143176 VO History of West Africa 2: Developments in the Modern Age (2020S)
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max. 25 participants
Language: German
Examination dates
Wednesday
24.06.2020
09:00 - 11:00
Digital
Friday
18.09.2020
13:00 - 15:00
Digital
Friday
27.11.2020
09:15 - 11:15
Digital
Friday
18.12.2020
09:15 - 11:15
Digital
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WICHTIGE INFORMATION:
Die zur LV angemeldeten Personen halten sich bitte unbedingt via MOODLE auf dem Laufenden, was allfällige Änderungen und Anpassungen bei TERMINEN und Ähnlichem die LV betreffend angeht.
Wednesday
11.03.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
18.03.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
25.03.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
01.04.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
22.04.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
29.04.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
06.05.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
13.05.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
20.05.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
27.05.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
03.06.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
10.06.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
Wednesday
17.06.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-12
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Diese Vorlesung bietet einen selektiven Überblick über die neuzeitliche westafrikanische Geschichte: Aufmerksamkeit wird gelegt auf politische, soziale, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Transformationsprozesse. Neben genuinen afrikanischen Entwicklungslinien und Verläufen werden die Kolonialgeschichte Westafrikas sowie ausgewählte postkoloniale Prozesse behandelt. Vermittelt wird ein Einblick und erster Überblick über die Historie Westafrikas.
Assessment and permitted materials
Schriftliche ONLINE-Prüfung + ein Kurzessay (2 Seiten) zu einem selbstgewählten Themenaspekt aus dem Themenkreis der Vorlesung, auf der Basis von zwei Texten aus der einschlägigen Fachliteratur. Prüfungsbogen und Kurzessay müssen beide zum selben Termin hochgeladen werden.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Absolvierung der digitalen Prüfung, Erbringung der Antwortleistung (2 Prüfungsfragen) und des Kurzessays. Nähere Angaben auf Moodle.
Examination topics
Vorlesungsinhalte.
Reading list
Achebe, Chinua (1984): The Trouble with Nigeria. London: Heinemann.
Achebe, Chinua (2012): There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra. London: Allen Lane.
Afigbo, A.E. et al. (1986): The Making of Modern Africa. 2 Vols.: The Nineteenth Century, The Twentieth Century. Harlow: Longman.
Ajayi, J.F. Ade/ Crowder, Michael (Hg., 1985): History of West Africa. 2 Volumes. Harlow: Longman.
Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku (Hg., 2006): Themes in West Africa`s History. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Bay, Edna G. (1998): Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey. Charlottesville, London: University of Virginia Press.
Boahen, A. Adu (1977 [1966]): Topics in West African History. London: Longman.
Chabal, Patrick et al. (2002): A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa. [Section: Country Studies: Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde]Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Cooper, Frederick (2014): Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French West Africa, 1945-1960. Princeton u.a.: Princeton University Press.
Crowder, Michael (1976): West Africa under Colonial Rule. London: Hutchinson, Benin City: Ethiope Publishing Corporation.
Davidson, Basil (1981): No Fist is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. London: Zed Press.
Davidson, Basil (2007 [1973]): Black Star: A View of the Life & Times of Kwame Nkrumah. London: James Currey.
Ellis, Stephen (1999): The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War. London: Hurst & Company.
Ellis, Stephen (2016): This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime. London: Hurst.
Fage, John D. (1972): A History of West Africa. London, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Fage, John D., with William Tordoff (2002): A History of Africa. London, New York: Routledge.
Grau, Ingeborg Maria (1993): Die Igbo-sprechenden Völker Südostnigerias: Fragmentation und fundamentale Einheit in ihrer Geschichte. Wien: VWGÖ.
Harding, Leonhard (2010): Das Königreich Benin: Geschichte, Kultur, Wirtschaft. München: Oldenbourg.
Hiskett, Mervyn (1984): The Development of Islam in West Africa. London: Longman.
