As a group, our aim is to study the cultural, political, and economic differences among the diverse regions around the African continent. We will cover multiple topics, including evolution, religion, the multiple rises and falls of different kingdoms, trade networks, gender, slavery and the slave trade. Fossils, archaeological ruins, oral histories, songs, epic poems, along with primary documents and current debates are the foundational sources that we will use to analyze and discuss African history from both the Western and African perspectives.
Weekly readings must be completed before class. I will post questions on Monday to this class blog. Respond to the questions by 10 pm on Thursday. The answers are informal and do not necessarily have an answer, but they do encourage you to think about what you have read. You should write a few sentences to a paragraph for each one. Whenever possible, include page numbers in your responses.
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