African Voices for Freedom, Citizenship and Social Justice: AFRAMER 188Z

AFRAMER 188Z: African Voices for Freedom, Citizenship and Social Justice

Freedom, citizenship and social justice in Africa will be the primary focus of this course as we explore activism and artivism through music, hip-hop, verbal and visual performance, slam poetry, street art, urban culture, and the media. We will build social and political portraits of activists and artivists, using digital tools of collaborative annotation and authoring/publishing multimedia-rich content that explore expressions of community engagement, student protest, counter-discourse, counterculture, political dissent, civil disobedience and political solidarity in Africa. We will look at contemporary activists such as Stella Nyanzi, Octopizzo, Dj Awadi, Sona Jabartheh, Keyti, Sister Fa, Colonel Karbone 14, Balai Citoyen, Bobi Wine, Docta, Elom 20ce, Xuman, and many others to understand some of the concerns faced by the youth and citizens in contemporary Africa.

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