PAST206
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Trade and the Role of Swahili in East Africa
Pan African Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
PAST
Course Number
206
Status
Inactive
Course Attributes
BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, ENAN: Minor-Anthropology Elective, ENLI: Minor-Linguistics Elective, NANT: Minor-Anthropology, NLIN: Minor-Linguistics
Course Short Title
Trade and Swahili, East Africa
Course Long Title
Trade and the Role of Swahili in East Africa
Course Description
Introduces students to a long history of trade relations in East Africa. Provides students with a rudimentary knowledge of the Swahili language as it is spoken today in the region. This lingua franca, which for centuries facilitated trade and contact in the region, is a first language for over 50 million people and a second language for even more in half a dozen countries. The discussion of this language is part of a broader discussion of the current language situation in sub-Saharan Africa that gives further evidence of trade and contact. Students have the opportunity to develop a first understanding of business and trade in East Africa and have a basic knowledge of the Swahili language.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Course Restrictions
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Equivalent Course(s)
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