Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: POLITICAL IMAGINATION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN HISTORY

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Seminar explores the history of the Central African interior from the 16th to the 20th century, including the ancestral traditions of the Congo River basin; the Lunda and Luba confederations; British, Belgian, and Portuguese colonial regimes; and post-colonial states. Readings focus on religion and the political imagination.