HIST 2410 - [Riot and Rebellion in Nineteenth Century Africa]

(crosslisted)
(also ASRC 2303)(GHB) (HA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015.

S. Greene.

The beginning of the 19th century witnessed the rapid and often times forceful expansion of Islam in West Africa, the end of the Atlantic slave trade, the transformation of the Zulu from a small, inconsequential people to the largest and most powerful ethnic group in South Africa, and the wild fire spread of Swahili as a lingua franca in east and central Africa. This course explores these revolutionary changes and the upheavals that accompanied them as Africa remade itself to face the modern era. Lectures, readings and discussions will focus on the causes and consequences of these events and their significance for understanding contemporary Africa.