HIS 575 - Africa to 1800

(4 credits)

Prerequisite(s): check for undergrad in grad course; no cer or pb. Survey of sub-Saharan African civilizations and the origins of the African Diaspora. Geographic coverage includes the Nile Valley, eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, southern and West Africa, and the central African rain forest. Includes historical analysis of Nubia, Ethiopia, the Swahili, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Ashanti, Benin, and the Kongo. The Atlantic slave trade is positioned within historical traditions of African and global history.

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