Welcome to the course which this year will focus on West Africa (with a particular focus on the Sahel region).

The course literature:

Edith Clowes and Shelly Bromberg (eds.) 2016. Area Studies in the Global Age.
Community, place, identity. Northern Illinois University Press/DeKalb. 297 s. Available on e-library.

Basedau, M., Köllner, P. Area studies, comparative area studies, and the study of
politics: Context, substance, and methodological challenges. Zeitschrift fuer
Vergleichende Polititikwissenschaften 1, 105–124 (2007).
https://www.academia.edu/47604698/Area_studies_comparative_area_studies_and_the_study_of_

Additional readings will be assigned in the course syllabus.