Wars and Conflicts in Africa - Einzelansicht

This course deals with different forms of armed conflict on the African continent, starting with the colonial conquest at the end of the 19th century up to extremist violence in the 21st century. Including new research questions, countries such as Angola, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia or Rwanda are covered. The course focuses on current discourses as well as the analysis of the reasons for, the different actors in, and the course and consequences of the different conflicts.

Byfield, Judith A., et al. (Eds.), Africa and World War II. New York 2015

Clapham, Christopher (Ed.), African Guerrillas, Oxford 1998

Falola, Toyin and Mohammed Bashir Salau (Eds.), Africa in Global History. A Handbook, Berlin/Boston 2022

Kalu, Kelechi A. and George Klay Kieh Jr. (Eds.), Civil Wars in Africa, Lanham 2022

Prunier, Gerard, Africa's World War. Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe, Oxford 2009

Reno, William, Warfare in Independent Africa, New York 2011

Thomas, Charles G. and Toyin Falola, Secession and Separatist Conflicts in Postcolonial Africa, Calgary 2020

Thurston, Alexander, Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel. Local Politics and Rebel Groups, Cambridge 2020

Williams, Paul D., War & Conflict in Africa, Second Edition, Cambridge 2016

Presentation (up to 30 minutes)