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African Economic History Since 1900 Question Paper

African Economic History Since 1900

Course:Alternative Dispute Resolution

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAM

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION
AHT 431: AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY SINCE 1900
DATE: WEDNESDAY, 9TH JULY 2008 TIME: 10.30 A.M. ? 12.30 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three questions.

1.
Critically analyse the suitability of any two major theoretical approaches used in the study of African economic history.
2.
Account for the use of force in the expropriation of African labour and resources in the early colonial period.
3.
Examine the notion of the rise and fall of the African peasantries in the settler colonies.
4.
Using specific examples, demonstrate how mining companies contributed to the underdevelopment of Africa.
5.
To what extent was the development of settler agriculture in colonial Africa more of a product of colonial state support than settler entrepreneurship?
6.
How did African workers and peasants? struggle against colonial exploitation, and how effective were their struggle?
7.
Evaluate the role played by the IMF and World Bank in Africa since independence.
8.
What have been the main problems encountered by ECOWAS and COMESA?