FAYETTEVILLE
STATE UNIVERSITY College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Government and History
FAYETTEVILLE
STATE UNIVERSITY
College
of Arts and Sciences
Department
of Government and History
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Fall 2001
COURSE SYLLABUS: HISTORY 370, AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA
3 SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT
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Instructor's Name:
Dr. Dianne W. Oyler
Office Location: JKSA 115
Office Phone: 672-1946
Office Hours: M&W 2-4 p.m.
T & TH 2- 4 p.m. OR BY APPOINTMENT
Alternate phone:
Ms. Lashly, 672-1573
E-Mail: doyler@uncfsu.edu
In the catalogue this course is described as a study of ancient, medieval, colonial, and modern civilizations and nations in sub-Saharan Africa, with attention to issues relating to African heritage and to the rise of contemporary African nations and cultures.
This course is, however, a general survey of African history. It will focus on issues such as Ancient Egypt; the spread of Islam; the Atlantic slave trade; slavery within Africa; the role of women; European conquest; and African resistance. The course assumes no prior background in African studies, however it requires the students to master the general history of Africa, and then analyze the broad historical debates in formal essays and exams.
Kevin Shillington, History of Africa.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart. London:
Heinemann, 1986.
D.T. Niane, Sundiata. Translated by
G.D. Pickett. New York: Longman, 1994.
IV. COURSE GOALS, BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES (and DPI HISTORY
COMPETENCIES:
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to analyze
change and continuity overtime, organize historical evidence, and ask and
answer critical questions about the past. The student will also be
able to demonstrate knowledge of people and events across time, to be used
as building blocks for critical interpretation and understanding of the
past. In addition, a student will be able to identify the enduring
themes of the historical experience and discuss history as a discipline.
Moreover, the student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the
historical role of both common and diverse cultural traditions that constitute
Western Civilization. Finally, the student will be able to illustrate
the cultural products that past societies have regarded as aesthetically
pleasing and the ways in which they were produced.
In accordance with the University's Teacher Education Conceptual Framework which is aligned with NCATE Standards, upon completion of this course, the prospective facilitator of learning will:
Knowledge:
--Demonstrate understanding of the subject matter, how it relates to other disciplines, and to their individual lives.
--Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of African history and culture, and how it relates to the social studies in general and history specifically.
Technology:
--Apply new technologies to teaching, learning, and research
Reflection:
---Reflect upon his/her knowledge of the history of the African continent and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development by keeping abreast of current affairs in the region.
SPECIFIC STUDENT OUTCOMES: Students
who complete this course with a C grade will
Apply critical and analytical skills through the study of African
history (DPI 1.1, 1.2,1.3, 1.4, 1.5), (NCSS 2.1);
Apply historical methodology by utilizing both primary and secondary sources including journals, monographs, and revisionist history (DPI 1.5), (NCSS 2.1);
Write critically and analytically (DPI 1.5), (NCSS 2.1);
Discuss issues concerning multiculturalism (DPI 1.3); (NCSS 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9)
Identify African cultures, environments, and political states on appropriate maps (DPI 1.2, 1.3, 1.4); (NCSS 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9);
Describe the scope and sequence of African history through sequenced course work (DPI 1.1, 1.4), (NCSS 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9);
Analyze Africa's global connection during periods of world history. (DPI 1.1, 1.4), (NCSS 1.6, 1.9);
Evaluate the economy of Africans at the local, regional, state, and international levels.(DPI 1.2, 1.3, 1.4), (NCSS 1.7, 1.9)
Apply reflective decision-making skills to the medium of history
(DPI 1.2, 1.5); (NCSS 1.2).
V. EVALUATION CRITERIA/GRADING SCALE:
Grades will be based on three examinations, writing assignments,
and class participation. Each exam will be based on the units of
study immediately preceding it.
Exams will each count 3 x 20%
Writing Assignments 20
Paper
10
Class Participation 10
Grades and their numerical equivalents are as follows:
Numerical Limits Letter Grades
92 and above
A
83 - 91
B
73 - 82
C
64 - 72
D
63 and below
F
SPECIAL NOTE ON ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Students should be aware that a university is a community of scholars committed to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge and truth. Without the freedom to investigate all materials, scrupulous honesty in reporting findings, and proper acknowledgment of credit, such a community can not survive. Students are expected to adhere to the highest traditions of scholarship. Any infractions of these traditions, such as plagiarism, are not tolerated. Though we do not anticipate any such occurrence, for the record, misrepresenting someone else's words or ideas as one's own, constitutes plagiarism. In cases where plagiarism occurs, the instructor has the right to penalize the student(s) as he or she thinks appropriate. One guide line holds that the first offence = failure of the assignment; the second offence = failure of the course.
