Arts, Sciences, and Engineering					History
Course Section Listing	Course	Course Title					Term	Credits	Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-137102	HIST 212-1	Africa's Sleeping Giant: Nigeria Since 1804					Fall 2022	4.0 - 0.0	Open
Schedule:		Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date MW 1025 AM 1140 AM Online Room 1 (ASE) 08/31/2022 12/22/2022
Enrollment:		Enrolled      2	Capacity      No Cap
Co-Located:		AAAS 260-1, ECON 255-1, HIST 212-1 (P)
Instructors:		Joseph Inikori
Description:		In the context of the global economy, Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is blessed with vast mineral resources and agricultural lands able to produce a wide variety of tropical products and foods. The country's large population is made up of talented and highly resourceful individuals, who are quick to respond to economic incentives. Thus, it is hard to understand why the country has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world and why the country's economy occupies such a lowly position within the global economy. We focus on the historical development of socio-economic/political structures over time to explain why the giant of Africa continues to slumber. Some of the country's central problems, such as ethnic and religious contradictions, are similar in some way to those in the U.S. The solutions attempted by the governments of both countries, such as affirmative action, are also somewhat similar. We will conduct a comparative analysis of contemporary historical issues in the two countries.
Offered:		Fall Spring Summer