SPA 359 The African Legacy in Latin America Through Literature and Films

3 hours 

This course explores the African diaspora and its cultural legacy in Latin America and the Caribbean through the lens of literature, films, music, and the arts. Topics covered may include: the experience of African slavery; Afro-Latin American peasants and armed conflicts; African influences on the Spanish language, capoeira (a Brazilian martial art), the tango, and Latin-American art and music; the impact of candomblé as a syncretic religion on music, art, dance and poetry; and the representation of Afro-Latin Americans in literature and film. This course is taught entirely in Spanish.