Course AHI272

African Studies: Literature and Politics in Contemporary Africa

7 Credits
Second Cycle
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Starts week 4, 2026

On completion of the course, students shall be able to:

  • discuss, from a theoretical and critically based perspective, poitical, cultural and ethical questions of relevance for contemporary African societies, reflected through literature from parts of Africa where Arabic is spoken and parts where European languages are spoken
  • argue in a clear and well-founded manner for their own analysis of literary depictions of African societies
  • describe and evaluate the analyses of others of literary depictions of African societies
  • critically reflect on key themes in literary depictions of African societies.
Starts and ends:
week 4, 2026 - week 13, 2026
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Varied
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • Bachelor Degree of 180 credits in the field of Humanities, Social Sciences or Education and English 6. Exemption from Swedish can be given.
Application Code:
HDA-V3P6B
Main field of study:
Online Education

Mandatory online meetings will be held according to the schedule.

Compulsory meetings:
0 physical

Requirements for Computer Skills and Computer Capacity

Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

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Ask us about studying at Dalarna University.
support@du.se
+46 23-77 80 00

Course room in Canvas

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Course Coordinator
Lovisa Berg

Starts week 3, 2027

On completion of the course, students shall be able to:

  • discuss, from a theoretical and critically based perspective, poitical, cultural and ethical questions of relevance for contemporary African societies, reflected through literature from parts of Africa where Arabic is spoken and parts where European languages are spoken
  • argue in a clear and well-founded manner for their own analysis of literary depictions of African societies
  • describe and evaluate the analyses of others of literary depictions of African societies
  • critically reflect on key themes in literary depictions of African societies.
Starts and ends:
week 3, 2027 - week 12, 2027
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Varied
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • Bachelor Degree of 180 credits in the field of Humanities, Social Sciences or Education and English 6. Exemption from Swedish can be given.
Application Code:
HDA-V3RRU
Main field of study:
Online Education

Mandatory online meetings will be held according to the schedule.

Compulsory meetings:
0 physical

Requirements for Computer Skills and Computer Capacity

Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

To Literature List
How may we help you?

Ask us about studying at Dalarna University.
support@du.se
+46 23-77 80 00

Course Coordinator
Lovisa Berg