MO4962 France and Africa in the Twentieth Century: Colonialism, Anti-colonialism, Post-colonialism

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Full Year

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

60

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Available only to students in the second year of the Honours Programme.

Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Dr S R Tyre

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Module Staff

Dr Stephen Tyre

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Module description

In 1918, French imperial power in Africa reached its zenith. Yet the next fifty years were characterised by contradiction, decline, and conflict, as the certainties of the 'age of empire' were challenged.This module examines French imperial rule in Africa, and its legacies and afterlives, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the contemporary post-colonial era. Key topics that will be explored include the ideas that underpinned French imperialism; the effects of imperialism on colonised societies; challenges to imperial rule; the complex relationship between French republican ideals and imperialism; movements of people and ideas from Africa to metropolitan France; and the persistent and important legacies of empire in the post-colonial era.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

New Coursework: 1 x source exercise (2,500 words) and 1 x 5,000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours

66

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

534

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.