HIS 207 - Africa since 1800

3 Credits

A survey of the history of selected regions of Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this course deals with the events and processes leading to the European colonization of Africa and subsequent changes in African societies under colonial rule. This is a course about Africans and how they responded to the challenges and opportunities presented by foreign influences such as those accompanying colonialism. It is basically concerned with African initiatives in a rapidly changing political, economic and social context.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or instructor permission.
When Offered: Spring

Catalog Year: 2008-2009