Painting, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, performance, mixed media, photography, films, and the aesthetic ideas behind the production of African visual cultures from the perspectives of rituals, rites of passage, celebrations, initiations, documentations, and expressions. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335D, 374F (Topic 10), Art History 346M, 373C (Topic: Visual Cultures of Africa). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.