Geography 325 - Conflict & Displac. in Africa

Spring
2017
01
4.00
Girma Kebbede
W 01:15PM-04:05PM
Mount Holyoke College
98514
Clapp Laboratory 413
gkebbede@mtholyoke.edu
This course provides an analytical approach to the study of civil/armed conflicts and displacement in post-independent Africa. Using cases from West Africa, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lake region, the course examines geographic, political and economic contexts in which armed conflicts occur by identifying and evaluating competing explanations of the underpinnings of civil conflicts. It analyzes the role of some of the widely debated features of Africa's civil conflicts, including systems of governance, impact of natural resources, questions of sovereignty and self-determination, construction and manipulation of ethnic/cultural identities, impact of religion, and regional inequalities.
This course is open to Juniors and Seniors.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.