In this course, students will explore some issues associated with the analysis of some of the syntactic phenomena prevalent in African languages such as Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs), Focus Marking, Anaphora, Relative Clauses, Complementation, Inherent Complement Verbs and the Applicative. Students will be expected to review at least three journal articles or book sections dealing with each of the topics in different theoretical frameworks. The course is expected to help students to zero in on possible areas of research for their theses.