MA African Studies (Literature Pathway)

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

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  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: From 2017 this Programme will no longer be running in its current form, but will be integrated in the corresponding Area Studies programmes.
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA African Studies (Literature Pathway) enables students to engage critically with varied aspects of oral and written literatures in Africa. The programme is unique in the way it encourages exploration of relationships between indigenous African aesthetics and contemporary literary theories. The module ‘Theories and Techniques of Comparative Literature’ provides theoretical and methodological skills while the programme’s other units focus on specific areas such as literatures in African languages and contemporary African literature in English.
Convenors
Sheena Shah

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City of London (London)
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Course programme

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. For students on a literature pathway, the dissertation must be on a subject in African Literature.

All modules are subject to availability.

Core Module
  • Literatures in African languages
  • Dissertation in African Studies
Compulsory African Literature Modules

Students must take a minimum of 30 credits from the following list. You may take more.

  • Travelling Africa: Writing the Cape to Cairo
  • African Philosophy (PG)
  • Realism and Magical Realism in the African Novel (PG)
  • Afrophone Philosophies (PG)
  • Sci-fi and Afrofuturism in the African Novel (PG)
Optional Modules

Students can take 60 credits from the following list.

  • Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature
  • The Story of African Film: Narrative Screen Media in Africa
  • Aspects of African film and video 2
  • Curating Africa: African Film and Video in the Age of Festivals
  • The Structure of Bantu Languages (PG)
  • Directed Readings in an African Langauage
  • African and Asian Cultures in Britain
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
  • Culture and Society of East Africa
  • Culture and Society of West Africa
  • Modern and Contemporary Arts in Africa
  • Arts and Society in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Photography and the Image in Africa
  • Music in Africa: Critical Listening
  • Music in Africa: Travelling on a Song
  • Atlantic Africa: Players in the Mediation of African Popular Music
  • Colonial Conquest and Social Change in Southern Africa
  • Social and Cultural Transformations in Southern Africa Since 1945
  • Slavery in West Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • Historical Perspectives on Gender in Africa
  • Islamic Law (MA/LLM)
  • Government and politics in Africa
  • Colonialism and Christian Missions in Africa: Readings from the Archives
  • Religions and Development
  • Amharic 1 (PG)
  • Amharic 2 (PG)
  • Hausa 1 (PG)
  • Somali 1 (PG)
  • Somali 2 (PG)
  • Advanced Somali: Formal Usage (PG)
  • Swahili 1 (PG)
  • Intermediate Swahili 2A (PG)
  • Swahili 3 (PG)
  • Practical Translation Swahili into English
  • Yoruba 1 (PG)
  • Yoruba 2 (PG)
  • Zulu 1 (PG)
  • Zulu 2 (PG)
  • Zulu 3 (PG)

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

Programme Specification
  • MA African Literature- Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 26kb)
  • MA African Studies (Literature Pathway) - Programme Specifications 2017/18 (pdf; 130kb)
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