ENG 6939 Spring 2023 Browdy

This graduate seminar considers the scope of Black Rhetorics, specifically the ways in which Afro-Diasporic Rhetorics is a globalized field that encompasses the rhetorical traditions, histories, and stories of people of African descent from around the world. This course is meant to be representative of a variety of Black rhetoric scholarship, practices, and voices that considers the interconnectedness and differences across African American, Afro-Caribbean, continental African, Afro-European, Afro-Asian, Afro-Latinx, and other African experiences. The purpose of the course is to argue for more inclusive and diverse representation of Black knowledge and stories within rhetorical studies, while creating space to connect across differences, build and strengthen solidarity and allyship within and outside the global Black community. Major topics that may be discussed include ancient African philosophies and rhetorical traditions, Black languages around the world, Black performance and embodied rhetorics, Black music, Black women’s rhetorics and literacies, Black resistance movements, Black popular culture, and Black histories, and contemporary stories.