I'm going to be offering, as an experiment and variation on my usual
introductory course on African History, a new course called African
History through Literature. I've been strggling over what to
require since students don't seem to like reading anymore. I'm sure
there are others out there who teach something similar, and I'd be
interested in finding out what you require students to read,
especially how many novels to read. We have a sixteen week semester,
so I'm planning on a book every other week -- i.e. eight novels. Does
that seem like too much?
I'd appreciate any advice someone might render.