Spring 2023 Course Spotlight: CAS HI 290 B1: Warfare in Africa

Flyer for CAS HI 290 B1: Warfare in Africa. Topics course offered in Spring 2023 at Boston University. Explores antiquity, the Slave Trade, imperialism, and insurgency. Flyer features painting of The Battle of Adwa in 1896.CAS HI 290 B1: Warfare in Africa with Professor John Thornton

MWF 11:15 am – 12:05 pm

Explores antiquity, the Slave Trade, Imperialism, and Insurgency. How Africans have waged war through history, beginning with ancient Egypt and proceeding through the course of the building of states and Empires, to the military culture that underlay the slave trade. It continues the development of today’s African warfare from the colonial period to the Congo War.

May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Pre-approved as AABDS credit; please submit this petition form to request credit.