Part I. Historical legacies
Class 1: Introduction to African politics
Class 2: Precolonial Africa
Class 3: Colonialism in Africa
Class 4: Decolonization and nation-building
Class 5: African states and Africa’s states-system
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Part II. Key issues in contemporary African politics
Class 7: Neopatrimonialism and state-society relations in Africa
Class 8: Identity: gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and African politics
Class 9: African militaries, coups d’état, and political instability
Class 10: Political violence in Africa
Class 11: Economic development in Africa
Class 12: Democratization and African politics since the 1990s