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Advent Semester—2025
Jun 21, 2025
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HIST 215 - Southern African History
This course encompasses both the established history of the southern African region c. 1500-2004 and recent historiographical developments. As a result of this dual focus, the course highlights the production of southern African history, considering how, for whom, and why that history has been written. Topics include: the environment in history; the creation and interactions of racial groups; the mineral revolution and capitalist development; white domination, segregation, and apartheid; and political and popular resistance to these oppressive racial regimes. The course ends with the transition to majority rule, the role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the democratic future of South Africa.
4.000 Credit hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Final Examination, Lecture/Seminar

Social Sciences Division
History Department

Course Attributes:
Africa/African Diaspora Track, African & Afric-Amer Studies, Non-European/Non U.S. History, Post-1700 History, IGS--Africa, International & Global Studies, IGS--Global Politics

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