History 256 - MAKING/CLNL/W.AFRICA:RACE,PWER

Fall
2015
01
4.00
Jeffrey Ahlman
TTh 03:00-04:20
Smith College
20926-F15
BURTON 101
jahlman@smith.edu
This course provides a general, introductory survey of 19th- and early-20th-century West African history, with a particular focus on the contradictions and complexities surrounding the establishment and lived experiences of colonial rule in the region. Key themes in the course include the interactive histories of race, family, religion and gender in the exercise and negotiation of colonial power as well as the resistance to it. This course assumes no prior knowledge or experience with African history. Enrollment limit of 40 students. This course provides a general, introductory survey of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century West African history, with a particular focus on the contradictions and complexities surrounding the establishment and lived experiences of colonial rule in the region. Key themes in the course include the interactive histories of race, family, religion, and gender in the exercise and negotiation of colonial power as well as the resistance to it. This course assumes no prior knowledge or experience with African History.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.