Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
5506BCIRDL-JAN-PAR
Aims
1. To introduce students to modern African history.
2. To develop students' understanding of colonial rule in Africa.
3. To develop students' understanding of decolonisation in Africa.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse particular aspects of colonialism in Africa.
2.
Analyse the differing patterns of decolonisation across the continent.
3.
Understand the ways in which Africa's modern history is shaped by the interaction between colonial states and African agency.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Pre-colonial Africa; Colonial rule; Colonial economies; Gender in African history; Christianity and Islam in Africa; World War and developmentalism; Decolonisation to 1964; Decolonisation and liberation war; The rise and fall of apartheid.
Pre-colonial Africa; Colonial rule; Colonial economies; Gender in African history; Christianity and Islam in Africa; World War and developmentalism; Decolonisation to 1964; Decolonisation and liberation war; The rise and fall of apartheid.
Module Overview:
This module introduces students to the history of sub-Saharan Africa under colonialrule. It is important to emphasise that this is not simply a module about Europeancolonialism. We must indeed understand the agendas and policies of Europeancolonial states in Africa. But it is equally important to understand the character ofAfrican responses to those agendas, and the ways in which African 'agency' shapedthe outcomes of colonial interventions in African societies on the ground. Colonialismwas made by Africans at least as much as it was made by Europeans. This moduleuses a blend of political, social and economic history approaches to understand theway colonial Africa was shaped by these interactions between coloniser andcolonised. It also addresses the history of decolonisation in the continent andanalyses the differing processes by which independence was achieved across thecontinent, playing particular attention to the wars of liberation fought in the territoriesof white settlement in southern Africa right up to the end of apartheid in 1994.
This module introduces students to the history of sub-Saharan Africa under colonialrule. It is important to emphasise that this is not simply a module about Europeancolonialism. We must indeed understand the agendas and policies of Europeancolonial states in Africa. But it is equally important to understand the character ofAfrican responses to those agendas, and the ways in which African 'agency' shapedthe outcomes of colonial interventions in African societies on the ground. Colonialismwas made by Africans at least as much as it was made by Europeans. This moduleuses a blend of political, social and economic history approaches to understand theway colonial Africa was shaped by these interactions between coloniser andcolonised. It also addresses the history of decolonisation in the continent andanalyses the differing processes by which independence was achieved across thecontinent, playing particular attention to the wars of liberation fought in the territoriesof white settlement in southern Africa right up to the end of apartheid in 1994.