Course Description

49-341 The History of Pre-Colonial Africa (3-0) (C)

This course will include studies on the Ibo, Yoruba and Edo societies, and on the Dahomey, Hausa, Western Congo and Angola states; the effect of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies. Emphasis will be given to the householding system, lineage group organization, subsistence agriculture, and the sources of African History.

Prerequisites: 49-295.

Course Profile

1998-99 Undergraduate Calendar