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May 23, 2025
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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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AFS 221 - Introduction to Modern African History
Historical themes in 19th- and 20th-century Africa. Topics include social and political relations in African states; slavery and the slave trade in West Africa; the impact of Christianity and Islam on African colonialism; colonialism and its consequences; nationalist movements and de-colonization; pan-Africanism and the politics of African unity; the postcolonial state project; economic planning in postcolonial Africa; and African states and international politics in the Cold War era.
3 credits
Offered: This course is offered as both AFS 221 and HIS 221 .
DEC: J
SBC: GLO, SBS
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