and Government Politics of Africa INTA 3240-A Dr. Lyn Graybill M, W, F: 1:05-1:55 p.m. D.M. Smith - #304 Office hours: Wednesday, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment Habersham, G-16B 781 Marietta St. NW Phone: [phone] [e-mail] This course will provide an overview of some of the most significant political issues confronting Africa. Topics include: the impact of colonialism, rise of the one-party state, democratization, apartheid in South Africa, genocide in Rwanda, civil war in Sierra Leone, and the collapsed state of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Grades will be based on: -map quiz on 1/27 (10%) -mid term on 3/3 (45%) -final on 4/28 (45%) You will also be expected to follow political affairs in Africa by consulting regularly the news site, www.allafrica.com. Graduate Students will write a 15-page term paper (in addition to the above requirements due on 4/21.) Textbooks (available at Engineers Bookstore; also on library reserve) 1. Politics in Africa: A New Beginning. Carlene Edie. Thomson Learning, 2003. 2. Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela, Little Brown, 1994. 3. Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa. Allister Sparks. Profile Books, 2003. 4. The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila. A Peoples History. George Nzongola-Ntalaja. Zed Books, 2002. 5. Sierra Leone at the End of the 20th Century. Earl Conteh-Morgan and Mac DixonFyle. Peter Lang, 1998. 6. When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism and the Genocide in Rwanda. Mahmood Mamdani. Princeton University Press, 2001. 7. Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire. Marie Beatrice Umutesi, University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. With the exception of Surviving the Slaughter, all the books are reserve. on Journal articles may be placed on reserve as well. Check the WEB CT page for any changes in schedule.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Background and Trends Week 1 (1/9, 1/11, 1/13): Scramble for Africa (read Edie, ch. 1, 2,) Week 2 (1/16, 1/18, 1/20): No class MLK Day: Colonialism & Independence Struggles (read Edie, ch. 3, 4) Week 3 (1/23, 1/25, 1/27): Post-Independence Trends (read Edie, ch. 5, 6, 7) map quiz on 1/27 South Africa Week 4 (1/30, 2/1, 2/3): Competition Between Afrikaner and African Nationalisms readings: Mandela, ch. 1-29 Week 5 (2/6, 2/8, 2/10): Split within the Resistance; Negotiations readings: Mandela, ch. 30-112 Week 6 (2/13, 2/15, 2/17): Elections and Post-Apartheid Challenges readings: Mandela, ch. 113-115; Sparks, ch. 1-8, ch. 10-16 Week 7 (2/20, 2/22, 2/24): Truth and Reconciliation Commission Sparks, ch. 9 Week 8 (2/27, 3/1, 3/3):TRC midterm on 3/3 Rwanda Week 9 (3/6, 3/8, 3/10): Colonialism, Revolution of 1959 readings: Mamdani, ch. 1-6 Week 10 (3/13, 3/15, 3/17: Genocide & Its Aftermat...