We will explore horizontal affinities and antipathies in the Global South by tracking flows of visual culture between Africa and India. We will also consider possibilities opened up by a comparative approach that tests the transferability of analytics developed in both South Asian and black/African cultural studies. Units include: the aesthetics of garbage and urban disorder; the visual culture of the Sidis, an African-descended community in India known for their colorful quilts; Bollywood fan cultures in Africa; and representations of Africans in Indian film and art.

This course fulfills the following Major requirements: Geographical areas (D) and Chronological period (III).