Part I. Historical legacies
Week 1: Introduction to African politics
Week 2: Precolonial Africa (1 and 2)
Week 3: Colonialism in Africa (1 and 2)
Week 4: Decolonization and nation-building (1 and 2)
Week 5: African states and Africa’s states-system
Week 6: Part I review
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Part II. Key issues in contemporary African politics
Week 7: Authoritarianism, neopatrimonialism, and state-society relations (1 and 2)
Week 8: Politics of identity: ethnicity, nationality, and race (1 and 2)
Week 9: Politics of identity: gender and religion (1 and 2)
Week 10: Political violence (1 and 2)
Week 11: Economic development (1 and 2)
Week 12: Democratization
Week 13: African democracy in practice (1 and 2)
Week 14: Recent trends in African politics
Week 15: Review