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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
AND POLITICAL SCIENCE History
of Africa to 1880 - 1990 Professor D. Zizwe Poe | email: history308@gmail.com Course Description: This course was originally designed to examine the concept of European Imperialism and certain factors that led to the partition of Africa by European powers in the latter part of the nineteenth century. It also focused on the character of colonial rule and its overthrow in Africa. The course includes those earlier goals but now seeks to integrate themes related to the post-independence period and the various ideological and organizational efforts of the independent states as they engaged neo-colonialism, developmental strategies and new exigencies before the African People. Learner Outcomes Learners examine African peoples as agents in their own development and/or demise while negotiating a range of global political economies in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Particular focus is given to African people's responses to European and American imperialism. Mass agency is explored to avoid reducing historical events and processes to individuals' resultant actions. History, in this way, should be empowering. Students in this class will improve their reading, research, and presentation skills. Themes:
Concepts used:
Required materials for the course:
Grading formula: 1. Prompt attendance (10%). 2. Historical Research project (writing assignment) (20%). Project report must be in approved format and use texts and/or presentations from a professor-approved list. 3. Written responses to prepatory questions for collective discussion of material worth a total of (20%) of your grade. Answers must be in approved format. 4. There will be 2 (two) tests worth 20 percentage points each for a total of (40%) of your grade. 5. Each out of class written assignments, after being previewed, is to be emailed through WebCt submission buttons as a 'rich text format' attachment with a digital backup sent to history308@gmail.com. For the backup, the assignment title must be in the subject heading. A hard copy of all written assignments must be brought to class to assist your discussions. ALL Emailed work should include the class and date of assignment in the subject heading. THE PROFESSOR MUST NOT BE THE FIRST PERSON TO READ YOUR WRITTEN WORK! Read your work; take it to a person with the appropriate skill level to check it (the Learning Resource Center in Dickey Hall or a certified tutor); then submit it. 6. Grading Scale
W1- - - - - January 10 - Introduction and expectations
W2- - - - - Texts to be discussed:
Video to be discussed: The Bible and the Gun (Davidson) January 15 Methodological Approaches
January 17 Methodological Approaches
W3- - - - - Texts to be discussed:
(check WebCT for assignment submission deadlines [VERY IMPORTANT]) January 22
January 24 Presentation on the Pan-African Centered Perspective of History W4- - - - - (check WebCT for assignment submission deadlines [VERY IMPORTANT]) January 29 Quiz on methodological approaches, 'sovereignty', and the Pan-African Centered Perspective Discussion of Shillington Chapter 16 - West Africa in the nineteenth century and the ending of the slave trade January 31 Shillington Chapter 17 "Central and east Africa in the nineteenth century" Shillington Chapter 18 "Pre-industrial southern Africa in the nineteenth century" W5- - - - - (check WebCT for assignment submission deadlines [VERY IMPORTANT]) February 5
February 7 Shillington Chapter 21 "The European 'Scramble', colonial conquest and African resistance in east, north-central and west Africa" W6- - - - - (check WebCT for assignment submission deadlines [VERY IMPORTANT]) February 12 UNESCO v. 7 Chapter 3 "African initiatives and resistance in the face of partition and conquest" February 14
W7- - - - - (check WebCT for assignment submission deadlines [VERY IMPORTANT]) February 19 The evolution of the Universal Improvement Association and the African Community Leagues : February 21 Review for Midterm W8- - - - - February 26 MIDTERM February 28 Garvey and DuBois clips W9- - - - - March 4 Examples of initiative and resistance (part1):
March 6 Examples of initiative and resistance (part2):
W10- - - - - March 11 March 13 Shillington Chapter 26: The winning of independence (1) W11- - - - - March 18
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March 27
W13- - - - - April 1
April 3 The participation of Africans outside of Africa in the struggle for African liberation and unity W14- - - - - April 8 Neo-colonialism and its evolution in Africa April 10 The Zonal Analysis and contemporary movements toward continental unity. W15- - - - - April 15 Review April 17 Review - - - - - - - - - - Finals Week Final - - - - - Suggested Booklist:
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