Course Description & Objectives:
- West Africa states at the beginning of the 19th Century
- Agricultural system
- The Impact of Trans-Atlantic slave trade on the economies of West African states
- The impact of Trans-Atlantic slave trade on West African societies
- Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the spread of internal slavery
- The abolition of Trans-Atlantic slave Trade and its Aftermath
- Islamic Revolutions and the spread of Islam
- Islamic and traditional education systems
- The mechanism of the Sokoto Caliphate
- The Rise and Fall of West African Empires
- The Era of Legitimate Trade
- The state of the Economies of West African States during 1880-1900
- The Theory of Imperialism
- The Era of Treaty making
- Missionary Enterprises
- European conquest of West Africa and African Response
- An over view of West African Political systems at the end of the 19th Century
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