| Course Title: African Cities: Development Dreams and Nightmares in the Twentieth Century |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: African cities demonstrate the failure of models of development with the aim and ideal of industrialization. This course examines the empty promises of modernity through the lens of African urban history using fiction, film, and city archives. Beginning with Timbuctu and Cairo, the course explores the emergence and decline of trade entrepots, the rise of colonial cities, and the dilemmas of postcolonial economies and polities. Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, Kinshasa, Harare, Johannesburg, Lagos, Accra, and Dakar are among the cities studied. Designed for those seeking only an introduction to development as well as those with further ambitions, it assumes no previous knowledge of Africa. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Holly Hanson | 413-538-2094 | hhanson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Monday | 07:15PM - 10:05PM | CLEV - Cleveland | 003L | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFRAM0001 | AFRAM: African concentration | This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor. |
| NXDEV0001 | NXDEV: Nexus in Development Studies | This course is approved for the Development Studies Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| HIST-206-01 African Cities |
| AFCNA-206-01 African Cities |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 68 | Enrollment: 35 | Available: 33 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Gifts Author: Farah, Nurrudin Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1559704845 Publisher: Arcade |
Required | 23.95 |
| Title: The Joys of Motherhood Author: Emecheta, Buchi Copyright: 1980 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Braziller |
Required | 12.95 |
| Title: Kintu Author: Makumbi, Jennifer Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1945492015 Publisher: Transit Books |
Required | 16.95 |
| Title: Africa, Fourth Edition Author: Grosz-Ngaté, Maria, and John. H. Hanson Copyright: 2014 Edition: 4th Volume: ISBN: 0253012929 Publisher: Indiana University Press |
Required | 25.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Book Shop, South Hadley |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: I strongly urge class participants to purchase books from the Odyssey. Do we want to have a bookstore in South Hadley? If we do, we have to spend our money there. Furthermore, returns are easier, they have worked hard to get clean used copies, and they are our neighbors. Africa, edited by Maria Grosz-Ngate and John H. Hansen, is available as a 5 College ebook. |