HIST 6652 - African Economic Development Histories

(crosslisted) ASRC 6652

Fall. 4 credits.

Co-meets with ASRC 3652/HIST 3652.

S. Greene.

What impact did Africa’s involvement in the slave trade and its colonization by Europe have on its long-term economic health? What role have post-independence political decisions made within Africa and by multinational economic actors (the World Bank and the IMF, for example) had on altering the trajectory of Africa’s economic history? Does China’s recent heavy investment in Africa portend a movement away from or a continuation of Africa’s economic underdevelopment? These questions and others will be addressed in this course.