Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

HIST 410 - KENYA IN MODERN HISTORY

Long Title:
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: KENYA IN MODERN HISTORY ***** Study of Kenya's transformation from tribal societies to modern state. Topics include migrations and settlement; emergence of pre-colonial societies, underlying cultural unities, and pre-capitalist socio-economic formations; British conquest; colonial state and economic changes; traditions of resistance and collaboration; invention of tribes; Mau Mau; de-colonization and constitutional changes; and the post-colonial state. ***** Instructor(s): Odhiambo