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Calendar and Readings, F08
THE PHYSICAL CONTEXT
Aug 27 (W) - Introduction and Physical Geography
- Africa's Climate and Terrestrial Biomes (Stock 2004)
ANCIENT KINGDOMS AND SOCIETIES
Sept 3 (W) - Ancient Kingdoms MAP ID QUIZ
- Merchant Empires (Davidson 1966)
- Timbuktu Hopes Ancient Texts Spark a Revival (Polgreen 2007)
- Timbuktu, The Next Chapter
- Letters from Michelle (September 2006)
Sept 8 (M) - African Societies
- Social Organization in Africa (McCall 1995)
- What People Have In Common (Karp 1995)
- Initiation & Puberty Right (Mbiti 1990: read intro and one of [a]-[d] as an example)
- Death and the Hereafter (Mbiti 1990: skim 145-154; read 155-161)
- The Cow-tail Switch (Courlander and Herzog 1947)
Sept 10 (W) - From an African Perspective in Literature #1 WORKSHEET #1
- Things Fall Apart (Achebe 1959)
- Letters from Michelee (August and December 2006)
THE SLAVE TRADE, COLONIALISM and INDEPENDENCE
Sep 15 (M) - The Slave Trade
- Slaves and Slavery in Igboland, Nigeria (Uchendu 1977)
- Kidnapped (Equiano 1967)
- Taking Sides Issue 1: Did the Trans-Atlantic Savle Trade Underdevelop Africa?
- On the way to freedom, Niger's slaves stuck in limbo (Pflanz and Cranston 2005)
Sep 17 (W) - The Scramble for Africa WORKSHEET #2
- King Leopold's Ghost (Hochschild 1998)
Sep 22 (M) - The Colonial Experience I
- Colonialism and the African Experience (Khapoya 1998)
- Letters from Michelle (January and February 2007)
Sep 24 (W) - The Colonial Experience II: The Kenyan Case WORKSHEET #3
- The Hidden History of an Anti-Colonial Rebellion (Anderson 2005)
- FILM: Afrique: Je te plumerai I
Sep 29 (M) - The Colonial Experience III: Gender and Colonialism's Legacy
- Sitting on a Man (Van Allen 1972)
- FILM: Afrique: Je te plumerai II
- Taking Sides Issue 4: Did Colonialism Distort Contemporary African Development? (Issue Summary, "No" Position and Post -Script)
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- "GO! How Far Would You Go?"From Invisible Children 7pm Student Union
- From Associated Students Productions
Oct 1 (W) - EXAM #1
Oct 6 (M) - From an African Perspective in Literature #2 NOVEL QUIZ #1
- The Joys of Motherhood (Emecheta 1979)
POLITICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Oct 8 (W) - Independence, Borders, Pan-Africanism and Development Ideology
- Pan-Africanism and the Organization of African Unity (Schraeder 2007)
- Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism (Nyerere 1968)
- The African Experience; African Socialism and Capitalism (Khapoya 1998)
Oct 13 (M) - Neocolonial Economies: Export Enclaves RESPONSE #1
- Curse of the Black Gold (O'Neill 2007)
- China, Congo Trade for what the other wants (NPR 2008)
- Chinese-Built Zambian Smelter Stirs Controversy (NPR 2008)
- Africa's new model for spreading oil wealth (McLaughlin 2004a)
- Chad backs out of pledge to use oil wealth to reduce poverty (Polgreen 2005)
- Taking Sides Issue 6: Are Abundant Mineral and Energy Resources a Catalyst for Development? (Issue summary, postscript, NO)
- China's Trade in Africa Carries a Price Tag (Polgreen and French 2007)
- Army of Shopowners Paved Way into Africa (NPR 2008)
- On China's Heels, India Vies for its old edge in Africa (Schatz and Sappenfield 2008)
- Taking Sides Issue 7: Is Increasing Chinese Development Good for African Development
Oct 15 (W) - Weak Nations and Centralized States
- African Politics, first half - through pg 80 (Gordon (2007)
- Africa's billion-dollar roads to nowhere (Tomlinson 2007)
- Africa's new cash prize for top leaders (Baldauf 2007)
- Taking Sides Issue 18: Is Corruption the Result of Poor African Leadership?
