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This course offers a broad introduction to Africa and global development. The syllabus is designed to provide an understanding of the history of development in Africa, and on the evolution of development debates from the 1960s to the present. The course emphasises the contested nature of development, and the link between competing theories of development and policy in Africa. The course is multidisciplinary and covers key foundational theoretical and analytical content of the history, politics, sociology, anthropology and economics of development in Africa. The module will stimulate students’ capacity to: a) acquire knowledge through the study of texts on global development and Africa; b) to deepen their understanding of development debates in Africa and their contested nature. The aim of the module is to enable students to formulate opinions, assessment and own interpretations on global development in Africa.