Africa and the US in Global Connections    3 s.h

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Analysis of US involvement in Africa in its wider global contexts. Course begins with US efforts to stop the Transatlantic Slave Trade and shows how this led incrementally to US involvement not only in Africa but in global affairs more generally. Course covers US involvement in African anti-colonial movements; bilateral relations with independent African states; African perspectives on industrialization and development; US Cold War policy in Africa; and recent developments involving energy policy, the war on terror, and how the rise of China is helping reshape US policy toward Africa. Prereq.: none.