Calendar
Course calendar.
| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | How (Not) to Talk about Africa | |
| 3 | Technology & Innovation—In 'Africa'? | |
| 4 | Food Production in Africa | |
| 5 | Textiles | |
| 6 | Beer Brewing | |
| 7 | Review | |
| 8 | Music | |
| 9 | The Climate Engineers: Making Rain in Africa? | First Paper Due |
| 10 | The Crafts of Witches | |
| 11 | Mining & Metallurgy | |
| 12 | African Entrepreneurship | |
| 13 | Pre-colonial African Cities | |
| 14 | Biochemistry | |
| 15 | Ecology | |
| 16 | Medicine | |
| 17 | Leadership & Culture | |
| 18 | Review | |
| 19 | The Horse | Second Paper Due |
| 20 | The Gun | |
| 21 | Bibles | |
| 22 | Books & Letters | |
| 23 | Media | |
| 24 | The Cellphone in Africa | |
| 25 | Review | |
| 26 | Wrap-up | Third Paper Due |