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COURSE SYLLABUS: History of Africa


Course Title: HIS239 – History of Africa
Department: History
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course describes the history of the Black Continent from the early appearance of civilizations to the present time.

Required book: Online Bookstore

History of Africa, by Kevin Shillington. St. Martin’s Press (Palgrave MacMillan), 1995. ISBN-13: 9780312125981 ISBN: 0312125984

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Chapter 1. Early History.
Chapter 2. Later Prehistory.
Chapter 3. The Impact of Iron Age and Bantu Migration.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #2
Chapter 4. The Impact of Iron Age in Northeast and West Africa.
Chapter 5. North and Northeastern Africa to 1000AD.
Chapter 6. Trans-Saharan trade and the kingdom of ancient Ghana.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #3
Chapter 7. Islam and the Sudanic states of West Africa.
Chapter 8. Eastern Africa to the 16th century.
Chapter 9. Trading states of the East African coast to the 16th century.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #4
Chapter 10. Later Iron Age states and societies of Central and South Africa to the 18th century.
Chapter 11. North and Northeastern Africa to the 18th century.
Chapter 12. The Atlantic slave trade 16-18th century.
Chapter 13. West African states and society to the 18th century.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 14. Central and Eastern Africa to the 18th century.
Chapter 15. Southern Africa to the 18th century.
Chapter 16. West Africa in the 19the century and the ending of the slave trade.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #6
Chapter 17. Central and East Africa in the 19th century.
Chapter 18. Pre-industrial southern Africa in the 19th century.
Chapter 19. North and Northeast Africa in the 19th century.
Chapter 20. Prelude to the empire in tropical Africa.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #7
Chapter 21. The European “Scramble” colonial conquest and African resistance in East, North –Central and West Africa.
Chapter 22. Industrialization, colonial conquest, and resistance in South-Central and Southern Africa.
Chapter 23. Consolidation of an empire.
Chapter 24. Africa between wars.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #8
Chapter 25. The Second World War and Africa.
Chapter 26. The Winning of Independence.
Chapter 27 The Winning of Independence.
Chapter 28. Africa since independence.
Chapter 29. Africa since independence.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper