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PO 330PG Origins of Modern Africa (3)
This course gives a broad-based introduction to the history, politics, and societies of sub-Saharan Africa. Through a combination of historical narrative and detailed studies of particular African countries, students will learn about pre-colonial African societies, the various slave trades, colonialism, African struggles for independence, and the challenges faced by sovereign African countries. For the post-independence period, the major topics will be economic development, state-building (the development of bureaucratic capacity and governmental institutions), and nation-building (attempts to forge solidarity among the citizens of a multi-ethnic country).