Isichei, Elizabeth (1977): History of West Africa since 1800. London, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Law, Robin (2004): Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving ‘Port’, 1727-1892. Athens: Ohio University Press, Oxford: James Currey.
McCaskie, T.C. (2002 [1995]): State and Society in Pre-colonial Asante. Cambridge u.a.: Cambridge University Press.
Oliver, Roland/ Atmore, Anthony (1994): Africa since 1800. Cambridge u.a.: Cambridge University Press.
Schicho, Walter (2001): Handbuch Afrika. Band 2: Westafrika und die Inseln im Atlantik. Frankfurt am Main: Brandes & Apsel, Wien: Südwind.
Webster, J.B./ Boahen, A.Adu, with Michael Tidy (1980): The Revolutionary Years: West Africa since 1800. London: Longman.
Wilks, Ivor (1975): Asante in the Nineteenth Century: The Structure and Evolution of a Political Order. London, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Wilks, Ivor (1993): Forests of Gold: Essays on the Akan and the Kingdom of Asante. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Achebe, Chinua (2012): There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra. London: Allen Lane.
Afigbo, A.E. et al. (1986): The Making of Modern Africa. 2 Vols.: The Nineteenth Century, The Twentieth Century. Harlow: Longman.
Ajayi, J.F. Ade/ Crowder, Michael (Hg., 1985): History of West Africa. 2 Volumes. Harlow: Longman.
Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku (Hg., 2006): Themes in West Africa`s History. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Bay, Edna G. (1998): Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey. Charlottesville, London: University of Virginia Press.
Boahen, A. Adu (1977 [1966]): Topics in West African History. London: Longman.
Chabal, Patrick et al. (2002): A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa. [Section: Country Studies: Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde]Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Cooper, Frederick (2014): Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French West Africa, 1945-1960. Princeton u.a.: Princeton University Press.
Crowder, Michael (1976): West Africa under Colonial Rule. London: Hutchinson, Benin City: Ethiope Publishing Corporation.
Davidson, Basil (1981): No Fist is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. London: Zed Press.
Davidson, Basil (2007 [1973]): Black Star: A View of the Life & Times of Kwame Nkrumah. London: James Currey.
Ellis, Stephen (1999): The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War. London: Hurst & Company.
Ellis, Stephen (2016): This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime. London: Hurst.
Fage, John D. (1972): A History of West Africa. London, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Fage, John D., with William Tordoff (2002): A History of Africa. London, New York: Routledge.
Grau, Ingeborg Maria (1993): Die Igbo-sprechenden Völker Südostnigerias: Fragmentation und fundamentale Einheit in ihrer Geschichte. Wien: VWGÖ.
Harding, Leonhard (2010): Das Königreich Benin: Geschichte, Kultur, Wirtschaft. München: Oldenbourg.
Hiskett, Mervyn (1984): The Development of Islam in West Africa. London: Longman.
Isichei, Elizabeth (1977): History of West Africa since 1800. London, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Law, Robin (2004): Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving ‘Port’, 1727-1892. Athens: Ohio University Press, Oxford: James Currey.
McCaskie, T.C. (2002 [1995]): State and Society in Pre-colonial Asante. Cambridge u.a.: Cambridge University Press.
Oliver, Roland/ Atmore, Anthony (1994): Africa since 1800. Cambridge u.a.: Cambridge University Press.
Schicho, Walter (2001): Handbuch Afrika. Band 2: Westafrika und die Inseln im Atlantik. Frankfurt am Main: Brandes & Apsel, Wien: Südwind.
Webster, J.B./ Boahen, A.Adu, with Michael Tidy (1980): The Revolutionary Years: West Africa since 1800. London: Longman.
Wilks, Ivor (1975): Asante in the Nineteenth Century: The Structure and Evolution of a Political Order. London, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Wilks, Ivor (1993): Forests of Gold: Essays on the Akan and the Kingdom of Asante. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Association in the course directory
ÜAG 1, ÜAG 2, SAG-A, SAG-B
EC-148
EC-148
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