Assignments:
Assignments for this class will include reading, writing, and special projects. Readings may be assigned not only from the texts, but also from photocopied materials and library books. Attendance at certain cultural functions may also be required. Students are responsible for all work assigned in this class, whether or not they are present. Assignments are expected to be completed on time, and written assignments such as papers must be typed. Short quizzes may be given on assigned materials at any time. Directions for specific assignments will be made separately.
EXAMS will be based on material presented both in class and in the required reading. The format of the exams will be short answer/identification and essay questions. Written portions of the exams will be done in blue books purchased in the book store.
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Two assignments will be based upon short outside readings--one on the oral tradition surrounding Sundiata the first emperor (Mansa) of Mali and the other on a novel showing the impact of European Imperialism on the indigenous world of the Ibo. The third assignment will be a Current Events Notebook. The final assignment is a popular film review, an analysis of a film's potential to accurately portray the historical setting for an event. (GUIDE)
Attendance and Punctuality:
Students are responsible for material covered and
assignments regardless of whether or not the student has an excuse.
Class Participation:
All students are expected to come to class prepared to discuss the assigned material, so it is important to complete all the assigned readings before coming to class. Any student may, at any time, be called upon to recite or to write a short essay on the assigned material. Short quizzes may be given on assigned materials at any time. Students are expected to understand the material, or at least have identified those items that they do not yet understand in order to ask question in class. The instructor will assume that students know the material and are prepared to discuss it. Students are responsible for all work assigned in this class, whether or not they are present. Assignments must be completed on time.
Students are expected to observe normal courtesy in class.
They are expected to pay attention to the instructor, to take detailed
notes, to refrain from personal conversations, and to avoid any other behavior
which is disruptive and disturbing to others. A student who does
not observe these courtesies may be asked to leave the room.
The mode of presentation for the course will be lecture/student discussion. There will be opportunities for cooperative learning. I encourage peer teaching and recommend students to work together through study groups. I want to emphasize the critical analysis of data-- information you read and see on film/video and the communication of your ideas supported by facts. While these skills are important to the course work at hand, they are most important in your life's work where you read, listen, evaluate, articulate, communicate your understanding, ideas, and opinions on a daily basis. These activities will give you practice in these areas.
Ajayi, J.F. Ade and Michael Crowder. History of West Africa, Volume I & II. Third Edition, London, Longman, 1985. CLASSIC TEXT
Binns, Tony. Tropical Africa. London: Routledge, 1994.
Boahen, A. Adu. African Perspectives on Colonialism, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989
Boahen A. Adu, J.F.A Ajayi, and Michael Tidy. Topics in West African History. Second Edition, London: Longman Group, 1986.
Brenner, Louis. Muslim Identity and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
Brooks, George. Landlords and Strangers, Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa 1000- 1630. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993.
Cohen, William. B. The French Encounter with Africans: White Response to Blacks, 1530-1880. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980. CLASSIC TEXT
Collins, Robert O. Central and Southern African History. New York: Markus Wiener, 1990. DOCUMENT READER
__________. East African History. New York: Markus Wiener, 1990. DOCUMENT READER
__________. West African History. New York: Markus Wiener, 1990. DOCUMENT READER
Collins, Robert O., James McDonald Burns, and Erik Kristofer Ching. Problems in African History: The Precolonial Centuries. New York: Markus Wiener, 1994.
Connah, Graham. African Civilizations--Precolonial cities and states in tropical Africa: an Archaeological Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. CLASSIC
Comaroff, John and Jean Comaroff. Of Revelation and Revolution: Christianity, Colonialism, and Consciousness in South Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Conrad, David and Barbara Frank. Status and Identity in West Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.
Crowder, Michael. West Africa under Colonial Rule. Fifth Edition. London: Hutchinson University Library for Africa, 1981. CLASSIC
Crowder, Michael.. West African Resistance: The Military Response to Colonial Occupation. New York: Africana Publishing Corp., 1971.
Curtin, Philip, Steven Feierman, Leonard Thompson, and Jan Vansina. African History: From Earliest Times to Independence. 2nd Edition. London: Longman Group. 1995.
Davidson, Basil. The Search for Africa: History, Culture, Politics. New York: Random House, 1994.
Davis, R. Hunt. Apartheid Unravels. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1991.
Feierman, Steven. Peasant Intellectuals. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990. CLASSIC
Feierman, Steven and John M. Janzen. The Social Basis of Health
and Healing in Africa.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
Grinker, Roy Richard and Christopher B. Steiner. Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1997.
Gordon, April and Donald L. Gordon. Understanding Contemporary Africa. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992.
Hilliard, Constance B. Intellectual Traditions of Pre-Colonial Africa. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Hiskett, Mervyn. The Development of Islam in West Africa. London: Longman Group, 1984.
