How did I fail to notice that the class I wanted was only offered in SPRING of 2012? I guess I won’t be taking any classes on African religion. :(
I finally found the section in my college’s library that has the books about African cultural and religious history, and how it manifested in the African American experience. More to come later…
AAS 3394: Women and Voodoo. Offered in Spring 2012. The class is designed to both introduce students to African-based religion practiced in the Americas and to exam the role of women in such religions. It will engage current research, fiction, and other critical resources to assess how gender and spirituality function together. It will also consider such topics as representation and body politics; gender performance and the negotiation of power; spiritual authority and religious syncretization; as well as sexuality, blues music, and ancestral presence.
AAS is an abbreviation for African American Studies. This is a BRAND NEW course that I really, really hope to take. In fact, I think that every female of African descent at my university should take it. Unfortunately, I go to school in Texas, so there are too many closed minded southern baptists for me to get my hopes up about the number of people to enroll. I think there has been a fear placed within Black Americans, of our own roots, as they have been consistently portrayed as barbaric and inferior and more often than not, evil. There has been so much twisted and false information about the origins of our people that is regarded as the hardcore truth. I really wish that people would let go of the colonial mentality, especially regarding religion and stop being afraid of the words “voodoo” and “witch”.
This is the link to the page for the class.
http://www.uh.edu/class/aas/faculty/visiting-scholars-program/Kameelah_Samuel/index.php
My response to KONY2012. (by rosebell83)
A response from a true Ugandan about the Kony 2012 documentary and movement.
