HIS 2371 01 - History & Cultures of Africa

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Welcome to HIS2371!

This course provides students with an understanding of contemporary Africa by surveying key issues in the history of the region and by introducing the dynamism and diversity of its cultures. Issues explored in the course include: pre-colonial political systems, slavery and its legacies, European colonization, 20th century liberation movements, and post-colonial state and nation building. Throughout the course, students will be asked to question previous historiographical approaches to the region through a critical engagement with primary source documents from the late 1400s to contemporary times.

On these pages you will find the syllabus and other material (assignments and readings) used in the course. 

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  • Legacies of Slavery

    Britain's Treasury Payout
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    www.theguardian.com
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    Africa is a Country
    Required
    africasacountry.com
    BBC Africa World News
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    www.bbc.com
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  • Week 1

    Parker & Rathbone: "The Idea of Africa" in African History: A Very Short Introduction
    Required
    libproxy.aui.ma
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  • Week 4

    Campbell-Africa the Indian Ocean World & the Early Modern
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    jiows.mcgill.ca
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  • Week 12

    Biko-Fear
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    www.sahistory.org.za
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  • Week 15

    BBC Rwanda: 100 Days of Slaughter
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    www.bbc.com
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    BBC - Life under Apartheid
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    www.youtube.com
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  • Legacies of Slavery

    Name Description Status Source
    Benin & Legacies of the Trade in Slaves Required An African country reckons with its history of selling slaves - The Washington Post.pdf Edit Benin & Legacies of the Trade in Slaves Delete Benin & Legacies of the Trade in Slaves
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  • Syllabus & Assignments

