HIS 562 - Seminar in African History Credits: 3

Comprehensive survey of the culture and history of Africa with emphasis on the diversity which exists among the peoples of Africa. Includes study of the physical aspects and peoples, the great kingdoms that existed before the coming of the Muslim and the European, slavery and slave trade, art, family life, land, labor, markets, policy, law, and religion. Special attention given to the colonial period and its legacies: nationalism, negritude, independence.