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Courses Offerings

These courses are offered by various departments and institutes at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), or at the ACI Baobab Center and Art academies in Dakar.



  • Languages & Linguistics

  • French Conversation
  • Intermediate level
  • Advanced French
  • French Composition
  • French Grammar
  • Stylistics and advanced composition
  • Translation I (French to English)
  • Translation II (English to French)
  • Wolof
  • Literature

  • Introduction to African literatures
  • African Tales in oral literature
  • Afrcan-American literature
  • Literature from English speaking Africa
  • Literature of French speaking Africa
  • Literature of the West Indies
  • West African oral tradition
  • History

  • Education in Sénégal from 1850 to 1920
  • History of Islam in Black Africa
  • History of Islam in Senegal from the 10th to the 20th Century
  • Islamic movements and geopolitical modifications in Western Africa
  • Slave Trade
  • La Sénégambie (1900-1960)
  • Unité des religions afrigaines
  • Sénégal: Twenty years of crisis (1920 to 1940)
  • Philosophy & Religion

  • African Philosophy
  • History of Muslim thought
  • Islamic Philosophy
  • Sociology & present-day West African Society

  • African Anthropology
  • African Civilizations
  • African Political systems
  • African Demography
  • African Economy
  • Ethnic groups of Senegal
  • Family and gender issues
  • African Sociology
  • Sociology of Developing Countries
  • Rural Sociology
  • Urban Sociology
  • Fine Arts, Music & Dance

  • African Art History
  • African dance
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Traditional African instruments



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Professor André Siamundele - Director of Study Program in Dakar, Senegal
Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora NY 13026
Office: 315-364-3308 | Secretary: 315-364-3288 | Fax: 315-364-3257
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