    Name Description Status Source
    Geography Map Quiz Required Geography Map Quiz.pdf Edit Geography Map Quiz Delete Geography Map Quiz
    Political Map Quiz Required Political Map Quiz.pdf Edit Political Map Quiz Delete Political Map Quiz
    Syllabus Required HIS2371-Spring 2018 Syllabus.pdf Edit Syllabus Delete Syllabus
    Aya Assignment Required Aya Assignment.pdf Edit Aya Assignment Delete Aya Assignment
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  • Week 1
    Name Description Status Source
    Wainaina-How to Write About Africa
    		Required how-write.pdf Edit Wainaina-How to Write About Africa Delete Wainaina-How to Write About Africa
    Tibebu-The Anomaly and Paradox of Africa
    		Required Tibebu-Ethiopia_The Anomaly & Paradox of Africa.pdf Edit Tibebu-The Anomaly and Paradox of Africa Delete Tibebu-The Anomaly and Paradox of Africa
    Mazrui-The Re-Invention of Africa
    		Required Mazrui-The Re-Invention of Africa.pdf Edit Mazrui-The Re-Invention of Africa Delete Mazrui-The Re-Invention of Africa
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  • Week 2
    Name Description Status Source
    Gilbert & Reynolds-Ch 1 & 4 Required Gilbert & Reynolds-Selections Ch. 1 & 4.pdf Edit Gilbert & Reynolds-Ch 1 & 4 Delete Gilbert & Reynolds-Ch 1 & 4
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  • Week 3
    Name Description Status Source
    Davidson-The History of West Africa (selections)
    		Required Davidson-History of West Africa.pdf Edit Davidson-The History of West Africa (selections) Delete Davidson-The History of West Africa (selections)
    Thornton-The Development of Commerce between Europeans and Africans
    		Required Thornton-Ch 2-Africa & Africans in the Making of t.pdf Edit Thornton-The Development of Commerce between Europeans and Africans Delete Thornton-The Development of Commerce between Europeans and Africans
    Early Arab Sources on West Africa
    		Required Arab Sources on Medieval West Africa.pdf Edit Early Arab Sources on West Africa Delete Early Arab Sources on West Africa
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  • Week 4
    Name Description Status Source
    Ibn Battuta in East Africa
    		Required Ibn Battuta in East Africa.docx Edit Ibn Battuta in East Africa Delete Ibn Battuta in East Africa
    Loimeier-The East African Coast Required LOIMEIER.East_African_Coast .pdf Edit Loimeier-The East African Coast Delete Loimeier-The East African Coast
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  • Week 5
    Name Description Status Source
    Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part I
    		Required Miers & Kopytoff-Introduction-Part 1.pdf Edit Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part I Delete Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part I
    Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part II
    		Required Miers & Kopytoff-Introduction-Part 2.pdf Edit Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part II Delete Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part II
    Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part III
    		Required Miers & Kopytoff-Introduction-Part 3.pdf Edit Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part III Delete Meirs & Kopytoff: “African ‘Slavery’ as an Institution of Marginality” Part III
    El Hamel-The Interplay btw Slavery & Race & Color Prejudice
    		Required El Hamel-The Interplay btw Slavery & Race & Color .pdf Edit El Hamel-The Interplay btw Slavery & Race & Color Prejudice Delete El Hamel-The Interplay btw Slavery & Race & Color Prejudice
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  • Week 6
    Name Description Status Source
    Equiano-Chapter 2
    		Required Chapter2-Equiano.pdf Edit Equiano-Chapter 2 Delete Equiano-Chapter 2
    Falconbridge-An Acct of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa
    		Required Falconbridge-Acct of the Slave Trade on the W Coas.pdf Edit Falconbridge-An Acct of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa Delete Falconbridge-An Acct of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa
    Lovejoy-The Impact of the AST in Africa: A review of the Literature
    		Required Lovejoy-The Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade on .pdf Edit Lovejoy-The Impact of the AST in Africa: A review of the Literature Delete Lovejoy-The Impact of the AST in Africa: A review of the Literature
    Rediker: Chs 3 & 4: The Slave Ship
    		Required Rediker-Chapters 3-4 The Slave Ship.pdf Edit Rediker: Chs 3 & 4: The Slave Ship Delete Rediker: Chs 3 & 4: The Slave Ship
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  • Week 7
    Name Description Status Source
    Getz & Ehrisman-The Marriages of Abina Mansah Required Getz & Ehrisman-The Marriages of Abina Mansah.pdf Edit Getz & Ehrisman-The Marriages of Abina Mansah Delete Getz & Ehrisman-The Marriages of Abina Mansah
    Additional Abina Sources Required Abina Homework Assignment-Bibliography.docx Edit Additional Abina Sources Delete Additional Abina Sources
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  • Week 9
    Name Description Status Source
    Greene-"Minority Voices: Abolitionism in West Africa"
    		Required Abolitionism in West Africa.pdf Edit Greene-"Minority Voices: Abolitionism in West Africa" Delete Greene-"Minority Voices: Abolitionism in West Africa"
    The Asante King Questions British Motives in Ending the Slave Trade
