Black History and Cultural Studies is a 30 week course that analyses all the major areas of the Black Experience – the History, the Politics, the Psychology, the Science & Technology, the Arts, and finally, the Religion. All of the information is selected to be of relevance and interest to the Black Community. The information itself is designed to inspire, challenge, and to provoke serious thought. The course is a highly accessible 30 week programme but it is also rigorous and content laden. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject areas, but the adult student is taken through an avalanche of information. Reading lists and also course materials will be provided.
NORTH LONDON
Duration: Every Thursday evening for 30 weeks
Start Date: Thursday 17th January 2008
End Date: Thursday 2nd October 2008
Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Venue: Parish Room at St Michael’s Church, Bounds Green Road, London, N22 8HE.
Nearest Train/ Tube Station: Wood Green
Course Fee: £85 per term (10 weeks) or £215 for whole 30 week course (saving of £40!)
SOUTH LONDON
Duration: Every Tuesday evening for 30 weeks
Start Date: Tuesday 15th January 2008
End Date: Tuesday 1st October 2008
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue: PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London,
SW1V 1EH.
Nearest Train/ Tube Station: Victoria
Course Fee: £85 per term (10 weeks) or £215 for whole 30 week course (saving of £40!)
Course Content:
INTRODUCTION
Class 1 Introduction to Black Studies
HISTORY
Class 2 The facts concerning the origins of humanity
Class 3 Ethnicity of the Ancient Egyptians (Part I)
Class 4 Ethnicity of the Ancient Egyptians (Part II)
Class 5 Origins of civilisation: Middle East or East Africa?
Class 6 Negro civilisations on the Asian continent: Elam, Saba and the Indus Valley
Class 7 The North African Civilisations: Carthage and Numidia
Class 8 The West African Civilisations: Ancient Ghana, Mali and Songhai
Class 9 The East African Civilisations: Kush, Axum and the Swahili
Class 10 Medieval Nubia
Class 11 Enslavement (Part I)
Class 12 Enslavement (Part II)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Classes 13 and 14 Introduction to Black political realities
SOCIOLOGY
Class 15 The birth of radical Black sociology
Class 16 Family organisation in the Black community
Class 17 Black male/female relationships
PSYCHOLOGY
Class 18 Franz Fanon and the birth of Black psychology
Class 19 Developmental psychology of Black children
Class 20 Research findings of key Black psychologists
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Class 21 The Black World's contribution to science and technology (Part I)
Class 22 The Black World's contribution to science and technology (Part II)
ART & MUSIC
Class 23 Traditions of Ancient African art: Sahara, Nok, Igbo, Yoruba, and Benin
Class 24 Roots of Black music
RELIGION
Class 25 Ancient and Traditional religions of Africa
Class 26 Judaism and the Black World
Class 27 Christianity and the Black World
Class 28 Islam, Buddhism and the Black World
Class 29 Rastafari, Nation of Islam, Kingism and Black Liberation Theology
DICUSSION
Class 30 Discussion: How can we use Black Studies?
Short Course One: What is Black History?
This is a fascinating course of 5 lectures. It is envisioned that the course will be wholly introductory to people who are complete novices to Black history. All of the classes are highly visual two-hour power-point presentations that cover some of the biggest stories in the ancient and medieval history of Black People. The information itself is designed to inspire, challenge, and to provoke serious thought.
Duration: Every Wednesday for 5 weeks
Start Date: Wednesday 16th January 2008
End Date: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue: PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London,
SW1V 1EH.
Nearest Train/ Tube Station: Victoria
Course Fee: £50
Course Content:
Week 1: When we ruled: A visual journey through the lost cities of Africa
Week 2: The origin of humanity
Week 3: Who were the Ancient Egyptians?
Week 4: Everyday life in Songhai - a West African Empire
Week 5: The Slave Trade and the African Diaspora
Short Course Two: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is a radical and thought-provoking course of 5 lectures. It offers a unique and systematic study of the history, cultural achievements, scientific achievements and legacy of this early African civilisation. The course addresses the secret history of the writing of Ancient Egyptian history, the chronology of the Ancient Egyptian kings, and the history and culture of Egypt during the three main golden ages - the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. The information on this course is designed to inspire, challenge, and to provoke serious thought.
