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LITERATURE CS 113, Section 2 EC # 27680
CROSSCURRENTS OF TRAVEL: AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRAVEL NARRATIVES

This class will examine travel narratives written by Africans and African-Americans, beginning with the famous Medieval Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta and continuing through antebellum slave narratives of travel before ending in the contemporary moment.



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Note: If four (4.0) units are earned in this course, it will fulfill UCSB's American History and Institutions and Ethnic Studies requirements for College of Creative Studies students.



Required Texts:

David Dorr, A Colored Man around the World
Ross E. Dunn, The adventures of Ibn Battuta
Richard Hakluyt, Voyages and Discoveries
Fara J. Griffin (ed.), A Stranger in the Village
Tayib Saleh, Season of Migration to the North



Instructor(s): Jacob Berman
Time(s): Tues. and Thurs., 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Place(s): Bldg. 494, Room 143


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