HIST 3326 - Modern African History

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): 6 hours in history, junior standing, or consent of instructor.
This course will investigate the diverse societies, sophisticated kingdoms, and expansive empires that rose and fell in sub-Saharan Africa from the eighth to the twentieth century. This course will investigate the formation of African societies, their interaction with neighboring African states, and their integration into complex, worldwide economic systems through the expansion of trade, as well as the onset of colonialism and resultant nationalist movements.