Duration: Every Wednesday for 5 weeks
Start Date: Wednesday 20th February 2008
End Date: Wednesday 19th March 2008
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue: PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London,
SW1V 1EH. Nearest Train/ Tube Station: Victoria
Course Fee: £50
Course Content:
Week 1: Chronology of the Ancient Egyptian Kings: Challenge to the Standard Version
Week 2: Origins of Ancient Egyptian Culture
Week 3: History and Culture of Egypt during the Old Kingdom Period
Week 4: History and Culture of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom Period
Week 5: History and Culture of Egypt during the New Kingdom Period
Short Course Three: The Lost Civilisations of Central Africa
This is a course of 5 lectures that addresses key questions like: What did European explorers really find when they trekked across Africa 500 years ago? What was a typical African city like? What were the public and private buildings like? What products did Africans make? Who did they sell them to? What did they do with the money? The civilisations covered are Kongo, Ancient Kush, the Hausa Confederation, the Kanem-Borno Empire and Mediaeval Nubia. The information on this course is designed to inspire, challenge, and to provoke serious thought.
Duration: Every Wednesday for 5 weeks
Start Date: Wednesday 9th April 2008
End Date: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue: PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London,
SW1V 1EH.
Nearest Train/ Tube Station: Victoria
Course Fee: £50
Course Content:
Week 1: The Kingdoms of Kongo and Ndongo
Week 2: The Empire of Kush
Week 3: The Hausa Confederation
Week 4: The Kanem-Borno Empire
Week 5: The Kingdoms of Mediaeval Sudan
Short Course Four: Black Christian Civilisations in Early Africa
This is a visually stunning half term course of 5 lectures that addresses the ancient and early medieval history of Christianity in East Africa. It focuses on the history, culture, religious beliefs, art and architecture of the Black Christian civilisations of Ethiopia and Nubia. All of the classes are highly visual two-hour power-point presentation. The information on this course is designed to inspire, challenge, and to provoke serious thought.
Duration: Every Wednesday for 5 weeks
Start Date: Wednesday 21st May 2008
End Date: Wednesday 18th June 2008
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm
V Venue: PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London,
SW1V 1EH.
Course Fee: £50
Course Content:
Week 1: The Early History of Ancient Ethiopia (Axum and Abysinnia)
Week 2: Political History of the 3 Christian Nubian Kingdoms (Nobadia, Makuria and Alwa)
Week 3: Everyday Life in the 3 Christian Nubian Kingdoms
Week 4: Lalibela: A New Jerusalem in the Ethiopian mountains
Week 5: Churches, Monasteries and Cathedrals of Christian Nubia
Short Course Five: What is Black Women’s History?
This is a course of 5 lectures. It uncovers the biography and achievements of great women from ancient and medieval Africa, through the slave trade, right up to the present periods. The opening class salutes the work of the pioneering African American historians, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Drusilla Houston, and Anna Melissa Graves. With their work emerged a new concept of Black history that underpins the course.
Duration: Every Wednesday for 5 weeks
Start Date: Wednesday 9th July 2008
End Date: Wednesday 6th August 2008
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue: PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London,
SW1V 1EH.
Nearest Train/ Tube Station: Victoria
Course Fee: £50
Course Content:
Week 1: The African Mother Goddesses and the Birth of Civilisation
Week 2: Women in Ancient Egypt (ordinary life and women leaders)
Week 3: The Queens of Ancient Ethiopia
Week 4: The Queens and Great Women of Medieval Africa
Week 5: Black Women in the Age of the Atlantic
Short Course Six: Transatlantic Enslavement: What really happened?
This is a half term course of 5 lectures that addresses transatlantic enslavement in the wake of 2008. We ask: What impact did this have on three continents? What was Black history during this Period? What was Africa like before and after this experience? All of the classes are highly visual two-hour power-point presentations.
Duration: Every Wednesday for 5 weeks
Start Date: Wednesday 20th August 2008
End Date: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue: PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London,
SW1V 1EH.
Nearest Train/ Tube Station: Victoria
Course Fee: £50
Course Content:
Week 1: West Africa before the Slave Trade
Week 2: The Slave Trade: Impact on Three Continents
Week 3: Black History in the Atlantic Age: The Slave Rebellions and the Maroon Societies
Week 4: Impact on the West African Coast
Week 5: Africa after the Slave Trade: Towards the Modern Crises
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