Reemerging Africa: The World's Oldest Cultures Break Free of Colonial Control

Anthropologists tell us that human history began in Africa. Colonial imperialism and inter-tribal warfare has ravaged the continent for thousands of years. Central Question for the Unit: What happens if a group thinks it is superior to another, even if previously perceived each other as equal?

Course Lecture PowerPoint Slides and Other Materials

• Instructor Master PP Slides

• Student PP Slides

Course Lecture Video Recordings

• Music Video Overview of the Unit (2:30 minutes) Music: "Freedom for Africa" performed by Buffalo Soldier. I selected this due to lyrics talking about struggle Africa has faced in the past from outside nations and new threats, the power vacuum after they left, and how local Africans filled it.

• (Video) Part One

• (Video) Part Two

• (Video) Part Three

• (Video) Part Four

Required Readings and Media

• Study Guide Questions for Assigned Readings and Media (Word)

• Armah, Stealing the Nation;s Riches (PDF)

• Economist Magazine, That it Should Come to This: Collapse of Libya (PDF)

• Gettleman, Roots of Bitterness in a Region Threaten Sudan's Future (PDF)

• Perry, Nigeria's Rules Reap Rewards of Corruption with Sudden Descent into Chaos (PDF)

• Nyerere, The Arusha Declaration: Socialism is not Racialism (PDF)

• Perry, China's New Focus on Africa (PDF)

• Shaddox, Simply Rwandan: The New Rwanda Made by Its Orphans (PDF)

Unit Activities

• History Simulation Rebuilding Rwanda After the Genocide

Supplemental Learning Materials (Not required for major exams)

• Mandela, Speech Upon Release from Prison in South Africa (Audio)

• Woronoff, Toward African Unity: Charter of the Organization of African Unity

• Barvivo, African Farmers Put Hope in Beer (PDF)

• Gettleman, Meant to Keep Malaria Out, Mosquito Nets are Used to Haul Fish In (PDF)

• Rwanda Poverty Scenario (Web-based Simulation)

• Real Lives Scenario: Simulating Real Lives Promotes Global Empathy (Web-based Simulation)

• NationStates: Create or Oppress a Nation (Web-based Simulation)

• Historpedia, Foreign Aid for Africa with Positive and Negative Results (Web Page)

• Historpedia, Role of Music on the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement (Web Page)

• Historpedia, The Lords Resistance Army: Longest Conflict in Africa Today (Web Page)

• Historpedia, Influence of Karl Marx on Ethiopian Society (Web Page)