Modern and Contemporary History of Africa (20084)
Degree/study: Degree in Humanities
Year: 3rd-4th
Term:1st
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication: 125
Teaching language or languages: catalan
Teaching Staff: Alfred Bosch
1. Presentation of the subject
The Sub-Saharan world after the European division and up to our days
Study and interpretation of the fundamental episodes in the history of Africa during the Modern and Contemporary Eras, as well as of their presuppositions and consequences.
2. Competences to be attained
| General competences | Specific competences |
| 1. Adopting and incorporating History and Humanities History knowledge systems. 2. Assuming History learning methods, especially for non-European societies. 3. Relating analytical concepts through readings and debates. 4. Being able to synthesise and write historical concepts and processes. |
1. Knowing, situating and interpreting the main processes and events related to the history of Sub-Saharan Africa from the start of their contact with the Europeans. 2. Learning and analysing the main religious, artistic and political schools in Sub-Saharan Africa from the start of their contact with the Europeans. 3. Acquiring first-hand knowledge of the main knowledge and analysis sources of Sub-Saharan Africa from the start of their contact with the Europeans. 4. Recognising the academic value and relevance of the history of Sub-Saharan Africa from the start of their contact with the Europeans. 5. Applying the knowledge acquired in any kind of professional practice in any field, whether it is cooperation, health, journalism, teaching... 6. Being able to transmit the main acquired notions on Sub-Saharan Africa from the start of their contact with the Europeans to a broad, unspecialised audience. |
3. Contents
This course is intended as an introduction to the history of the African continent from the European colonisation, with a special stress on the political, economical and cultural processes of the Sub-Saharan societies. There will be a brief introduction on the slave contract and trade, the process of colonial partition, the colonial stability period, the decolonisation, the independent African States and their future challenges in politics and development.
1. The Black World. The non-devastated Africa. The geographical and human frame.
2. European Penetration
2.1 Contact with the West
2.2 Imperialism
2.3 The Repartition
2.4 Native resistance
2.5 Colonial Pax
3. Towards emancipation
3.1 Pan-Africanism
3.2 The Second World War and the Third World-ism
3.3 Decolonisation in the British area
3.4 Decolonisation in the French and Belge area
4. Birth crisis
4.1 The OAU
4.2 The Cold War
4.3 Identity and State
4.4 Africanisation of Politics
5. Ethiopia
5.1 From the Negus to Mengistu
5.2 The fiasco of the revolution
5.3 The federal experiment
6. Nigeria
6.1 The federal conflict
6.2 The Nigerian-Biafran War
6.3 Militarism and regional role
7. South-Africa
7.1 The White tribes
7.2 The Apartheid
7.3 Black South-Africa
7.4 Mandela's Republic
8. Towards the 21st Century
8.1 Afro-Pessimism
8.2 The Cooperation conflict
8.3 Markets and economies
*The full version with the sections 4. Assessment, 5. Bibliography and teaching resources, 6. Methodology, and 7. Planning of activities is available in the original version.
4. Assessment
5. Bibliography and teaching resources
5.1. Basic bibliography
5.2. Complementary bibliography
5.3. Teaching resources
6. Metodology
7. Planning of activities