- 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 History (cod. 0962)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide a general knowledge of the main topics of modern African history through the analysis of methodological and historiographical debates. Main themes are: oral and written sources; methodology and historical research; African politics; Colonialism, nationalism and postcolonial society.
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 and documentary films.
Office hours
See the website of Irma Taddia