Fall 2018  |  AFRO 3432 Section 001: Modern Africa in a Changing World (19671)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
HIST 3432 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Closed (10 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Socioeconomic, political, and cultural development in Africa, from abolition of trans-Atlantic slave trade through postcolonial era.
Class Description:
This course offers an introduction to the history of the African continent over roughly the past one hundred and fifty years. The course begins by exploring the history of social and economic revolutions in the late 19th century and the transformations surrounding the end of the slave trade. We then move on to an examination of the context in which Europeans colonized the African continent, resistance to European imperialism and the factors that made the conquest possible. Next we look at the impact of colonialism on the daily lives and lived experiences of women and men, peasants and workers, old and young in their work places, households and communities. We are particularly interested in how Africa coped, creatively adapted, negotiated and struggled against colonial/imperial rule. Next we examine the emergence of African resistance and the struggle for liberation from the colonial powers after World War II. The final part of the course explores the problematic history of Africa's transition to independence and the predicament of the post-colonial era as new African nations grapple with neo-colonialism, economic dependency, political and ethnic conflict, and inequality on various scales. We also explore the possibilities for and the problems facing a non-racial democratic order in the new South Africa. In addition to reading primary sources and secondary historical accounts, students will be asked to read novels and view three films -- The Battle of Algiers, Tsotsi and Blood Diamond. Allen Isaacman is a Regents Professor and has won the Distinguished CLA teaching award.
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
10% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
Workload:
75-100 Pages Reading Per Week
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19671/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
29 March 2012

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