INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE 100

AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ONJUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS,

& RENEWAL

Profs. Alexandre Dauge-Roth,Elizabeth Eames & Leslie Hill

President of Ghana John Atta Mills& President of the US Barack Obama

Requirements

Participation & attendance (30%)

Daily participation: (10%)Discussant roles:Moderator: preparing questions related to the topic/reading/film of the evening (10%)Synthesizer: making connections between sessions/topics (10%)

PS: Your participation grade will suffer if you miss more than one 3hr class

On lyceum (20%)

5 reading reflections (alternate weeks) (10%) posted by Sunday midnight:Group 1: Jan19 / Feb2 / Feb23 / March 9 / Mar 23Group 2: Jan26 / Feb9 / Mar 2 / March 16 / Mar 30

5 responses to others’ posted reflections (10%) posted by Tuesday noonGroup 1: Jan26 / Feb9 / Mar 2 / March 16 / Mar 30Group 2: Jan19 / Feb2 / Feb23 / March 9 / Mar 23

PS: All assignments on lyceum need to be completed to pass the class

Mount David Summit: April 2 (30%)

3 panels (5 students) on Justice / Human Rights / Renewal (chaired by ADR/EAE/LIH)9 posters (3 students) on topics/issues discussed during the semester

Deadlines:

March 2nd (in class) Mount David Summit briefingMarch 5th groups and topics (email to ADR 2 topics’ in order of preference)March 9th (in class) final topic assignmentsMarch 12th issues and inquiry you would like to present (email to ADR)March 17th-19th meeting with faculty supervising your panel/posterMarch 29th Poster draft submissionMarch 31st Panel run through

Final Reflection: Has your understanding Africa been renewed? (20%)

At least 5 quotes from different sources discussed during the semester to introduce adiversity of opinions in your essay (5 pages)

Extra credit: (up to 3)

Attending designated speakers’ talk and writing a 20 line commenting how the talk isrelated to the course and what new perspectives it encourages to explore.

—Constance Berry Newman ’56 (March 4) Former Assist. Secretary of State forAfrican Affairs (Bush administration)—Peter Uvin (TBA) author of Human Rights and Development (2003) & Life AfterViolence (2009) (Fletcher

January 12: INTRODUCTIONAlex Dauge-Roth (Bates/French), Elizabeth Eames(Bates/Anthropology)& Leslie Hill (Bates/Politics)

READINGS:Binyavanga Wainaina “How to write about Africa” Granta n˚92–The View from Africa (Winter 2005) 91-95.[http://www.granta.com/Magazine/92/How-to-Write-about-Africa/Page-1]Jefferey Gettleman “Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-GayPush” New York Times January 3, 2010.Barack Obama’s speech in Accra, Ghana. July 11, 2009

FILMS/DOCUMENTARY:Mark Burnett Expedition Africa (History Channel, 2009)http://www.history.com/expedition/episode-1/Four Ugandans, Four Points of View:<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/03/world/africa/20100103_UGANDAGAY_FEATURE.html>

January 19: Intro 2Alex Dauge-Roth, Elizabeth Eames, Leslie HillREADINGS:Binyavanga Wainaina “Generation Kenya” Vanity Fair n˚7 (2007).[http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/07/wainaina200707]Obed Nkunzimana “Beyond colonial stereotypes: reflections on postcolonialcinema in the African Great Lakes region” Journal of African CinemasVolume 1.1 (2009) 79-94.Dorotea Schulz “Music Videos and the Effeminate Vices of Urban Culturein Mali” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 71, n˚3(2001) 345-372.Roy Richard Grinker and Christopher B. Steiner “Introduction: Africa inPerspective” in Perspectives on Africa Roy Richard Grinker and ChristopherB. Steiner (eds). Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. xvii-xxxi.

