * Read pp. 1-15, up to but NOT including section on “Resource Curse.” 
• Shakur, A. (1987). Assata : An autobiography. Zed Books.  (Login with your John Jay credentials)

Experience of the Oppressed

• Walker, D. (1995). David Walker’s appeal: Excerpts from the appeal. In Walker, D. David Walker’s appeal, In four articles: Together with a preamble to the Coloured citizens of the world, But in particular, And very expressly, To those of the United States of America (Rev. ed.). Hill and Wang. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931t.html
• Fessler, L (2018, September 16). How the leader of Black Lives Matter defines power. Quartz. https://qz.com/1391762/black-lives-matter-co-founder-alicia- garzas-definition-of-power/ 
• Worksheets: PBS NewsHour. (2018, April 4). Judy Woodruff: Where the march for civil rights stands today [Video]. PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/where-the-march-for-civil-rights-stands-today 

Africana Resistance to Racism

• Shakur, A. (1987). Assata : An autobiography. Zed Books.  (Login with your John Jay credentials). Chapter 3 and 4
• Marcus Garvey:  Africa for the Africans. (1920). Messenger Publishing Company.  (Login with your John Jay credentials)   AND
• Garvey, M. (1920, August 13).  Declaration of the rights of the Negro Peoples of the world”: The principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. In R. Hill (Ed.), The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement papers (vol. 2, pp. 571–580). University of California Press. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5122/  

BLACK REVOLUTIONS 
Haitian Revolution

• The Haitian Revolution: 1794–1804. (n.d.). Africans in America. PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html  *
• Explore all six links listed under Related Entries at the bottom of the page.
• View the Haitian Declaration of Independence retrieved from: https://www.nyhistory.org/haitian-declaration-independence and  https://today.duke.edu/showcase/haitideclaration/declarationstext.html 
• Shakur, A. (1987). Assata : An autobiography. Zed Books.  (Login with your John Jay credentials) Chapter 4 through Chapter 5.
• Media: Olsen, B. (2018, March 16). Haitian Revolution summary & timeline [Video]. Study.com. https://study.com/academy/lesson/haitian-revolution-summary-timeline.html

 
Explore Key Revolutionary Figures Boukman & Makandal from Saint Domingue and Introduce Voodoo as a Religious Practice

• Rucker, W. (2001). Conjure, magic, and power: The influence of Afro-Atlantic religious practices on slave resistance and rebellion. Journal of Black Studies, 32(1), 84–103. https://doi.org/10.1177/002193470103200105  (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• What is Santeria? (2011, May 1). BibliOdyssey.  http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/05/santeria.html. 
• What is Santeria? (n.d.).  OrishaNet. http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/05/santeria.html. *

The Tulsa Race Riot and the Ferguson Unrest

• Ellsworth, S. (with Franklin, J. H.). (1982). Race relations and local violence. Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (pp. 38-65). Louisiana State University Press. (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• Ellsworth, S. (with Franklin, J. H.). (1982). Race riot. Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (pp. 66-91). Louisiana State University Press. (Login with your John Jay credentials)

Ferguson: The Events Preceding and Contributing to the Ferguson Unrest

• Chaney, C., & Davis, D. J. (2015). Introduction: “No justice, no peace:” Social unrest in Ferguson. Western Journal of Black Studies, 39 (4), 267-271. (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. (2015, March 4). Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department.  https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdf  * 

Black Feminism and Racial Justice

• Collins, P. H. (1988).  When fighting words are not enough: The gendered content of Afrocentrism. Fighting words: Black women and the search for justice. (pp. 155-186). University of Minnesota Press. Available at the John Jay Library Stack E185.86 .C5817 1999
   
• Shakur, A. (1987). Assata : An autobiography. Zed Books.  (Login with your John Jay credentials).  Chapter 6 through Chapter 8.

