History 202

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HIS 202 P: COLONIALISM, PARTITION OF AFRICA AND INDEPENDENCE, 1880-1960 SPRING 2001

Dr. Edmund Abaka, 613 Ashe
Tel: (305) 284-3702
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: http://www.geocities.com/ogya_krom
Office hours: TR 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (or by appointment)

This course deals with the European conquest, partition, and consolidation of spheres of influence in Africa from about 1880-1950. It examines the rationale for the European conquest of Africa, African responses to colonialism, the overthrow of colonialism, independence and the post-independence period. We will investigate specific issues such as the scramble and partition of Africa, the establishment of Indirect Rule (British), Assimilation and Association (French), and other administrative systems of the colonial period. In addition, we will take an in-depth look at the political economy of colonialism, the rise of nationalism and the formation of nationalist movements, and the struggle for independence.

Required Text

*Boahen, Adu A., African Perspectives on Colonialism (Baltimore: The St. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987).
*Shillington, Kevin. History of Africa (New York: St. Martin's, 1995).
*Collins, Robert O., ed., Historical Problems of Imperial Africa (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1994).

Recommended Text

*Khapoya, Vincent. The African Experience (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995)

On Reserve

*Abaka, Edmund. "North Africa 1885-1939," in Toyin Falola (ed.), Africa. vol. 3: Decolonization and Independence (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2001)
*Abaka, Edmund, "North Africa 1939-1960" in Africa vol. 4.
*Abaka, Edmund. "Portuguese Africa: Nationalism and Decolonization" in Africa vol. 4.
*Abiola, Irele. "N�gritude or Black Cultural Nationalism," in Klein & Johnson, Perspectives, pp. 482-509.
*Breytenbach, W.J. "N�gritude and Black Consciousness in Africa," in Bulletin of the Africa Institute of South Africa, 9 (1973): 340-356, 347.
*Collins, Robert O et al. (eds.), Historical Problems of African History (New York & Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc., 1994). (selected chapters)
*Rodney, Walter. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Washington: Howard University Press, 1992) [On reserve].
*Tyler Stovall, Tyler. "The Color Behind the Lines: Racial Violence in France During the Great War," American Historical Review 103, 3 (1998): 737-769.

Videos

*Africa. A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson.
*Africa: A Triple Heritage, Ali Mazrui
*DeKlerk and Mandela
*Ipi ntombi

Novels

*Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart.

Grading

1. Map Quiz (Jan 30) - 5%
2. Quiz on class readings (Feb. 6) - 10%
3. Book report - 2 - 40%
(African Perspectives - Feb. 15; How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - March 15. Each book report should be 4-5 pages long. (late papers attract penalty).
4. Mid-term (March 22) - 30%
5. Final exam - 15%

***Students are responsible for the lectures, reading, movies etc. Attendance to lectures and participation in discussion are important for the attainment good grades.

TOPICS

Week 1: a. Introduction to the Course
b. European Perceptions of Africa
Video: "The Africans. A Triple Heritage"

Week 2: Africa at the time of European conquest
Readings:
Boahen, African Perspectives on Colonialism. Chap. 1.
Boahen, "Africa and the Colonial Challenge." UNESCO General History. Chap. 1.
Shillington, History of Africa. Chap. 20.

Week 3: The "New" Imperialism and the Partition of Africa
Readings:
Boahen, African Perspectives. Chap. 2.
G.N. Uzoigwe, "European Partition and Conquest of Africa: an Overview," UNESCO General History. Chap. 2.
Shillington, History of Africa Chap. 21.

Video: This Magnificent African Cake

Week 4: African Responses to Colonialism I
Readings:
Boahen, African Perspectives. Chap. 2.
M'Baye Gueye & A. Adu Boahen, "African Initiatives and Resistance in West Africa, 1880-1914," in UNESCO General History. Chap. 6.
H.A. Ibrahim, "African Initiatives and Resistance in North-East Africa," UNESCO General History. Chap. 4.

Week 5: African Responses to Colonialism II
Readings:
Boahen, African Perspectives. Chap. 3.
M'Baye Gueye & A. Adu Boahen, "African Initiatives and Resistance in West Africa, 1880-1914," UNESCO General History. Chap. 6-7.
Collins et al., Historical Problems of Imperial African History. pp. 57-99

Week 6: The Rise of Colonial States and Colonial Administrations
Readings:
Michael Crowder, "Indirect Rule - French and British Style," in Klein and Johnson, Perspectives on the African Past. pp. 358-369.
Boahen, African Perspectives. Chap. 3.
Khapoya, The African Experience. Chap. 4
Video: The Africans

Week 7: The Colonial Economy
Readings:
Shillington, History of Africa. Chap. 23 (pp. 332-343); Chap. 24 (pp. 347-357)
Khapoya, The African Experience, Chap. 4.
Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Video:The Africans

Week 8: Africa and World Wars I & II
Video:Africa
Readings:
Shillington, History of Africa. Chap. 32, pp. 343-346; Chap. 24; Chap. 25.
Tyler Stovall, "The Color Line Behind the Lines: Racial Violence in France During the Great War," American Historical Review 103, 3 (1998): 737-769.

Week 9: African Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, and N�gritude
(Garvey-DuBois-Nkrumah et. al.)
Readings:
Irele Abiola, "N�gritude or Black Cultural Nationalism," in Klein & Johnson, Perspectives, pp. 482-509.
W.J. Breytenbach, "N�gritude and Black Consciousness in Africa," Bulletin of the Africa Institute of South Africa, 9 (1973): 340-356, 347
Shillington, History of Africa. Chapt 24 (pp. 358-362); Chap. 26 Khapoya, The African Experience. Chap. 5.

Video

Week 10 The Struggle for Independence I (West Africa)
Readings:
Shillinton, History of Africa. Chaps. 26 & 27.
Khapoya, The African Experience. Chap. 5.
Abaka, "Portuguese Africa,"

Week 11: The Struggle for Independence II (North & East Africa)
Readings:
Abaka, "North Africa, 1885-1939"
Abaka, "North Africa, 1939-1960"
Shillington, History of Africa. Chapts. 26 & 27.
"The O.A.U., a Political Pressure Group," in Bulletin of the Africa Institute, XI, 6 (1973), 219- 234

Week 12: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid
Readings:
Khapoya, The African Experience. Chap. 7.
Shillington, History of Africa. Chap. 27 (pp. 402-406)

Week 13: Africa After Independence: Democracy and Military Intervention
Readings:
Khapoya, The African Experience. Chap. 6.
"Rule of the Rifle in Africa," Bulletin of the Africa Institute of South Africa, XI, 1 (1973): 14-23
Samuel Decalo, Coups & Army Rule in Africa (New Haven & London: Yale Univ. Press 1990)

Conclusion: Africa after the Cold War (Democracy, Structural Adjustment, Genocide and 'Reconstruction.'

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