Hopkins, A.G. An Economic History of West Africa. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. CLASSIC
Iliffe, John. Africans: The History of the Continent. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Iyob, Ruth. The Eritrean Struggle for Independence: Domination, Resistance, Nationalism 1941-1993. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Johns, Sheridan and R. Hunt Davis. Mandela, Tambo, and the African National Congress: The Struggle against Apartheid, 1948-1990. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
July, Robert. A History of the African People. Fourth Edition. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1992.
Kenyatta, Jomo. Facing Mount Kenya. Vintage Press, 1965 CLASSIC
Khapoya, Vincent. The African Experience: An Introduction. 2nd Edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Kissling, H.J., F.R.C. Bagley, N. Barbour, J.S. Trimingham., H Braun, B. Spuler, and H. Hartel. The Last Great Muslim Empires: History of the Muslim World. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 1996
The Koran. Penguin Classics.
Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1994.
Manning, Patrick. Slavery and African Life: Occidental, Oriental,
and African Slaves Trades.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. CLASSIC
Manning, Patrick. Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa, 1880-1985. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Marcus, Harold. A History of Ethiopia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Martin, Phyllis M. and Patrick O'Meara. Africa. 2nd Edition Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986. CLASSIC
__________.Africa. 3nd Edition Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 1995.
Miers, Suzanne and Igor Kopytoff. Slavery in Africa: Historical and
Anthropological
Perspectives. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979 CLASSIC
Miller, Joseph. Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade 1730-1830. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. CLASSIC
O'Brien, Donal B. Cruise, John Dunn, and Richard Rathbone. Contemporary West African Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Oliver, Roland and Anthony Atmore. The African Middle Ages, 1400-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. CLASSIC
Mann, Kristin and Richard Roberts. Law and Colonial Africa. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1991.
Rodney, Walter. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1972. CLASSIC
Sanneh, Lamin. The Crown and the Turban: Muslims and West African Pluralism. Boulder: West View Press, 1997.
Tefft, Stanton K. The Dialectics of Secret Society Power in States. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1992.
Thompson, Leonard. A History of Southern Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
Vail, Leroy. The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa.
Berkeley: University of California Press. 1991.
IX. LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS AND READING/WRITING
ASSIGNMENTS:
AUG 23-30 Introduction to the course
GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA
Stone Age
Required Readings:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 1, pp.1-13.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFRICA & EGYPT
SEPT 4 Required Reading:
TEXTS: Shillington, Chapter 2 & 3, pp. 14-48
THE SPREAD OF BANTU SPEAKERS ACROSS THE CONTINENT
Required Reading:
SEPT 6 TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 4, pp. 49-61
AFRICAN STATES RELATIONSHIP OF TRADE TO RELIGION
SEPT 11-25
A. NORTH AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 5, pp. 62-77
B. WEST AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 6, pp. 78-89
Chapter 7, pp. 90-106
C. EAST AFRICA to 1500
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapters 8 & 9, pp. 107-137
D. SOUTHERN AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 10, pp. 138-156
WRITING ASSIGNMENT: DUE 9/20/01
SEPT 27
EXAM #1 Study Guide #1
SLAVERY IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE
OCT 2 & 9
A. CAUSES OF THE SLAVE TRADE
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 12, pp. 171-180
WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE 10/9/01: ORAL TRADITION:
D.T. Niane, Sundiata
OCT 16 WOMEN IN AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Handout
REGIONAL STATUS OF STATES TO THE 18TH CENTURY
OCT 18-25
A. WEST AFRICAN STATES
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 13, pp. 181-196
B. CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 14, pp. 197-211
C. SOUTHERN AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 15, pp. 212-225
ISLAM IN AFRICA
OCT 30 & NOV 1 A. ARABIZATION OF NORTH AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 11, pp. 157-170
B. ISLAMIC JIHAD IN THE SAVANNA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 16, pp. 226-242
STATUS OF STATES TO THE 19TH CENTURY
NOV 6-13
A. EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 17, pp. 242-257
B. PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOUTHERN AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 18, pp. 258-274
C. NORTH AND EAST AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 19, pp. 275-288
NOV 15
EXAM #2 Study Guide #2
COLONIALISM IN AFRICA
NOV 20-29 A. THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapters 20-21, pp.289-317
B. EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapters 22-23, pp. 318-347
DEC 4
C. AFRICA DURING THE WORLD WARS
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapters 24-25, pp. 348-373
DEC 6 & 11 WINNING AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 26, pp. 374-390
Chapter 27, pp. 391-407
WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE 12/4/01: NOVEL:
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
AFRICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Required Reading:
TEXT: Shillington, Chapter 28, pp. 408-427
DEC 13 EXAM #3 Study Guide #3
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