GEOG 321

GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA

Winter 1998
Western Washington University

Schedule of Readings:

Readings will be on reserve soon.

Week One

Chapter 12: Political Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa

IAN E. A. YEBOAH AND SAMUEL ARYEETEY-ATTOH

 

Global Studies Africa:

pp. v-17 Africa: The Struggle for Development; North Africa: The Crossroads of the Continent

pp. 67-93 Central Africa: Possibilities for Cooperation

pp. 138-173 Southern Africa: The Continuing Struggle for Self-Determination

pp.178-183 #1. Sub-Saharan Africa: So Little Done, So Much to Do: The Democratic Habit, A Dying Industry?

 

#10. Botswana: One African Success Story

#17. The Afrikaners after Apartheid

#18. South Africa's Promise

Week Two

Chapter 1: The Physical environment

WILLIAM YAW OSEI AND SAMUEL ARYEETEY-ATTOH

 

Global Studies Africa::,

pp.18-66 West Africa: Seeking Unity in Diversity

pp.94-137 East Africa: A Mixed Inheritance

#13. Kenya: A Tarnished Jewel

#15. Nigeria: Inside the Dismal Tunnel

#16. A Nation of Poets

Week Three

Chapter 3: Historical Background of Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and Constraints

IAN E. A. YEBOAH

 

Global Studies Africa:

#4. Who Was Responsible?

#19. A Divided Country Where Twain Rarely Meet, Except in War

Week Four

Chapter 7: Urban Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa

SAMUEL ARYEETEY-ATTOH

 

On reserve:

Tripp, Aili Mari "Informal Transporation in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania" the introduction to Changing the Rules 1997

Week Five

Chapter 4: Culture, Conflict, and Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

JOSEPH RANSFORD OPPONG

 

Chapter 9: Geography and Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa

IBIPO JOHNSTON-ANUMONWO

 

Global Studies Africa:

#5. In the Shadows: The Persistence of Witchcraft in Africa

#6. Voodoo Nation

#7. Africa's Oldest Survivors

#8. I Am Not Just an African Woman

Week Six

Chapter 8: Geography and Development in Sub-Saharan

Africa

SAMUEL ARYEETEY-ATTOH

(rec) Chapter 11: Industry, Business Enterprises, and Entrepreneurship in the Development Process

BARBARA ELIZABETH MCDADE

 

Global Studies Africa:

#2. False Hope: Structural Adjustment and Growth in Africa

#3. Waiting to Export: Africa Embraces Export Processing Zones

#11. An African Star? Free Eritrea Faces the Challenges Ahead

*Midterm*

Week Seven

Chapter 5: Population Geography of Sub-Saharan

Africa

SAMUEL ARYEETEY-ATTOH

 

Global Studies Africa:

#20. African Tradition of Polygamy Faces Economic, Legal Challenges

 

On reserve:

Weiskel, Timothy "Vicious Circles: African Demographic History as a Warning" Harvard International Review 1994

McGowan, L. et al. 1995. Women and the global economy. Global Exchange.

Lappé, Frances & Schurman, Rachel "Taking Population Seriously: Power and Fertility" Lessons of the Rainforest 1990

Week Eight

Chapter 10 - Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

GODSON CHINTUWA OBIA

 

Global Studies Africa:

pp. 183-185 #1. Sub-Saharan Africa: So Little Done, So Much to Do: Withering Indictment

 

On reserve:

Mabogunje, Akin "The Environmental Challenges of Sub-Saharan Africa" Environment May 1995

Danaher, K. 1987. "Myths of African hunger" Food First Newsletter

Monbiot, G. 1992. The real tragedy of the commons. Third World

Selections from From Feast to Famine

Week Nine

Chapter 2: Human-Environmental Impacts: Forest Degradation and Desertification

WILLIAM YAW OSEI

 

Global Studies Africa:

pp. 186-192 #1. Sub-Saharan Africa: So Little Done, So Much to Do: read the rest

#12. An African Forest Harbors Vast Wealth and Peril

#14. A Life of Bare Essentials

Week Ten

Conclusions and Discussion

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