Undergraduate Seminar (398-0-80)

Topic

African Youth Media

Instructors

Clovis Bergere

Meeting Info

Northwestern Qatar Room 2-258: Mon, Wed 10:00AM - 11:15AM (AST)

Overview of class

This course examines African media through the lens of youth. We interrogate how African youths consume, create, and circulate media, as well as how African media constructs youth as historically changing and contested social category. We read closely and critically popular media covering the late colonial period to the present.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisites: None

Open to Sophomores and above, MIT majors only

Open for cross registration

Satisfies Africana Studies Minor & Media & Politics Minor

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for sophomore, juniors, and seniors only.