AFC 313 Contemporary Africa: The Struggle and Prospects for Development [GEGA]

This course serves as a survey of Africa’s contemporary political economy. In examining postcolonial developments, the course focuses on regional and national strategies for social transformation.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall (online), Winter (online), Summer (online)

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Rationale for Perspectives on a Diverse World - AFC 313 - Contemporary Africa: the Struggle and Prospects for Development is designed as a survey of Africa’s contemporary political economy. In examining post-colonial efforts at development, the course focuses on a cross-section of regional and national strategies for social transformation. Among subjects emphasized are economic cooperation and coordination initiatives on the continent, side by side with domestic and/or external constraints on national socioeconomic developmental efforts. The course also compares and contrasts Africa’s major socioeconomic trends and performances with those of Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and Pacific regions. This course meets the Global Awareness category of the General Education program because its survey of the contemporary political-economic conditions of Africa will help to provide EMU students with a global perspective on forms of development in the contemporary world. Such a global perspective on development is all the more necessary, given the leadership role that the United States and Western Europe play within the international community.

Equivalent Course(s) - AAS 313
Course History -
Course Rotation updated 12/2022; Course Rotation added 8/2014; Change to prefix 2/2013, effective Summer 2013

African American Studies, Africology, Global Awareness (GEGA)

Winter 2025 Course Sections

Fall 2024 Course Sections