HISTORY OF POST-COLONIAL AFRICA

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This course seeks to challenge students to deconstruct the specific causes, meanings and consequences of political violence in 20th- and 21st-century Africa, in addition to the impact such violence has had on African democratic traditions. Students explore recent and current categories of political violence, including state violence against ethnic and regional minorities. Students also examine the positive contributions of African culture and daily life, with attention to alternative futures for Africans and others based on African experience.