HUM 295-04 - Special Topic: Queer African Stories

4 credits (Fall)

Cross-listed as: SAM 295-01. This course will focus on Queer African stories to examine how the two controversial concepts of “queer” and “Africa” function for writers and artists, as well as the limits they represent in portraying the complex realities of what it means to be queer, African, and out to the world in the 21st century. We will engage with a range of fictional and nonfictional sources from across the continent. We will center experiences as told through various modes of storytelling, rather than numbers, outside representations or stereotypes to attend to the heterogeneity of the spaces, experiences, and media that we encounter.

Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 Option Available.
Instructor: Tricoire