HIST 505 - Readings in African History: [subtitle]

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0

This course will explore important themes, debates, and methods in the field of African history. Our study of this history will introduce you to the ways historians of Africa have shaped our understanding of the continent as well as Africanists’ contributions to the discipline as a whole. The course will include historiographical, social, and political debates that shaped African historical narratives. We will also explore the history of gender, race, religion, state formation, colonialism, and the environment as ways to ask questions about the African past. We will also discuss the methods and sources scholars use to write about Africa. Not on a Regular Basis