Africa from Colonialism to Independence, 1850s-1960s

This  course  is  designed  to  equip  students  with  the  major  social, economic  and  political  developments  of  Africa  during  the  period  of  colonialism.  This Course module contains five chapters. At the end it also incorporates an assignment that will be done individually. The historiography of colonial Africa, the infrastructure and the ideology of the New Imperialism are main themes to be addressed.  The  partition  of  Africa,  the  motives  and  the  process,  African initiatives and the responses during the imposition of colonial rule, colonial administrations and the colonial states, the politics and the economics of colonial agriculture, mining, and trade are other  points  which  requires  attention.  Africans participation in the Second World War and its impact and consequences on Africa and Africans will be dealt. The winning of independence in different part of Africa is also a point equally important.