AFRICANA STUDIES 264c - d-ESD,IP.Conquest,Colonialism,and Independence:Africa since 1880

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Bowdoin College

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Spring 2007. DAVID GORDON. Focuses on conquest, colonialism, and its legacies in sub-Saharan Africa-the violent process of colonial "pacification," examined from European and African perspectives; thedifferent ways of consolidating colonial rule and African resistance to colonial rule, from Maji Maji to Mau Mau; and African nationalism and independence, as experienced by Africa's nationalist leaders, from Kwame Nkrumah to Jomo Kenyatta, and their critics. Concludes with the limits of independence-mass disenchantment, the rise of the "predatory" postcoloniastate, and the wars of the Great Lakes and Sudan. (Same as History 264.)

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3.00

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www.bowdoin.edu/

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(207) 725-3000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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