COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST - POLI 113: COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM IN AFRICA

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA (UEW).

 

Course Code and Title: POLI 113: Colonialism and Nationalism in Africa

Instructors: Dr. Braimah Awaisu Imurana & Augustine Arko Blay

Lecture Days/Venue:

Mondays @ Old Pavilion 7:30am-10:30am & FES 202 4:30-7:30pm.

Tuesdays 7:30 am-10:30 am @ FES 202 & 4:30-7:30pm @ Faculty Block 208

Thursdays: 7:30-10:30am (Old Pavilion)

Contact/office hours: Fridays 10:00am – 1:00pm (Strictly by Appointment)

Mobile: 020 8909 651

Email: braawaisu@yahoo.com

Course Description: This course will focus on the historical analyses of the advent of colonial imperialism in Africa. The mission of the European states (Portugal, Danes, Belgium, Britain, France, and Germany among others) and their involvement/interferences in the governance processes of the indigenous Africans will be examined. The course will also explore the pre-colonial policies, anti-colonial struggle and its ramifications on Africa’s independence and development. The themes we will explore include: An overview of pre-colonial Africa; Colonialism and capitalists’ penetration of Africa; the colonial economy; the scramble for Africa; European mechanisms of control of Africa; British and colonial administration in Africa; African nationalism and De-colonization process; political and economic impacts of colonialism and the constitutional and political development of British West Africa – the case study of Ghana.  

Course Requirement(s): All students assigned this course are to attend lectures regularly and punctually at the designated venues without fail. Lecture-discussion format will be the methodology for the delivery of this course. Lecture notes may be given where necessary in class. Students are to read thoroughly the assigned reading materials before attending lectures. This is to enable all students participate and contribute meaningfully during lectures.

Mode of Examination:   There will be two modes of examination for this course. The first will be an interim /mid-semester/quiz assessment or exams with a corresponding value of 40%. The second one will be the end of semester examination with a corresponding value of 60%. Thus 40% + 60% (100%) constitute the final grade.

Course Objectives: By the end of the semester, students will be able to:

·         Define colonialism and  give a panoramic overview of pre-colonial Africa

·         Identify and explain capitalist penetration of Africa

·         Describe the colonial economy before de-colonization.

·         Give reasons/factors for the scramble of Africa

·         Identify and explain the political and economic impacts of colonialism

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST

FIRST SEMESTER, 2017/2018

Week 1:         Pre-colonial Africa – An overview

Bullock, A. & Trombley, S. (1999), The Norton dictionary of modern thought. W.W. & Company: New York pp 418 – 419.

Crowder, M. (1976). West Africa Under Colonial Rule. Hutchinson & Co. (Chapter 1: Pre-colonial Africa: the myth and the reality) pp 10-17

Mclean, I. & Mcmillan, A. (2009). Concise Dictionary of Politics. Oxford University Press

Iliffe, J. (2007). Africans: The History of a Continent. Cambridge University Press, pp 193-218

Week 2 & 3:   Colonialism and Capitalist Penetration of Africa

Ake, C. (1981). A political Economy of Africa. Longman Limited. Chapter 2 pp 32-41

Gutkind, P. (1977). ‘Political Consciousness of the Urban Poor in Ibadan’, International Journal of Sociology

Week 4:          The Colonial Economy

Ake, C. (1976). A Political Economy of Africa. Longman Group Limited. Chapter 3: 43-65

Amin, S. (1972). ‘Underdevelopment and Dependence in Black Africa’, Journal of African Modern Studies. 10, 4

Amin, S. (1976). Unequal Development: An Essay on the Social Formations of Peripheral Capitalism. New York

Week 5:          The Scramble for Africa – Reasons/Factors

Gailey, H. A. (1972). History of Africa: From 1800 to present. Holt Rinehart and Winston. Inc.,

Uzoigwe, G.N., (1981).  “European Partition and Conquest of Africa: An Overview” In Boahen, 

                 A.A. (ed.) General History of Africa, VII: Africa Under Colonial Domination (1880-

                 1935) California: University of California Press.

Week 6:   European mechanisms of control in Africa – The British Africa, French Africa,                          

                 Belgium Africa, and Portuguese Africa.

Crowder, M. (1976). West Africa Under Colonial Rule. Hutchinson & Co. pp 144-233

Manning, P. (1988). Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa: 1880-1985 Chap., 3 pp 57 -85

Okyere, V. N. (2000). Ghana: A Historical Survey, Vinojab Publications, Accra, Ghana

Week 7 & 8:    African Nationalism and De-Colonization Process

Okoth, A. (2006). A Historical Africa. Volume Two: African Nationalism and the De-Colonisation Process, East African Educational Publishers pp 1-70

Sargent, L. T. (2009). Contemporary Political Ideologies: A Comparative Analysis, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, pp 29-42

Shraeder Peter J. (2000). African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation. Bedford St. Martins Boston. (Chapter 6: Nationalism and the Emergence of the Contemporary Independence Era (1951-present), pp. 116-132

Week 9:     Political and Economic impacts of Colonialism

Rodney, W. (1981). How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Howard University Press, Washington D.C.A

Shraeder P, J. (2000). African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation. Bedford St. Martins Boston. Chapter 5, pp 87-110

Week 10 - 11: Constitutional and Political Developments in the English-speaking West African States from 1945: the Working of the Independence Constitutions (A Case study of Ghana)

Price, J. H. (1975). Political Institutions of West Africa. Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd. Pp 13 - 33

Week 12: Recapitulation and Revision