AADS2466 · African and African Diaspora Studies

State Building and Conflict in Africa

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

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Mesfin WoldegebrielPosted Sep 15, 2025

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Took for state building and conflict. Assignments were manageable and easy, professor was knowledgable and friendly, but exams were impossible and mostly based on trivial facts that weren't emphasized during class/review. Seriously impossible.

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Mesfin Woldegebriel

Part Time Faculty, African and African Diaspora Studies Program

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Instructor: 4.5
Course: 4.3

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Mesfin Woldegebriel

Part Time Faculty, African and African Diaspora Studies Program

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Instructor: 4.5
Course: 4.3

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This course is about the relationship between political violence and state-building in Africa. The first four weeks provide background topics such as war and state formation in pre-colonial Africa and the dynamics of colonial conquest. The core themes will follow in the following four weeks, including the onset, intensity, and termination of civil war in post-colonial Africa. The last four weeks explore patterns of conflict and state-building in individual African countries. Beyond the descriptive goals, the course significantly emphasizes explaining issues. Thus, students should not only develop an understanding of what patterns of conflict and state-building in post-colonial Africa look like but also engage in a range of competing academic theories designed to describe and explain the patterns. Students can also critically weigh available evidence in developing their original understanding.

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Term	Evaluations	Course rating	Instructor rating
Fall 2024	1	4.3	4.5