HIST 176 - History of Africa Since 1800

FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter 2011 and alternate years

Examination of the history and historiography of Africa from the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. Topics include precolonial states and societies, European colonial intrusions and African responses, development of modern political and social movements, decolonization, and the history of independent African nation-states during the Cold War and into the 21st century.Jennings.