03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR
West Building 1001
Section Information for Spring 2018
This course surveys African history from the year 1800 until the present day. Major topics discussed in this course include the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition, the formation and decline of various African states, resistance and adaptation to European colonialism, African independence movements, and human rights activism. This course emphasizes the role of Africans in global politics and economics, highlighting transnational and intercontinental connections. In addition, this course will consider African ecology and the ways in which the environment has been transformed by human actors.
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Credits: 3
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