GEOGRAPHIES OF RACE

• Afro-Latinx Identities: Introduce concept of Afro-Latina/o (Latinx) heritage and identity
• Guzman, P. Y. (2000). Before they called me a Spic, They called me a Nigger. In D. Enck-Wanzer (Ed.), The young lords: A reader. (pp. 36-47). New York University Press. (Reprinted from Palante, Young Lords Party, 1971).  Use John Jay login.
• NBC News Digital. (2014, February 27). Afro-Latinos’ mixed identity can leave them out of the mix. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/afro-latinos-mixed-identity-can-leave-them-out-mix- n37676
• Headlee, C. (2013, June 6). Elaine Viloria: Coming out as Black when you were Hispanic [Audio podcast episode]. In Tell me more. NPR. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=189208140
• Read transcript, since video is not available: Mina-Rojas, C. (2015, February 24). Black, Brown, and women: Afro-Latinas and legacies of Imperialism [Video]. The Real News Network. https://therealnews.com/stories/cminarojas0206imwil 

Slavery and Forced Migration in the Americas: Afro-Latinx Identities

• Gallegos, S. (2018). Epistemic injustice and the struggle for recognition of Afro-Mexicans: A model for Native Americans? APA Newsletter: Native American and Indigenous Philosophy, 18(1), 35-39. https://philpapers.org/archive/GALEIA-5.pdf    

AFRICANS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Restorative Justice and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Introduction to Restorative Justice: An Example from the Gullah Tradition

• Jenkins, M. (2006). Gullah Island dispute resolution: An example of Afrocentric restorative justice. Journal of Black Studies, 37(2), 299–319. (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• Thomas-Watkins, J. (1993). Strategies of social control in an isolated community: The case of the Gullah of South Carolina’s St. Helena Island (Publication No. 9332295) [Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University of Pennsylvania]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.  (Login with your John Jay credentials)

Origins of Apartheid and the Need for the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

• McKenna, A. (Eds.). (2010). The history of Southern Africa. Britannica Educational Pub., in association with Rosen Educational Services.  (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• Meiring, P. (2005). Truth and reconciliation in South Africa: The role of the faith communities. Verbum et Ecclesia, 26(1), 146–173. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v26i1.217
• Krog, A. (2008). ‘…If it means he gets his humanity back…’: The worldview underpinning the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 3(3), 204-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447140802406891  (Login with your John Jay credentials)

AFRICANS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Restorative Justice and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Introduction to Restorative Justice: An Example from the Gullah Tradition

• Jenkins, M. (2006). Gullah Island dispute resolution: An example of Afrocentric restorative justice. Journal of Black Studies, 37(2), 299–319. (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• Thomas-Watkins, J. (1993). Strategies of social control in an isolated community: The case of the Gullah of South Carolina's St. Helena Island (Publication No. 9332295) [Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University of Pennsylvania]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.  (Login with your John Jay credentials)

Origins of Apartheid and the Need for the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

• McKenna, A. (Eds.). (2010). The history of Southern Africa. Britannica Educational Pub., in association with Rosen Educational Services.  (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• Meiring, P. (2005). Truth and reconciliation in South Africa: The role of the faith communities. Verbum et Ecclesia, 26(1), 146–173. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v26i1.217 
• Krog, A. (2008). ‘…If it means he gets his humanity back…’: The worldview underpinning the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 3(3), 204-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447140802406891  (Login with your John Jay credentials)

RACE ENDURES: CULTURAL PRODUCTION OF AMERICA’S UNIQUE LEGACY

• Shakur, A. (1987). Assata : An autobiography. Zed Books.  (Login with your John Jay credentials). Chapter 9 through Chapter 11 and Chapter 15.

• In class: The Butler

WOMEN’S INTELLECTUAL & POLITICAL IMPACT ACROSS THE DIASPORA

•  Fleming, C. G. (1993). Black women activists and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: The case of Ruby Doris Smith. Journal of Women’s Studies, 4(3), 64-82. (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• Combahee river collective: A black feminist statement. (1979). Off Our Backs, 9 (6), 6-8. (Login with your John Jay credentials)
• Shakur, A. (1987). Assata : An autobiography. Zed Books.  (Login with your John Jay credentials). Chapter 13.