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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2016 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Giorgio Miescher (giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The history of colonialism is essentially the history of resistance against it. In southern Africa resistance manifested itself in the military, political, social and intellectual domains. Opposition to massive land loss and colonial rule was only broken in the late 19th century in South Africa, and in the early 20th century in Namibia. The Xhosa or ‘Frontier’ Wars in the Eastern Cape between 1779-1878, and the South West African War that ended up in a genocide in Namibia in 1904/08 are prominent examples within histories of resistance in the subcontinent. The decades after these violent events were marked by various forms of everyday resistance, and ongoing political and intellectual opposition to colonial tutelage. African resistance drew on older forms of alliance, such as was the case for the Herero Chief Council in Namibia, but likewise saw the emergence of new organisations, among them the African Native National Congress founded in South Africa in 1912 (later renamed into African National Congress). African politicians and intellectuals continued relentlessly to oppose and attack the colonial state’s attempt to turn them into second-class subjects. This resistance received inspiration from African historical consciousness, but also from the larger context of the Afro-American civil rights movement and the international communist-socialist labour movement. The persistent opposition to colonialism was substantially invigorated after World War II and led to the independence of most African countries in the late 1950s and 1960s. Yet, things were different in southern Africa, where political and military conflicts endured into the late 20th century. |
| Lernziele | The course will provide an overview of anti-colonial resistance in southern Africa while focusing on Namibia and South Africa. We will read texts and (auto)biographies written by contemporary African intellectuals, activists and politicians, and will retrace the establishment of African political organisations. In doing so, we will critically put to test nationalist resistance and liberation narratives promoted by former liberation movements who have established themselves as post-colonial ruling parties, and will pay attention to ideas, initiatives and organisations that did not prevail nor persist. |
| Bemerkungen | This seminar (Übung) will continue during several semesters, but it can be taken as a single semester course. This first part of the seminar (Übung) will cover the period from the consolidation of colonial rule in the late 19th and early 20th century up to the spirit of emancipation that prevailed across the continent in the 1950s and early 1960s. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Registration on MonA |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Grundmodul Neuere und Neueste Geschichte (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschichte (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Areas: aussereuropäisch (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte) Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Ereignisse, Prozesse, Zusammenhänge (Master Studienfach: Geschichte (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Fields: Media and Imagination (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul History (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Kommunikation und Vermittlung historischer Erkenntnisse (Master Studienfach: Geschichte (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Methoden und Diskurse historischer Forschung (Master Studienfach: Geschichte (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Profil: Geschichte Afrikas (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte) Wahlbereich Bachelor Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschichte) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Kompetenzzentrum Afrika |