MA African Studies (Literature Pathway) SOAS University of London

The MA African Studies (Literature Pathway) enables students to engage critically with varied aspects of oral and written literature 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 literature in African languages and contemporary African literature in English.

Structure

Dissertation

NB: For students on the Literature pathway, the dissertation (10,000 words) must be on a subject in African Literature.

• Dissertation in African Studies

Taught Component

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Choose a module(s) from the List of Literature options below to the value of 30 credits

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Guided Option

Choose a module(s) from the List of Modules below to the value of 30 credits

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Choose a module(s) from the List of Modules below to the value of 30 credits

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Open Option

Choose a module(s) from Postgraduate Open Options to the value of 30 credits

List of Modules (subject to availability)

• Anthropology (minor only)
  • Culture and Society of West Africa
  • Culture and Society of East Africa
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
  • African and Asian Cultures in Britain
  • Art
  • Modern and Contemporary Arts in Africa
• Economics
• History
  • White Supremacy and African Resistance in Colonial Southern Africa
  • Race, Segregation, and Apartheid in Twentieth-century South Africa (PG)
  • Slavery in West Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • Historical Perspectives on Gender in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
• Language (minor only)
  • Amharic 1 A (PG)
  • Amharic 1 B (PG)
  • Amharic 2 (PG)
  • Hausa 1 A (PG)
  • Hausa 1 B (PG)
  • Hausa 2 (PG)
  • Somali 1 A (PG)
  • Somali 1 B (PG)
  • Somali 2 (PG)
  • Advanced Somali: Literature (PG)
  • Swahili 1 A (PG)
  • Swahili 1 B (PG)
  • Intermediate Swahili 2A (PG)
  • Swahili 3 (PG)
  • Practical Translation Swahili into English
  • Yoruba 1 A (PG)
  • Yoruba 1 B (PG)
  • Yoruba 2 (PG)
  • Zulu 1 A (PG)
  • Zulu 1 B (PG)
  • Zulu 2 (PG)
• Law
  • Islamic Law (MA/LLM)
• Linguistics
• Literature
  • Sci-fi and Afrofuturism in the African Novel (PG)
  • Advanced Somali: Literature (PG)
  • African Philosophy (PG)
  • Philosophy and Decolonisation (PG)
• Media
  • The Story of African Film: Narrative Screen Media in Africa
• Politics
  • The Politics of Africa
• Religious Studies
  • Colonialism and Christian Missions in Africa: Readings from the Archives
• Religions and Development

Important notice

The information on the programme page reflects the intended programme structure against the given academic session. If you are a current student you can find structure information on the previous year link at the top of the page or through your Department.