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Africa and the Cold War (HI277)
Lecture and Seminar Programme
Lecture and Seminar Programme
1. Course introduction
Africa and the Cold War - Introduction
Term 1
2.
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From Berlin to Berlin: the division of Africa, the division of the world
3.
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The rise of African nationalism
4.
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The Cold War dimensions of decolonisation
5.
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Searching for alternatives: Bandung, pan-Africanism, and non-alignment
6.
Reading Week
7. Lecture PowerPoint
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Crisis in Congo, 1959-65
8.
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Revolution in Zanzibar, 1964
9. Lecture PowerPoint
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The Other Cold War: the Sino-Soviet rivalry
10. Lecture
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Capitalism, Socialism or African Socialism? Struggles over Economic Growth
Christmas Vacation
Term 2
11.
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Educating Africa: students in the Eastern Bloc
12. Lecture PowerPoint
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The end of the dream: coups, dictators, and military rule
13. Lecture PowerPoint
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Superpower rivalry and revolution in the Horn of Africa
14. Lecture PowerPoint
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Proxy war? The Ethiopia-Somalia conflict, 1977-78
15. Lecture
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A luta continua!
Liberating southern Africa
16.
Reading Week
17. Lecture PowerPoint
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Defending white minority rule
18. Lecture PowerPoint
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Cuba, South Africa, and the struggle for Angola, 1974-89
19. Lecture PowerPoint
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The Cold War and the end of Apartheid
20. Lecture PowerPoint
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New Dawns? Africa after the Cold War
Easter Vacation
21. Lecture PowerPoint
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Looking back: themes, perspectives, periodisations [Revision session]