- Docente: Irma Taddia
- Credits: 5
- SSD: SPS/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in History (cod. 0345)
Course contents
The aim of the course is to provide a general knowledge of the main
topics of modern African history through the analysis of
methodological tools and historiographical debate. The main
themes: oral and written sources; methodology and historical
research; African politics; Atlantic and Asia slave trade; Islam
and African society; Chtistianity and Islam; Colonialism,
nationalism and postcolonial society. Seminars will be held for
undergraduated and Ph. D students
Readings/Bibliography
I. Taddia , Autobiografie africane. Il colonialismo nelle memorie
orali, F. Angeli, Milano 1996 ( pp. 9-44)
C. Giglio-R.Oliver-A.Atmore, L'Africa, Utet 1980, pp. 435-662
(copies are available at the department library)
R. Betts, La decolonizzazione, Il Mulino, 2003
T. Negash, L'Etiopia entra nel terzo millennio, Aracne, 2009,
(chapters 1 and 2)
Teaching methods
lessons, seminars, group discussions
Assessment methods
oral exam
Teaching tools
archival films, power point, dvd
Office hours
See the website of Irma Taddia