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Africa BA

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Advanced Amharic 15 590 1286
Advanced Somali: Formal Usage 15 590 1291
Advanced Somali: Literature and Culture 15 590 1292
Advanced Swahili usage 15 590 0917
African language literatures 15 590 0677
Amharic 1 15 590 0832
Amharic II 15 590 0378
Amharic III 15 590 0379
Amharic Fictional Literature I 15 590 0380
Amharic Verse 15 590 0384
Change and Variation in Swahili 15 590 1138
Contemporary African literature 15 590 0839
Culture in Africa 15 590 0838
Development and spread of Kiswahili in Tanzania: 18th century to the present 15 590 1159
Development and spread of Swahili 15 590 1195
Ethiopian peoples and cultures 15 590 0822
General phonetics 15 590 1135
Hausa 1 15 590 0834
Hausa II(A): Translation, Comprehension and Grammar 15 590 0324
Hausa II(B) Survey of Hausa literature 15 590 0818
Hausa III(A): Translation and Grammar 15 590 0327
Hausa III(E): Advanced Hausa: Translation Skills 15 590 0961
Hausa III(F): Advanced Hausa: Comprehension and Composition 15 590 0962
Hausa III(G): Advanced Hausa: Listening and Speaking 15 590 0963
History in African and Caribbean literature 15 590 1013
Kiswahili drama 15 590 0918
Kiswahili novel 15 590 0919
Language in Africa 15 590 0867
Narrative and poetic strategies in contemporary African literature 15 590 0946
Performance Arts in Africa 15 590 0945
Perspectives on African Experience 15 590 0933
Religion in Africa 15 590 1151
Somali I 15 590 0831
Somali II 15 590 0811
Swahili I 15 590 0985
Swahili I - Aural examination 15 590 0985
Swahili IIA 15 590 0986
Swahili IIA - Aural examination 15 590 0986
Swahili IIB: Introduction to Swahili literature 15 590 0987
Swahili III 15 590 0683 / 15 590 0635
Swahili IV 15 590 0636
Theory and Practice of Swahili Translation 15 590 1259
Yoruba I 15 590 0833
Yoruba II 15 590 0935
Zulu I 15 590 0840
Zulu 2 15 590 0851