ARCH 429:Archaeology of the African Diaspora

The course will examine the nature, history and culture of the African Diaspora as found on the African continent, Europe, the Americas and elsewhere.  Among key issues on which the course will focus are variability, continuity and change in the cultures of different groups of Diasporan Africans, and relationships that are found between major environmental challenges as well as historical events such as the Islamic Jihads, Trans-Saharan Trade, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, colonialism, and Plantation Slavery in West Africa and the relocation and redistribution of African populations in Africa.