Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 340W. Study the changes and continuities of socio-political categories in African contexts from the period of formal colonial rule to the present day. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340W, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Coloniality in West Africa), 328G. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.