Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2015-16

HIST 3390 - Women in African History


Will examine the variety of women’s experiences and contributions to African history. Using examples from across the continent and different chronological periods, topics to be addressed include women’s social, economic, and political roles and opportunities and changes over time and place; women’s labor, including slavery; and debates concerning economic production vs. biological reproduction, the gendered division of labor, the control of women, and women’s exploitation of women.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3.0
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I


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