UGRC 222 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa in the Contemporary World
University-Wide Required Courses (UGRC) · University of Ghana
Course Description This course introduces students to the major social, economic and political developments in Africa. It explores key issues, trajectories, themes, actors, debates, strategies and challenges facing contemporary African states, placing them in historical and global contexts. Key themes include: Economic and Political Crises; Political Transitions and Democratization; International Actors, Aid and Development, Peace and Security, Civil Society and Governance, Identity and Politics as well as Regionalism and Renaissance of African Unity. By the end of the course, students are expected to acquire deeper understanding not only of the major issues, actors, themes and institutions in socio-economic and political developments in Africa but also appreciate Africa‘s interactions with the rest of the world, and how Africa‘s past has shaped its contemporary social, economic and political conditions as well as key challenges facing African states in the 21st Century.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- UGRC 221 — Introduction to African Studies/African Art, its Philosophy and
- UGRC 223 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa and the Diaspora
- UGRC 224 — Introduction to African Studies/African Popular Culture: Traditional
- UGRC 225 — Introduction to African Studies/African Dance
- UGRC 226 — Introduction to African Studies/African Drama
- UGRC 227 — Introduction to African Studies/African Music
- UGRC 228 — Introduction to African Studies/Chieftaincy and Development
- UGRC 229 — Introduction to African Studies/ Culture and Development
- UGRC 230 — Introduction to African Studies/ Gender and Culture in Africa
- UGRC 231 — Introduction to African Studies/Gender and Development
- UGRC 232 — Introduction to African Studies/Issues in Africa’s Population
- UGRC 233 — Introduction to African Studies/Our African Heritage through
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).