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Feast to Famine: Food in African History

Course #: HIST 347

Description:
For a continent long known as the world's poster child for famine, Africa possesses an extraordinarily rich range of food systems, consumption cultures, and culinary histories. For farmers and hunters, diviners and chiefs, missionaries and scientists, aid workers and tourists - food figures in crucial ways. This course explores Africa's diverse foodways since ca. 1800, through case studies that illustrate the critical role of food - in times of abundance and times of scarcity - in ethnic and national identity, health and economic development, and struggles over wealth and power in the colonial and postcolonial eras.

Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 102

Offered in:

2024 Spring

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 12190 F
1:00 - 3:45 pm
Gengenbach,Heidi University Hall Y04-4140
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/22/2024 - 05/08/2024
Capacity: 30
Enrolled: 25
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 102
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