HIST 181 - African History to 1800

Fall (3) Chouin, Pope, Staff (CSI, GER 4B)

A thematic approach to socio-economic and political change in Africa from early times to 1800. Emphasis is on African cultural heritage, state building, internal and external trade, and interaction with outside forces: Islam, Christianity and colonialism, as well as on Africa’s most pressing problems of the time. (Cross listed with AFST 316)