Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

HIST 231 - AFRICA TO 1884

Long Title:
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: AFRICA TO 1884 ***** Survey of the changing historiography of Africa. Includes the emergence of the Bantu, early Christianity and Islam, trans-Saharan trade, medieval Sudanic empires, statelessness and state formation, Portugal in Africa, the slave trade, the Mfecane, the Sudanic jihads, long-distance trade, and African-European relations in the 19th century. ***** Instructor(s): Odhiambo