Required Readings (on Talis)

Jennifer Cole; Lynn M. Thomas. Love in Africa 2009. Read the introduction: Thinking through Love in Africa, eBook.

Kenda Mutongi, ‘Dear Dolly’s Advice: Representations of Youth, Courtship, and Sexualities in Africa, 1960-1980’, International Journal of African Historical Studies

Corrie Decker Love and Sex in Islamic Africa: Introduction Africa Today

Primary sources: Excerpts from Drum

Further Readings (on Talis)

Seminar Questions

1.Why is the history of emotions important?

2. What are the methodological challenges in the study of emotions like love in Africa?

3. What was the impact of new technologies, colonialism on discourses about love and sex?