| Program Detail |
: The focus of this course is on the major developments in Africa through written and oral records, with discrete emphasis on the analysis of perspectives, both external and internal to Africa. Collected traditions, colonial and neo-colonial scholarship, liberal and feminist writings, as well as Africanist literature, will be examined. Topics will include: Africa?s social organization and cultural heritage; the history of Africa?s conquest in the era of slavery and colonialism; the rise of nationalism; the struggle to create economically and politically viable nation-states, in the post-colonial era; gender relations in the past and present; contemporary African history, and politics; African humanism and society, art, music, religion, race, resistance, Pan-Africanism, and African social thought.. The study is a multi-disciplinary one in the sense that we will read the work of historians, as well as writings in other areas of study, such as anthropology, literature, classics, political science, and geography. The emphasis, throughout, is on inquiry and critical analysis, in a journey which will attempt to explore Africa?s historic and contemporary role in world affairs. |
