AFRO 490: Tradition

Abstract: This lecture talks about the role of African American tradition in the political culture of everyday life and also within ideological frameworks. 

Course: AFRO 490: Rethinking Theory in Black Studies  

Instructor: Abdul Alkalimat  

Term: Fall 2011  

Unit: Tradition

Part 1: Tradition in the political culture of everyday life. 

Part 2: Tradition in ideological frameworks   

Duration: 01:52:20 HH:MM:SS 

Lecture description: This is the fourth lecture in the AFRO 490 series. This lecture talks about the role of tradition within ideological frameworks and also in the political culture of everyday life. It covers the origins of African American food, names, speech, hair and stories.  

Sponsor: Department of African American Studies, and Online & Continuing Education   

Course Description: This course is an introduction to various theories and methodologies rising out of the study of the Black world based on African American intellectual traditions. 45 years after Black Power posed a challenge to thinking by and about the African American experience it is necessary to rethink this legacy of changing consciousness. This is both a look at the theoretical formulations in the academic field of Black Studies, but more importantly it is thinking about how we the people can understand and be more self determining about our consciousness and how we can reorient ourselves to the fight for freedom. Now as then, we have work to do.