History 141 - Modern Africa
Spring
2013
01
4.00
Holly Hanson
TTH 02:40PM-03:55PM
Mount Holyoke College
83171
Clapp Laboratory 224
hhanson@mtholyoke.edu
(Writing-enriched course) This course examines processes of change that have shaped modern Africa. It seeks to provide both the information and the conceptual tools necessary for an informed interpretation of African affairs presented (and not presented) by popular media. Using fiction, historical narratives, and a wide range of interdisciplinary sources, the class examines nineteenth-century interactions of Africans and Europeans and the nature of colonial conquest, economic and social change during the colonial period, and the emergence of postcolonial African societies. A collaboration with recently arrived African immigrants is required of all participants.