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Tutor: Dr Kate Quinn
Outline
This course examines the currents of thought developed by Black intellectuals and activists in the twentieth century 鈥楤lack Atlantic鈥�. Ranging from the Pan-Africanist movement of the early twentieth century to the anti-systemic critique offered by Rastafarianism in the 1960s and 1970s, the course explores key issues that animated thinking about the condition of the Black diaspora in the modern world. These include themes of individual and collective identity; colonialism and anti-colonialism; capitalism and socialism; racism and discrimination; and the relationship with Africa and the wider 鈥楾hird World鈥�. The course pays attention to the transnational dynamics stimulating the development of political thought in the Black diaspora, as well as the differences and tensions that fragmented unitary visions of global solidarity. Sources for the course include the key texts and speeches of the authors, and, where relevant, audio-visual sources (recorded speeches, documentary and music), State Department and FCO files.
Indicative topics:
The Black Atlantic and the Black Intellectual Tradition
W.E.B. Du Bois
Garvey and Garveyism
Blues Women
Claudia Jones
Negritude
Frantz Fanon
Global Black Power
Black feminisms
Reggae and Rastafari
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Assessment
Forms of assessment vary between modules and may change from one academic year to another.听 Please email the Teaching Administration Team on听ia-programmes@ucl.ac.uk for further information.
