MURFREESBORO — The
next edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program will shed some light on
the “Dark Continent.”
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Louis Woods, director of
the Africana Studies program and an associate professor of history, will air
from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, and from 6 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 19,
on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5 and www.wmot.org.
MTSU’s Africana Studies major is the first one to be offered
in the region and the only one in Tennessee that offers a choice of a Bachelor
of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree.
A study-abroad class in the west African nation of Senegal
is available to Africana Studies majors. Academic topics include not only the
history and culture of people of African descent but also race relations,
political institutions and socioeconomics.
“Linguistically, culturally, Africa is a lot more diverse
than most parts of the world, definitely more diverse linguistically than
Europe,” said Woods. “There are countries like Nigeria that have a range in
languages from … as little as 125 to 250.”
To hear previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to http://bit.ly/mtsu-otr.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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