{"id":1875,"date":"2025-09-25T11:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=1875"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:24:08","slug":"african-studies-career-paths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/bacherlor-of-arts-career-paths\/african-studies-career-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"African Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n African Studies\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Table of Contents\n <\/h2>\n
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\n \n 1.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Skills\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 2.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Careers\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 3.\n <\/span>\n\n \n See What Alumni Are Doing\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Skills and\u00a0knowledge you may gain from your program:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assess and understand personal worldviews regarding different cultures and identify biases in historical, political, legal, cultural and socio-economic global contexts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonstrate an understanding of the national, regional and global forces that connect the diverse peoples of Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identify and explain many of the historical, political, economic, cultural, social and racialized dynamics that have shaped the lives of African peoples<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discuss some of the literatures, films, music or other cultural productions that have emerged from Africa with diverse audiences verbally and in written form<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evaluate the processes and consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, European colonialism, and neo-liberal policies on African societies, cultures, politics, and economies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critically assess films, novels, art and the media\u2019s portrayal and interpretation of issues concerning Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produce a publishable analysis of the cultural and social lives of different African peoples for general audiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Careers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Public Relations and Marketing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • International Affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Activism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Program Development and Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Program Evaluation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fundraising<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Government Relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Teaching<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Writing and Editing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Non-Profit Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Consulting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Event Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Public Policy Development and Analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Risk Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    • Program Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Programs and Partnerships Associate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Project Consultation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Marketing Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Event Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Administrative Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Product Development Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Program Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Information Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Community Organizer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Account Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Policy Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Program Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Leadership Facilitator<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Communications Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Public Engagement Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Program Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Non-Profit Founder and President<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Sale and Business Developer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • International Development Officer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

      See What Alumni Are Doing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Marketing Officer in Non-Profit<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Information Officer in Federal Government<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Account Manager in Federal Government<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Leadership Facilitator in Non-Profit<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Sales and Business Developer in Telecommunications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Communications Assistant in Federal Government<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Non-Profit Foundation President<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Correspondent and Contributor to International Affairs Website<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Executive Assistant in Oil and Gas Asset Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Skills Skills and\u00a0knowledge you may gain from your program: Assess and understand personal worldviews regarding different cultures and identify biases in historical, political, legal, cultural and socio-economic global contexts Demonstrate an understanding of the national, regional and global forces that connect the diverse peoples of Africa Identify and explain many of the historical, political, economic, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1873,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[34],"class_list":["post-1875","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-ba-career-paths"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1881,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875\/revisions\/1881"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}