- Africa's New Class of Power Players (Harman 2003)
Oct 20 (M) - Political Economic Reform
- African Politics, second half (Gordon 2007)
- Taking Sides Issue 6: Are Abundant Mineral and Energy Resources a Catalyst for Development? (review issue summary, postscript, YES (Intro, Parts B & C, Conclu.)
- Taking Sides Issue 15: Should Developed Countries Provide Debt Relief to the Poorest Indebted African Nations?
- A 'zero handout' approach to Africa (Hanes 2007)
- Person to Person Lending (MacDonald 2007)
- World's next outsourceing hub: Kenya? (Crilly 2007)
Oct 22 (W)- From an African Perspective on Film #1
- Letters from Michelle (May, July and August 2007)
- FILM: Bamako
CONFLICT OVER RESOURCES AND POWER
Oct 27 (M) - Civil Conflict I: Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa WORKSHEET#4
- Battle for the Body (Harden 1990)
- How a Country Came Undone (Baldauf 2008)
- How can Africa's model nation avoid war? (Baldauf 2008)
- At last, Kenya's Agree (Baldauf and Crilly 2008)
Oct 29 (W) - Civil Conflict II: Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, and African Reconciliation
- The Ivory Coast's Cocoa War (Kurti 2005)
- Clouding Ivory Coast's Peace: Ivoirite (Hartill (2005)
- Uganda's LRA rebels may face homegrown tribunal (Okeowo 2007)
- Respect Uganda's brand of justice (Putzeys 2007)
Nov 3 (M) - Guest Speaker
Nov 5 (W)- EXAM #2
POPULATION and FOOD PRODUCTION
Nov 10 (M) - Population and Food Production PAPER TITLE DUE
- High Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa (Caldwell 1990)
- Taking Sides Issue 9: Is Food Production in Africa Capable of Keeping up with Population Growth?
- Taking Sides Issue 10: Does African Agriculture Need a Green Revolution?
- Kaddo's Wall (Courlander and Herzog 1947)
Nov 12 (W) - Gender Relations of Production RESPONSE #2 ANNOT. BIBLIO DUE
- Women and Money: Lessons from Senegal (Guerin 2006)
- "Gone to their Second Husbands" (Schroeder 2001)
- Taking Sides Issue 13: Are Women in a Position to Challenge Male Power Structures? (Issue Summary, "No" Position and Post -Script)
ENVIRONMENT and DEVELOPMENT
Nov 17 (M) - Civil Conflict III: The Sahel RESPONSE #3 OUTLINE DUE
- Africa's Ragged Edge: Journey into the Sahel (Salopek 2008)
- How Tuaregs, Hausas avoiding another Darfur (McConnell 2007)
- Taking Sides Issue 8: Does the Conflict in the Darfur Region of Sudan Have Environmental Causes?
- Atlas of our Changing Environment: Africa
- Letters from Michelle (September and November 2007)
Nov 19 (W) - Parks and Integrated Conservation/Development
URBAN AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Nov 24 (M) - Urbanization: Processes, Morphology, Economies
- In Africa, smaller cities grow faster (Hanes 2007)
- The Informal Marketeer (Hanes 2008)
- City Farms Empower Africa (Hanes 2007)
Dec 1 (M) - Health and Education Policy NOVEL QUIZ #2 DRAFT DUE
- Graceland (Abani 2005)
- Zimbabwe 'cleanup' taxes churches (Truscott 2005)
- Zimbabwe locks up traders (McLaughlin 2005)
- Malaria: Stopping a Global Killer (Finkle 2007)
- Oprah's academy: Why educating girls pays off more (Hanes 2007)
- A refuge from painful rite for Kenyan girls (Baldauf 2008)
Dec 3 (W) - Urban Society from an African Perspective RETURN DRAFT
WRAP UP
Dec 8 (M) - Deconstructing Common Perceptions of Africa WORKSHEET #5
- The Coming Anarchy: Kaplan (1994)
- Letters from Michelle (May and July 2008)
Dec 10 (W) - PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Dec 12 (F) - PAPER DUE, 3pm Stev 3058
Dec ?; Final Exam
