Course Title:
Colonialism and Contemporary Africa
Course Description:
Considers several questions on the path toward a better understanding of the contemporary condition of Africa and the West’s relation to it. Considers why and how outsiders subjugated a continent. How did European rule affect African economies, social organization, and ethnic identities? How did Africans adapt to, manipulate, and ultimately overthrow the systems developed by Europeans to control them? What is the heritage of colonialism in contemporary Africa?
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