Studying urban African lives in the 20th century, including cinemagoers in Zanzibar, footballers in Kinshasa, workers in Dakar, and revolutionaries in Algiers, this course examines cities as crucibles of change and Africans’ fight for a just and sustainable urban belonging. Effective Spring 2026, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Research and Information Literacy.

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