COURSE CONTENT OF SSE 421

 

LESSON NOTE ON SSE 421 AFRICA AND DEVELOPING NATIONS

Course content/outline  

Historical content of development in Africa, National development, problems of African development, Developmental theories, Politics and crises of development in Africa, and   Importance of development.

Concentration areas

Ø  Historical Content: we shall look at the colonization of Africa, developmental strategies of the colonial masters either positive or negative etc.

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Ø  National Development: definition of national development, the concept of development, political development, economic development, Social development for instance human rights, education, communications, health services, electricity, water supply, housing.

Ø  Problems of African developments: leadership and governance, the effects from colonization, greed and selfishness, promotion of mediocrity, lack of manpower, corruption etc.

Ø  Developmental theories: Political, economical and social developmental theories should be studied from various scholars like; Walt Rostow, Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian, Aristotle on political development, Pythagoras on economic development, Leo Vygotsky on social development and Erikson etc.

Ø  Politics and crises of development in Africa: politics in Africa from countries that are facing a lot of challenges. Like Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya,South Sudan

             Tanzania, Uganda etc. and the way forward.

Textbooks:

i.                    How Africa Underdeveloped Africa by Igwe S.C. 2010 edition

ii.                  Current development in social studies education by Edinyang, S. D, Meziobi, D.I., Igbo, D. I., and Yaro, L. 2014 edition

iii.                How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

iv.                Rostow, W.W. The Five Stages of Growth. Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality 2003 edition