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Students
What do students say?
"Dakar is an incredible city. If you are looking for a great place to use some French and learn wolof--there is no better city. There is always stuff going on and the Senegalese "Teranga" or hospitality is unbeatable."
(M.D., Brown University)
(M.D., Brown University)
Open your eyes to Dakar
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.
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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
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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
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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)
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Philosophy & Religion
- African Philosophy
- History of Muslim thought
- Islamic Philosophy
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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
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Fine Arts, Music & Dance
- African Art History
- African dance
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Traditional African instruments
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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Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora NY 13026
Office: 315-364-3308 | Secretary: 315-364-3288 | Fax: 315-364-3257
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