# AAAS Professor Daniel Agbiboa to Teach AFRAMER 11 & AFRAMER 128X August 12, 2020 [AAAS Professor Daniel Agbiboa](/people/daniel-e-agbiboa) will offer two courses for the 2020 fall semester, AFRAMER 11 & AFRAMER 128X. [(AFRAMER 11) - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN STUDIES](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/73830) will be held on Tuesdays from 12:00pm to 2:45pm (EST). The course will introduce students to the rich diversity and complexity of Africa, including its historical dynamics, economic developments, social and political practices, and cultures and popular arts. The course will include a special section on African state and societal responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Teaching Fellow, Panashe Chigumadzi, will assist Professor Agiboa. Visit Canvas for more information and registration (Harvard Key required): [(AFRAMER 128X) PEOPLE AS INFRASTRUCTURE - THE POLITICS OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFRICA](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/73932) will be held on Thursdays from 12:00pm to 2:45pm (EST). This course will extend the notion of infrastructure directly to social networks and the evolving process of negotiation between state (formal) and nonstate (informal) actors in urban contexts. Taking inspiration from AbdouMaliq Simone’s notion of “people as infrastructure,” this course will examine collective agency, alliances and transnational organizing among urban residents and groups who are socially excluded from, or adversely incorporated in, urban planning, especially in the wake of COVID-19. Visit Canvas for more information and registration (Harvard Key required): Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)