- Docente: Irma Taddia
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SPS/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
History (cod. 0962)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)
Learning outcomes
This is an introductory course to African history from 19th to mid 20th century. At the end of the course you will have a detailed knowledge of the major historical events taking place in Africa in this period and be able to situate these events in the framework of global historical trends. You will be aware of the major historiographical debates, especially regarding slave trades (Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Trans-saharan) and colonialism, and understand what is the contribution of Africanists to these dabates. You will be familiar with the sources used by historians of Africa and be able to use the appropriate terminology when writing and talking about African history.
Course contents
The course is focused on methodology and the history of Africa, the role of informal oral sources. Colonialism and historiography, the contribution of national African historiography, the decolonization process and the national movements
Readings/Bibliography
C. Coquery Vidrovitch, Breve storia dell'Africa, Il Mulino 2012;I. Taddia, Autobiografie africane. Il colonialismo nelle memorie orali, FAngeli, Milano, 1996, pp. 9-44; I. Taddia, Etiopia 1800-1900. Le strategie del potere tra l'Africa e l'Italia, FAngeli, Milano, 2013; T. Negash, L'Etiopia entra nel terzo millennio, Roma, Aracne, 2009
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The student is evaluated through an oral exam, during which the student will have to demonstrate that he/she has understood the main historiographical and methodological problems that emerge from the assigned texts.
Teaching tools
Power point presentations and documentary films
Office hours
See the website of Irma Taddia