Africana Studies 140 - When People Met Power

This course traces the long history of political;accountability in Africa. How did Africans wrest;good governance from their leaders? How did they;understand civic virtue and social;responsibility? What principles of political;logic did kingdoms share with societies without;kings and royal women? How did gender contribute;to structures of authority? What sources and;methods enable us to productively approach a;period of time distant from our own?