Florida International University’s African & African Diaspora Studies program is offering a course on “Race, Gender and Sexuality in Hip Hop,” that focuses heavily on topics described as “guerrilla pedagogy,” “hip hop & sex education,” and the “Black ratchet imagination.”
According to the course description, students will study “Lesbian Cuban hip hop artists…an Afghan feminist rapper…African immigrant hip hop artists in China…and the transglobal hip hop umma (Muslim community).”
The course, offered this spring semester and on a regular basis, is taught by Professor Abby Gondek, who holds advanced degrees in socio-cultural studies as well as women’s studies. The course also fulfills the Global Learning general education requirement at FIU in which students study “the process of diverse people working together to analyze and address complex problems that transcend borders and take actions that promote individual and collective well-being.”