This course is an intensive examination of black voices from around the world. The focus is on writers whose works are almost inter-textual and cross-regional in the manner in which issues affecting the destiny of black people are reflected or addressed. The course will begin with the founding voices of negritude and pan-Africanism in literature and span across newer voices with works directly or indirectly participating in the discourse. Works or writers to be discussed will be selected from the poetry, fiction and drama of Aime Cesaire, Leopold Cedar Senghor, Birago Dipo, Paule Marshall, Ama Ata Aidoo, Isidore Okpewho, Syl Cheney-Coker, Maryse Conde, Derek Walcott, Denis Williams, Toni Morrison, Tess Onueme, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 100. (F)