Lecture and Seminar Programme
Lectures are held weekly on Mondays, 10-11am (L5, Chemistry). Seminars are held weekly and details of your seminar group, time, and location can be found on Tabula.
Week |
Lecture |
Seminar |
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| Term 1 | 1 |
No lecture or seminar |
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| 2 |
Chronology and Themes Slides |
Writing African History | |
| 3 |
Slavery and Slaving in Africa Slides |
Wealth in Women |
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| 4 |
State, Society and Trade in C19th East Africa Slides |
Authority and Identity in East Africa | |
| 5 |
Jihad in the West African Savannah Slides |
Revolutions in West Africa |
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| 6 | Reading week | ||
| 7 | Social and Political Change in C19th Southern Africa Slides |
The Mfecane Debate | |
| 8 | From Slavery to ‘Legitimate Commerce’ in West Africa Slides | Palm Oil and Peanuts |
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| 9 | The 'Scramble' for Africa Slides | Resisting Colonialism |
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| 10 |
The Colonial State and Ethnicity Slides |
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| Christmas Vacation | |||
| Term 2 | 1 | Colonialism and the 'Civilising Mission' Slides | Christian Missions |
| 2 | Peasants or Proletarians? 1890s-1940s Slides | City Life |
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| 3 |
The New Colonialism, 1945-1960 Slides |
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| 4 | The Rise of African Nationalism, 1940s-1960s Slides | Nationalism and Liberation | |
| 5 |
South Africa, 1890-1960 Slides |
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| 6 | Reading week | ||
| 7 | Politics and Parties after Independence, 1957-1975 Slides |
African Socialism | |
| 8 | Soldiers and the State, 1960-1980 Slides | Military Coups | |
| 9 |
The ANC and the End of Apartheid, 1960-1994 Slides |
The Rise and Fall of Apartheid |
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| 10 | From Debt to Democratization, 1980-2000 Slides | Democratization | |
| Easter Vacation | |||
| Term 3 | 1 | No lecture | No seminar |
| 2 | Rwanda and the Great Congo War, 1994-2004 |
The Rwandan Genocide | |
| 3 | No lecture | No seminar | |
| 4 | Africa Since 1994 | Africa and the World Since 1994 | |