HIST 119 (TH) Introduction to Modern African History (1800-present) (1)
This course provides an introduction to African history since the early nineteenth century. Instead of presenting a comprehensive survey, covering every region of the continent, this course takes a topical approach by focusing on key themes and issues crucial to understanding of Modern Africa. Themes include sources of African history; power and identities in pre-colonial states; Africa's connection to regional and world economies; slavery and the slave trade; explorers, missionaries, settlers, and other cross-cultural encounters; European conquest and resistance; gender relations; Pan-Africanism, nationalism, and struggles for independence; the politics of development and post-colonialism; recent crises and contemporary African realities.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Thinking Historically
- Offering: Annually
- Instructor: Murillo