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Modern African History

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.165
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2019English
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This course surveys the history of 19th and 20th century Africa. It focuses on the European conquest of Africa and the dynamics of colonial rule, especially its socioeconomic and cultural consequences. It looks at how the rising tide of African nationalism, in the form of labor strikes and guerrilla wars, ushered out colonialism.

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