13th Week

African nationalist from Algeria to South Africa engaged in a protracted struggle for independence.                                                                                                               However, like Latin America, economic independence and the quest for democracy proved elusive throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, but many countries made a dramatic shift toward greater democracy during the last decade.                                    
Other problems persist however, such as economic dependence, and underdevelopment, ethnic and political conflict that has devastated many countries throughout the continent.                              
The course will examine problems associated with post-colonial rule, the slow pace of alleviating poverty and achieving economic development, ethnic conflict, and the AIDS crisis.