Workshop: Post-Independent Africa: The challenges and possible sulutions 3600-KM-PIA-OG

The course will give a flashback on struggles for independence in Africa and then focus on problems and prospects of post-colonial Africa with respect to political, economic and social challenges. Problems of national integration, civil wars, militarism, border conflicts, and a low level of economic growth democratization process, external relations and prospects shall be examined. This course will examine the major goals and objectives which African states project and endeavour to attain in the international political and economic system. An analysis of the impact of the international system on the African states will also be examined. In addition, the nature and consequences of conflicts as well as cooperation between African states will be evaluated. The domestic setting and sources of the external relations of these states will be carefully analysed. Finally, the possible solutions to the problems of independent African nations will be examined.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Course coordinators

Hanna Rubinkowska-Anioł

Learning outcomes

Course objectives
By the end of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Present a comprehensive view on Pan African movement in the backdrop of African integration and development.
2. To explain the achievements, challenges and prospects of African Countries since independence
3. Evaluate the relation of African development and the international community.
4. Have a broad view and understanding that African nations' post-independence problems can be solved.
Lecture outcomes
By the end of this lecture, the student will be able to:
1. Examine basic issues and problems of governance and development in Africa since independence.
2. Analyse the achievements, challenges and prospects of African countries since independence.
3. Critically evaluate and understand the problems of African nations and proffer possible solutions.

Bibliography

A. D. Roberts (ed), The Colonial Moment in Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Alex Thomson, An Introduction to African Politics, London: Routledge, 2010.
Herbst, J. States and Power in Africa, New Jesey: Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2000.
John D. Hargreaves, The end of colonial rule in West Africa, London: Macmillan Press, 1979.
John E. Philips, Writing African History, New York: University of Rochester Press, 2005.
Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola (eds), Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2019.
Mahmood Mamdani, Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.
Martin S. Shanguhyia and Toyin Falola, The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Additional information

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