The Geopolitics of Africa

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This course will focus on critical issues in the geopolitics of sub-Saharan Africa in the post-World War II era, with particular attention paid to decolonization, development, national identity, sovereignty, and regional hegemony. Case studies under consideration will include the transition from Apartheid to democracy in South Africa, civil war in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the collapse of state authority in the Congo, and the persistence of anarchy in Somalia.