Topics in African History: Power and Rebellion in 20th-Century Africa
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES 417
What is violence? Are some forms of violence more acceptable than others? How have Africans from different constituencies thought about the role of violence in colonial and postcolonial societies? How has violence been used to establish power or to dismantle it? This course examines the politics of violence in twentieth century Africa. Pulling examples from across the African continent, it will engage the preceding questions through topics such as colonial state violence, the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, African soldiers in colonial East Africa, the Mau Mau of Kenya, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, armed struggle in Southern Africa, and the Tanzania-Uganda war. Students must have taken Introduction to Africana Studies and/or a course on Africa.
For AFAS majors, this course counts as Area Requirement 4.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU BA; AS HUM; AS LCD; FA HUM; AR HUM
