2021-2022 Academic Catalog 
    
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HGS 108 - Africa, War and Genocide: From Kingdoms to Now


The continent of Africa has a long history of was and genocide from the modern eta of kingdoms into the colonial period and in the present. This perspective will take learners through the themes of traditional societies in conflict, the structures of colonialism, including capitalism and violence extraction of resources, conflicts of independence and decolonization, practices of exclusion, and resistance to oppression. Learners will understand these histories through the accounts of African writers and witnesses to these events. Algeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda ate featured as case studies.

 

 

Course Designation/Attribute: Not known

Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2022