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2015-2016 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
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AFST510 African Culture: An Overview (4 cr.)


The course gives an overview of the African traditional cultures by studying some of the significant aspects of these cultures. Some of the aspects studied are social groupings, supernatural beliefs, religious systems, communication systems, political systems, economic systems, education system, health systems, and rites of passage. Special attention is given to the traditional features of these aspects, though the contemporary changes affecting them are also mentioned. Special attention is also given to the challenges these cultures pose to Christians in Africa.


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