HIST 1451

FWS: Rewriting Africa and World War II

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

What was going on in Africa during World War II?  Most of us know that World War II was one of the most transformative periods in the history of the 20th century.  Similarly, most people know that it was fought in multiple regions simultaneously and utilized human and natural resources from across the globe.  Yet though numerous histories have been written about the war, and memorials to soldiers and civilians dot the landscape, most accounts of the war marginalize Africa's role and the consequences of the war for African communities.   This course reconsiders Africa's social, economic and political engagement in the war and introduces students to emerging debates in African historiography and the historiography of World War II.

When Offered Fall.

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