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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2025
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AAAS 324 001 (CRN: 15080)
FROM SLAVERY TO HIP HOP
Long Title: FROM SLAVERY TO HIP HOP: LINGUISTIC LIBERATION IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Department: African & African Amer Studies
Instructor: Baugh, John
Meeting: 3:00PM - 5:50PM M (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Analyzing Diversity: Yes
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 100
Section Enrolled: 8
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 100
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 18
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 198)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 6:49PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: From the Slavery to Hip Hop: Linguistic liberation in the African Diaspora examines diverse
linguistic invocations of the quest for freedom in countries where African slaves were imported or in African nations that were once colonized by European countries. Discourse analyses and
Conversation Analyses of songs, sermons, speeches, radio and television broadcasts, depictions of Black people in films, and writings that promote human rights, equal opportunities and unbiased justice will provide the basis for original student research projects. Cross-list: LING 324.