79-267: Pre-Colonial West African History: 1100 to 1800
This course examines major themes in pre-colonial West African history, Islamization, urbanization, economic specialization, identity formation, interregional and trans-Atlantic trade, and European conquest. The focus of the course is on indigenous social processes and institutions and their evolution as West Africa becomes an important part of the wider Islamic and Atlantic worlds. Students will be introduced to a variety of interdisciplinary sources as we reconstruct a history which in some cases pre-dates and in others is not recorded in written sources.
| A3 | MW | 10:30 am - 11:50 am | PH A19A | Fields-Black |