Unique Elective CYC 379 Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Sub-Saharan Africa

CYC 379 Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Sub-Saharan Africa

CRN: 20788 (1.5 units)

Wednesdays, 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm

January 7 to April 1, 2015

Harry Hickman Building, Room 116

This multi-disciplinary course highlights UVic academic activities related to Africa. Sessions are led by various UVic faculty and feature overviews of their work.


Sample topics include:

  • Out of Africa: Early hominid evolution and migration
  • Pre- and Post-colonial Africa
  • Contemporary African topics
  • Promoting African Indigenous knowledge
  • HIV/AIDS in Africa
  • Critiquing the ‘global child’ from an African perspective
  • Traditional African approaches to conflictresolution
  • African refugees: Policies, experiences and challenges

For more information contact: africa@uvic.ca