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PSCI 3101

Conflict and Security in Africa

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

African conflict and security dynamics, analyzing civil war, communal disputes, and political violence. Topics include state fragility, climate change's impact, human rights, gender dimensions in peacebuilding, along with regional and international responses to conflict and insecurity.

Topics

Course catalogue

2026

Readings

  • Paul D. Williams, “Continuity and Change in War and Conflict in Africa,” PRISM 6, no. 4 (2017): 33–45.
  • Recommended: The International Crisis Group (2026): Seven Peace and Security Priorities for Africa in 2026 https://www.crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/b209-seven-peace-and-security-priorities-
  • africa-2026 Video: MSNBC, “Comparing the Coverage of War in Europe Versus War in Africa”, 2022.
  • A. Adu Boahen, African Perspectives on Colonialism, 1987, Ch. 4, pp. 94-112 Houser, G. M. (1967). African Liberation Movements: Report on a Trip to Africa, Spring
  • Africa Today, 14(4), 11–13. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4184811 (3 pages) Recommended: Vincent B. Khapoya and Baffour Agyeman-Duah, “The Cold War and Regional
  • Politics in East Africa,” Journal of Conflict Studies 5, no. 2 (1985).
  • Podcast: This is a Short History Of...The Scramble for Africa. Available at: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/short-historyof/id1579040306?i=1000664049280 [You
  • Williams, P.D., War and Conflict in Africa (Polity, 2011), Chapter 3.
  • Recommended: Mats Berdal, “Beyond Greed and Grievance—and Not Too Soon,” Review of International Studies 31, no. 4 (2005): 687–698.
  • Onapajo, H., & Babalola, D. (2024). ECOWAS and the challenge of preventing a resurgence of coups d’état in West Africa: An assessment of the ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy. South African

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): third-year standing. Lectures three hours a week.

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