FILMS/DOCUMENTARY:Eric Daniel Metzgar The Reporter: Nicholas Kristof (USA, 2009)[http://www.reporterfilm.com/eric.html]Viewing session: Friday January 15 at 7pm / Hathorn 303

January 26:“HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ATLANTIC SLAVETRADE”David Gordon (Bowdoin/History and Africana Studies)

READINGS:Adam Hochschild. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebelsin the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves (Boston and NY:Mariner, 2005), 1-8.

David Northrup ed. The Atlantic Slave Trade. Secondedition. (Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002)

February 2:NIGERIA: “GENDER AND COLLECTIVE ACTION: THEONDO WOMEN’S WAR OF 1985”Elizabeth Eames (Bates/Anthropology)

READINGS:“Nigeria” in Wayne Edge. Global Studies: Africa, 2006Kamene Okonjo. "The Dual-Sex Political System in Operation:Igbo Women and Community Politics in Midwestern Nigeria"(1976). 45-58.Molara Ogundipe-Leslie. “Women in Nigeria” in Women inNigeria Today. London: Zed books (1985). 119-131.Elizabeth Eames “Ija Obinrin Ondo: The Ondo Women’s War of1985.” Gracia Clark ed. Traders Versus the State. AnthropologicalApproaches to Unofficial Economies. Boulder: Westview Press,1994. 81-97.Oyeronke Oyewumi. “Feminism, Sisterhood and Other ForeignRelations” African Women and feminism: Reflecting on the Politicsof Sisterhood. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003. 1-23.

February 9:NIGERIA: “RESOURCE CONFLICTS IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION”Femi Vaughan (Bowdoin/History and Africana Studies)

READINGS:Augustine Ikelegbe “Engendering Civil Society: Oil, Women Groups, and ResourceConflicts in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria” Journal of Modern African Studies n˚43(2005): 241-270.L. Anderson, Amnesty International “Nigeria: Are Human Rights in the Pipeline?” 2004(1-59)

FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES:Sweet crude Director Sandy Cioffi (2009)Documentary on Oil Politics in the Niger DeltaHome page: http://www.sweetcrudemovie.com/Trailer: http://www.sweetcrudemovie.com/videoGallery.php

“Sweet Crude, Oil in the Niger Delta”-1/2 & 2/2: Interview of Sandy Cioffihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piGkERnZh8Y (9 minutes)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOwQMbq5kc&NR=1 (6 minutes)

Eric Campbell “Oil War ? Nigeria?” (ABC Australia, 2005)http://blacksindiaspora.blogspot.com/2009/07/oil-war-nigeria.html

February 16: Bates Winter Recess

February 22: Monday 7 :30pm Chase LoungeFILMS/DOCUMENTARY:Keane, Fergal. Valentina’s Nightmare. A Journey into TheRwandan Genocide. Great Britain-USA, 1997. 60 mn.

GUEST SPEAKER : Valentina Iribagiza (survivor of theGenocide of the Tutsis and featured Fergal Keane’sdocumentary)

February 23:RWANDA/CONGO: “GENEALOGY OF THE 1994 GENOCIDE OF THETUTSIS IN RWANDA”Alexandre Dauge-Roth (Bates/French)

READINGS:Josias Semujanga. Origins of Rwandan Genocide. Amherst, NY: Humanity Book, 2003.“Foreword, Chronology and Introduction”13-47; “Discourse Analysis and Genocide” 59-70, “Religious Discourse and the Making of Dualistic Identities” 75-100; “TheIdeological of Resentment and Political Propaganda” 150-169; “Toward the ‘FinalSolution’ (1990-1994)” 193-209; “General Conclusion” 241-247.

Nigel Eltringham. “‘Ethnicity’: The Permeant Debate” in Accounting for Horror: Post-Genocide Debates in Rwanda. London: Pluto Press, 2004. 1-33 & Endnotes 183-187.

