1. Colonial and Pre-Independence History

2. Choices of Ideology

3. Ethnicity and Identity

4. Social Classes

5. Clientelism and Patrimonialism

6. Military in Politics

7. Africa's International Political Relations

8. Africa's International Economic Relations

9. Political and Economic Governance

10. Democratic Transition, Democratic Consolidation or Democratic Reversal

11. Post-Conflict Societies, Transitional Justice

To be announced.

Midterm and final exam each accounts for 35% of the total grade. A country study project accounts for 20% of the grade.  Class participation accounts for the remaining 10% of the grade.  There is also a map test that requires a student to identify/locate all African countries on the map.  A student has to pass the map test before receiving the final grade.  He/she can take this test as many times as needed.  Objective questions such as matching, true & false, multiple choices, as well as short and long essay questions will be included to accommodate individual student's particular strength in comprehension. 

Alex Thompson, An Introduction to African Politics, 3^rd Edition.  London and New York: Routledge, 2010.