GEOG 494 — Geopolitics of Africa
Geography and Resource Development · University of Ghana
The course aims to provide an understanding of the changing political geography of Africa, explain the contemporary geopolitical scene with regard to intra-state and inter-state relations and explore the geographical influences on Africa's external relations: pre-colonial polities and state formation in Africa; colonialism and partition; interaction between the geographical environments and political processes and their consequences for the formation, functioning and inter-relations of states in Africa; colonization and de-colonization, regional co-operation and African unity, Africa's geopolitical relations; colonial policies and development; patterns of decolonization; nature of African boundaries and related problems; nationalism and Pan- Africanism; national integration - centripetal and centrifugal forces; causes of territorial and boundary disputes; settlement of territorial and boundary disputes; regional cooperation and African unity; Africa and globalization.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 322 — Introduction to Resource Analysis
- GEOG 324 — Regional Geography of West Africa, with Special Reference to Ghana
- GEOG 326 — Research Methods
- GEOG 328 — Geography of Gender and Development in Africa
- GEOG 342 — Climatology
- GEOG 344 — Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 450 — Long Essay
- GEOG 451 — Regional Development
- GEOG 452 — Techniques of Regional Science
- GEOG 453 — Geography of the Developing World
- GEOG 454 — Spatial Organisation
- GEOG 455 — Rural Resources Development: Theories and Policies
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).