Course Description & Objectives:
- Introduction to materialistic philosophy
- Pre-colonial social relations
- Indigenous religious and philosophies
- Pre-capitalist modes of production
- The mercantilist system in East Africa – The growth of Indian Ocean trade, coastal city states and civilization the inland trade and its impact
- The dawn of Islam and Christianity
- The process of integrating E. Africa into the world capitalist system
- Colonial land Tenure policies
- Peasant and plantation economies
- The labour question
- Taxation
- Transport and communications
- Social services
- Commercial activities and its social implications
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