Peter Uvin “Ch.10. Why did People Participate in genocide? A Theoretically InformedSynthesis” 205-223 & “Ch.11. Development Aid: Conclusions and Paths for Reflection”(224-238) in Aiding violence: the development enterprise in Rwanda. Hartford, CT:Kumarian Press, 1998. <books.google.com>

February 28: Sunday 7pm Pettengill G21

FILMS/DOCUMENTARY:Gilbert Ndahayo Rwanda: BeyondThe Deadly Pit. Rwanda, 2008.97 mn

March 1st: Monday 8pm Chase LoungeFILMS/DOCUMENTARY:Taylor Krauss Voices from Rwanda. 60 mn.

GUEST SPEAKER : Taylor Krauss director of theproject “Voices from Rwanda” and Berthe Kayitesi(survivor of the Genocide of the Tutsis and authorof a testimony Demain ma vie/Tomorrow my life(Paris: Teper, 2009)

March 2:RWANDA/CONGO: “POST-GENOCIDECHALLENGES AND ISSUES IN THE GREATLAKES REGION”Alexandre Dauge-Roth (Bates/French)

GUEST : Taylor Krauss director of the project “Voicesfrom Rwanda” and Berthe Kayitesi (survivor of theGenocide of the Tutsis and author of a testimony Demainma vie/Tomorrow my life (Paris: Teper, 2009)

READINGS:Paul Kagame “Preface.” in Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. After Genocide.London: Hurst Publishers, 2009. xxi-xxvi.

Jean Hatzfeld The Antelope’s Strategy. NewYork: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009 [2007].[Selections] “More Questions?” 3-7, “A Long Line of Hallelujahs” 8-21, “What Do youSay?” 77-91, “It’s Not Fair” 124-131, “A Policy of Reconciliation” 199-212 & “WhatHave We Brought Back From Out There?” 222-235.

Jean Baptiste Kayigamba “Without Justice, No Reconciliation: A Survivor’s Experienceof Genocide” in Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. After Genocide. London:Hurst Publishers, 2009. 33-42.

Philip Gourevitch “The Life After: Fifteen Years After the Genocide in Rwanda, theReconciliation Defies Expectations” The New Yorker May 4, 2009.

René Lemarchand “The Politics of Memory in Post-Genocide Rwanda” in Eds. PhilClark and Zachary D. Kaufman. After Genocide. London: Hurst Publishers, 2009. 65-76.

March 9:SOMALIA: “TITLE TBA”Heather Lindkvist (Bates/Anthropology)

March 15: Monday 5pm Pettengill G52 / KeckGUEST SPEAKER : Peter Uvin“When development practitioners care about humanrights, what do they do differently?”

Academic Dean and Henry J. Leir Professor ofInternational Humanitarian Studies; Director, Institute forHuman Security The Fletcher School | Tufts University

March 16:SOUTH AFRICA: “TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: GENDERPERSPECTIVES”Leslie Hill (Bates/Politics)

March 23:SOUTH AFRICA: “POST TRC ISSUES AND CHALLENGES”Catherine Besteman (Colby/Anthropology)

READING:Catherine Besteman Transforming Cape Town (Berkley: Universityof California Press, California Series in Public Anthropology n˚19,2008)

March 30:HEALTH: “MALARIA IN AFRICA: INFECTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS”Jim Webb (Colby College/History)

READINGS:James Webb “Malaria and the People of Early Tropical Africa” Journal of World HistoryVol.XVI n˚3 (2005): 269-291.James Webb “The Long Shadow of Malaria Control in Tropical Africa” TheLancet, vol. 374, issue 9705, 1883-1884.FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES:http://www.rockhopper.tv/programmes/55/http://www.rockhopper.tv/programmes/83/

April 2: Mount David Summit3 panels (5 students) on Justice / Human Rights / Renewal (chaired by ADR/EAE/LIH)9 posters (3 students) on topics/issues discussed during the semester

April 5: CONCLUSIONAlex Dauge-Roth, Elizabeth Eames, Leslie Hill