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Professors in charge

Esoh Elamé/ Kossi A Komla Ebri/Yorgos Nikolaou

Type of training

Online training 

Number of hours

40 hours - 5 ECTS

Objectives of the course

1. Raise awareness among learners about Black African civilisation, its components, its values, and the different cultures that make it up

2. Understand what Black African thought is and how it can be used to analyse and understand circular economy issues in Black Africa.

Expectations from the students

1. Acquire knowledge about Black African civilisation

2. Acquire skills on the components of Black civilisation

3. Acquire skills in black thought

4. Know how to use black thought in the circular economy.

Course programme

Lesson 1: General introduction to the teaching unit

Lesson 2: Culture: components, properties, functions

Lesson 3 - The culture tree, verbal and non-verbal dimensions of culture, cultural skills.

Lesson 4: From culture to cultural diversity

Lesson 5: From multiculturalism to interculturality, from culture to civilisation

Lesson 6: The civilisation of the universal

Lesson 7: Black African civilisation

Lesson 8: Components of Black civilisation

Lesson 9: Black African thought

Lesson 10: Black thought and the circular economy.

Lesson 11: Case study – exercises

Lesson 12: Case study – exercises

Assessment

Multiple-choice questions


Prof. Esoh Elame