This course is to help students appreciate the contemporary value of African Studies as an area of enquiry; help students engage with discourses on African realities; encourage students to appreciate the African Identity; help students develop a sense of Self Determination in the global world; make students aware of the negative stereotypes about Africa and to encourage them to challenge these stereotypes; highlight some of Africa’s contributions to world civilization and knowledge generation; help students develop appropriate methodologies and frameworks for examining Africa and its past through multi-disciplinary approaches, and enhance students knowledge in specific areas of African Humanities and social Sciences. The course introduces students to the field of African Studies including Africa’s histories, peoples and cultures. It begins with a general introduction to the discipline, its history and values; continues with an introduction to Gender Studies in Africa; and thereafter students select from an extensive and diverse menu of introduction and the introduction to gender, students are registered into the electives that they will take in the second half of the semester. The general introduction serves as the springboard from which to launch the entire course.