AFST 425 - Africa in World History

Credits: 4

This is an advanced seminar for Africana studies majors or minors. It examines Africa in a global context, in early, early modern and modern world history, by reading some of the latest transnational and global historical approaches to the African past and present. Students will explore the historical roots of contemporary issues of trade, politics, international relations, slavery, colonialism and development in Africa and the African diaspora. The goal of the seminar is to relate current events and contemporary geopolitics to their historical antecedents, in order to understand Africa’s changing place in the contemporary global order. No freshmen or sophomores permitted. Prerequisite: AFST 101 and at least one other AFST course.