AAS 495 - Senior Seminar
Winter 2023, Section 001 - Justice in Africa
Instruction Mode: Section 001 is  In Person (see other Sections below)
Subject: Afroamerican & African Studies (AAS)
Department: LSA Afroamerican and African Studies
See additional student enrollment and course instructor information to guide you in your decision making.

Details

Credits:
4
Requirements & Distribution:
ULWR
Waitlist Capacity:
99
Advisory Prerequisites:
Upperclass standing.
Other Course Info:
(Cross-Area Courses).
Repeatability:
May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credit(s).
Primary Instructor:
Start/End Date:
Full Term 1/4/23 - 4/18/23 (see other Sections below)
NOTE: Drop/Add deadlines are dependent on the class meeting dates and will differ for full term versus partial term offerings.
For information on drop/add deadlines, see the Office of the Registrar and search Registration Deadlines.

Description

This course examines the quest for justice in Africa from three perspectives: concepts of justice and rights, institutions of law, and the experience of injustice. We shall consider issues pertaining to the historical quest for redress against injustice done to Africans by outsiders such as slavers, colonists, settlers, and their beneficiaries. We shall also examine the quests for justice when Africans perpetrate large-scale violence on each other. Thirdly, we shall focus on questions of how ordinary people in Africa seek justice in their everyday lives in the context of legal systems, often inadequate and incompetent, deriving from the colonial era and where courts of chiefs and “traditional” leaders co-exist with formal legal institutions and informal judicial forums as well as ad hoc mob justice. Central to our deliberations here will be questions of how notions of universal human rights clash with local concerns about the status and rights of women, occult violence such as “witchcraft,” sexual morality (specifically, homosexuality), and the causes of diseases such as AIDS.

Course Requirements:

The objective of the course is to produce a 20-page research paper of publishable quality on a topic of the student’s choosing. A series of research exercises will be assigned to assist in producing this paper.

Intended Audience:

No data submitted

Class Format:

No data submitted

Schedule

AAS 495 - Senior Seminar
Schedule Listing
001 (SEM)
 In Person
21124
Open
8
 
-
TuTh 2:30PM - 4:00PM
1/4/23 - 4/18/23
003 (SEM)
 In Person
27136
Open
5
 
-
MW 1:00PM - 2:30PM
1/4/23 - 4/18/23
004 (SEM)
 In Person
33265
Open
11
 
-
MW 1:00PM - 2:30PM
1/4/23 - 4/18/23

Textbooks/Other Materials

The partner U-M / Barnes & Noble Education textbook website is the official way for U-M students to view their upcoming textbook or course material needs, whether they choose to buy from Barnes & Noble Education or not. Students also can view a customized list of their specific textbook needs by clicking a "View/Buy Textbooks" link in their course schedule in Wolverine Access.

Click the button below to view and buy textbooks for AAS 495.001

View/Buy Textbooks

Syllabi

Syllabi are available to current LSA students. IMPORTANT: These syllabi are provided to give students a general idea about the courses, as offered by LSA departments and programs in prior academic terms. The syllabi do not necessarily reflect the assignments, sequence of course materials, and/or course expectations that the faculty and departments/programs have for these same courses in the current and/or future terms.

Click the button below to view historical syllabi for AAS 495 (UM login required)

View Historical Syllabi

CourseProfile (Atlas)

The Atlas system, developed by the Center for Academic Innovation, provides additional information about: course enrollments; academic terms and instructors; student academic profiles (school/college, majors), and previous, concurrent, and subsequent course enrollments.

CourseProfile (Atlas)