FR 363 - Cultures of Francophone Africa (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Describe the broad historical development of francophone African cultures from the colonial era to the present.
• Identify major movements and important people in the literature, plastic arts, and music of francophone African cultures.
• Identify linguistic and dialectal particularities of francophone African cultures in broad terms.
• Read French historical and anthropological treatments of francophone Africa, and literary works from the region written in French, and summarize these works in appropriate written French.
• Identify the main points and/or summarize the basic argument of authentic video recordings in French in appropriate written French.
• Use spoken French to describe and evaluate a limited selection of cultural artifacts from francophone Africa within their historical and cultural context in an organized and comprehensible manner to their peers.