Description
This enhanced version of English Composition II (ENG 102) at Roxbury Community College integrates approximately 25% Africa-related content, supported by the African Studies Center at Boston University through a Course Enhancement Grant. Designed to further develop students’ reading, writing, and research skills, the course emphasizes critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, reader-response strategies, and interpretive writing across genres. The revised curriculum expands its literary scope to include a more robust exploration of African literature, adding a diverse range of texts that reflect traditional African oral traditions, as well as modern satiric, realist, and experimental forms. Students will engage with a historical spectrum of African literary works that examine colonialism, anti-colonial resistance, decolonization, nationalism, and the ongoing redefinition of cultural identity in postcolonial societies. These themes will be explored through the lens of race, gend