ASRC 4603 - Politics and Social Change in Southern Africa

@ (SBA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits.

L. Edmondson.

Focuses on the legacies of apartheid and the challenges of transformation toward a post-apartheid society in South Africa. Topics include the rise and decline of apartheid; the historical continuity of Black resistance against racism; women under, against, and after apartheid; South Africa’s relations with its neighbors; geopolitical, economic, and racial dimensions of the American connection; politics of negotiation and transition to majority rule; prospects for stability, democracy, and equality; and South Africa’s new role in the African continental and global arenas. Instructor’s lectures are supplemented by films and class discussions.