HIST 2620 - History of Sub-Saharan Africa since 1800

(3) Credit Hours

A survey of the history of sub-Saharan Africa since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Topics will include the growth of indigenous empires in southern and West Africa; developments in family and communal life; impact of foreign traders, explorers, and missionaries and African responses to their presence; European colonial rule; African nationalist movements and independence; the Cold War; post-colonial social change; wars and failed states; current African trends and developments. Prerequisite or corequisite: ENGL 1010, or ENGL 1011, or ENGL 1020, or HIST 2100, or UHON 1010, or department head approval.