HI277:Africa and the Cold War
This 30 CATS second-year option module introduces students to major debates in the history of the Cold War in Africa, aiming to set these issues within their historical, social and cultural contexts over the period from 1945 to the 1990s. After the opening weeks set up the context of decoloniation and superpower rivalry in Africa, the rest of the course takes a roughly chronological apporoach to explore various case studies and thematic issues. We will look in depth at upheavals in Congo and ...
HI277 (18/19)