Discuss what population growth in Africa has looked like in the past and will look like in the future; the different stages of the demographic transition and how it plays out in Africa; the urbanization trends in the past and at present; and so on.
Economic growth : we have seen how the African economies since WWII have experienced both booms and busts. Discuss the drivers of growth trends; economic policies to achieve growth; the relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction; and so on.
Political development: the big wave of independence swept over the African region in the 1960s. Discuss pre-colonial and colonial legacies to post-independence state formation; the relationship between political and economic development; the creation and survival of the gate-keeping state; and so on.
