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Nov 23, 2024
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HIST 3420 - History of South Africa
Establishment and transformation of African societies (Bantu migrations); coming of Europeans; evolution of Cape society (Black, White, Colored); conflicting nationalisms; Great Trek; rise of Zulu kingdom and the Mfecane; mineral revolution and subjection of African chiefdoms; British imperialism and coming of South African (Boer) War.
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to discuss major historical themes and time periods in African history, and basic, general trends in African historiography.
- Students will be familiar with geographical, historical, and contemporary features of maps of Southern Africa.
- Students will demonstrate understanding that African political, economic, and social/cultural systems changed over time.
- Students will develop increased knowledge of different African cultural groups and their historical developments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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