Présentation
None
Our course meets only nine times. Full attendance is very important.
Africa and the 21st Century will explore the dynamics and possibilities of a region encompassing almost 1.3 billion people in 54 nations. The median age of the continent is 19.4. Predicting what the state of Africa will be more than 80 years from now is an impossible task. What we will do is to explore various trajectories, paths, challenges and opportunities.
Meeting 1
Can Africa become Asia? Or, will the 21st century be the era of Africa?
Conflict map
https://www.acleddata.com/dashboard/
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/25/weekinreview/why-africa-can-thrive-like-asia.html
Meeting 2
Africa 50 years from now
https://au.int/sites/default/files/pages/3657-file-agenda2063_popular_version_en.pdf
Meeting 3 - Oral Presentation Topics Decided
Resource rich Africa
Mapping the continent
Blood diamonds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbT_b0obeg8
Meeting 4
Why is Africa poor?
https://www.africanexponent.com/post/billions-lost-in-profits-by-foreign-companies-tax-evasion-1953
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/05/africa-poor-stealing-wealth-170524063731884.html
Poverty - Zambia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNYemuiAOfU
Meeting 5
Downside factors: Governance and Corruption
Scott- Good Governance (handout)
Transparency International https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2017?gclid=CjwKCAjwwo7cBRBwEiwAMEoXPHLNoykBUVTHNW1T6EOYFIt47t9ULzzQcCfoxIGtuQc4gjulF3PDUhoC-eAQAvD_BwE
China and Africa
Meeting 6
Aide-Development
Dependency Theory, recolonization
Dead Aid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q2aznfmcYU&t=134s
Meeting 7
Genocide Watch
Rwanda A Preventable Genocide
Video: Shake Hands With Devil; Orbinski, Triage
Meetings 8 & 9 : Oral presentations
Modalités
Africa and the 21st Century is a lecture and discussion course. The course is also inter-disciplinary encompassing politics, economics, history, culture. Each week we will explore a relevant topic. All readings will be embedded and available on-line.
All students will be required to present either an oral presentation or a final written paper.
I recommend that for oral presentations students organize themselves into working groups no larger than 3.
Grading:
Attendance: 25%
Class discussion 25%
Final Paper or oral presentation 50%
Possible topics for presentations:
It is recommended that you form into working groups no larger than three people. Topics like dead aide, China and Africa or banking/credit are all great topics.
-Poverty: A case study - Zambia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNYemuiAOfU
-Brookings Report: Foresight Africa
-Report on any of the six topics :
-Blood Resources- The Kimberley Process
-Dead Aide. http://cms.medcol.mw/cms_uploaded_resources/4685_4.pdf
-Case study country development. This can be comparative.
-SADC - Explain their role.
-Ethnic conflict - a case study. Nigeria, Rwanda
-Chinese Trade and Investment in Africa - one belt, one road
-South Sudan
-Tunisia after the Arab Spring
-Africa and ICT development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgwdA3HqKw
Ressources
See above