    		Required Asante King Questions British Motives for Ending t.pdf Edit The Asante King Questions British Motives in Ending the Slave Trade Delete The Asante King Questions British Motives in Ending the Slave Trade
    Further Correspondence Relating to the Abolition of Slavery on the Gold Coast
    		Required Further Correspondence Relating to the Abolition o.pdf Edit Further Correspondence Relating to the Abolition of Slavery on the Gold Coast Delete Further Correspondence Relating to the Abolition of Slavery on the Gold Coast
    Lynn-The W. African Palm Oil Trade in the 19th C & the Crisis of Adaptation Required Lynn-The West African Palm Oil Trade in the 19th Cetnury & the Crisis of Adaptaton.pdf Edit Lynn-The W. African Palm Oil Trade in the 19th C & the Crisis of Adaptation Delete Lynn-The W. African Palm Oil Trade in the 19th C & the Crisis of Adaptation
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  • Week 10
    Name Description Status Source
    Von Trutha-The Fellows Can Just Starve Required Von Trotha-The Fellows Can Just Starve.pdf Edit Von Trutha-The Fellows Can Just Starve Delete Von Trutha-The Fellows Can Just Starve
    Taithe-Losing Their Mind & Their Nation Required Taithe-Losing Their Mind & Their Nation.pdf Edit Taithe-Losing Their Mind & Their Nation Delete Taithe-Losing Their Mind & Their Nation
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  • Week 11
    Name Description Status Source
    Ranger-The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa
    		Required Ranger-The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Afri.pdf Edit Ranger-The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa Delete Ranger-The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa
    Cooper-Colonizing Time
    		Required Cooper-Colonizing Time.pdf Edit Cooper-Colonizing Time Delete Cooper-Colonizing Time
    Whittlesey-British and French Colonial Technique in West Africa Required Whittlesey-British and French Colonial Technique in West Africa.pdf Edit Whittlesey-British and French Colonial Technique in West Africa Delete Whittlesey-British and French Colonial Technique in West Africa
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  • Week 12
    Name Description Status Source
    Clark & Worger-South Africa: The Rise & Fall of Apartheid
    		Required Clark & Worger-South Africa The Rise & Fall of Apa.pdf Edit Clark & Worger-South Africa: The Rise & Fall of Apartheid Delete Clark & Worger-South Africa: The Rise & Fall of Apartheid
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  • Week 13
    Name Description Status Source
    Lonsdale-Constructing Mau Mau
    		Required Lonsdale-Constructing Mau Mau.pdf Edit Lonsdale-Constructing Mau Mau Delete Lonsdale-Constructing Mau Mau
    Cooper-Possibility & Constraint
    		Required Cooper-African Independence in Historical Perspect.pdf Edit Cooper-Possibility & Constraint Delete Cooper-Possibility & Constraint
    Iliffe-Independent Africa Required ILLIFE.Africans_The_History_of_a_Continent_African_Studies__2007.pdf Edit Iliffe-Independent Africa Delete Iliffe-Independent Africa
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  • Week 14
    Name Description Status Source
    Cooper-Development & Disappointment
    		Required Cooper-Development & Disappointment.pdf Edit Cooper-Development & Disappointment Delete Cooper-Development & Disappointment
    Bracking-Structural adjustment: why it wasn't necessary & why it did work Required Bracking-Structural adjustment why it wasn t neces.pdf Edit Bracking-Structural adjustment: why it wasn't necessary & why it did work Delete Bracking-Structural adjustment: why it wasn't necessary & why it did work
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  • Week 15
    Name Description Status Source
    Huening-Explaining the Congo Wars
    		Required Huening-Explaining the Congo Wars.pdf Edit Huening-Explaining the Congo Wars Delete Huening-Explaining the Congo Wars
    Baaz & Stern-Making sense of violence: voices of soldiers in the Congo
    		Required Baaz & Stern-Making Sense of Violence.pdf Edit Baaz & Stern-Making sense of violence: voices of soldiers in the Congo Delete Baaz & Stern-Making sense of violence: voices of soldiers in the Congo
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  • Abina Sources (not on syllabus)
    Name Description Status Source
    Fage: “Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Context of West African History"
    		Required Fage-Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Context of.pdf Edit Fage: “Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Context of West African History" Delete Fage: “Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Context of West African History"
    Peabody: "Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World, 1420-1807"
    		Required Peabody-Slavery Freedom and the Law in the Atlanti.pdf Edit Peabody: "Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World, 1420-1807" Delete Peabody: "Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World, 1420-1807"
    Akurang-Parry-African Intelligentsia & Abolition in the Gold Coast Required Akurang-Parry-African Intelligentsia & Abolition in the Gold Coast.pdf Edit Akurang-Parry-African Intelligentsia & Abolition in the Gold Coast Delete Akurang-Parry-African Intelligentsia & Abolition in the Gold Coast
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