This advanced seminar offers an in-depth examination of African history since independence. Core topics include the contradictions of colonialism; upheavals of decolonization; economic crises and famines after independence; dislocations of the Cold War and attendant socioeconomic re/mis-configurations; and the challenges and prospects of the 21" century, including the War on Terror and the rise of China (May be offered jointly with 400 level History course).
This advanced seminar offers an in-depth examination of African history since independence. Core topics include the contradictions of colonialism; upheavals of decolonization; economic crises and famines after independence; dislocations of the Cold War and attendant socioeconomic re/mis-configurations; and the challenges and prospects of the 21" century, including the War on Terror and the rise of China (May be offered jointly with 400 level History course).