He was not a clear lecturer and if you depend on slides for notes, this ain't for you. I got a B after skipping class the second half of the quarter. Material also was not that interesting; not a difficult GE though.

Textbook is dense and I only used it for about two weeks bc it's a lot of reading with the course reader (REALLY helpful btw) and the 3 novels we read. He posts slides online after class, so you can miss a class or 2. Participation matters and if you miss section, you'll automatically get a C in the class! I really enjoyed this class overall- STUDY

Not a good lecturer but it is doable. Assigns a ton of unnecessary reading, if you show up for lecture don't both. He is hard to understand at times and slaps a ton of words on ppt. Not a hard class info is interesting but he is pretty scattered.

lectures are super in-depth to the point of being overwhelming. It's obvious he is passionate about the subjects he's teaching, but the curriculum is almost unapproachable, the amount of and density of the readings make it really hard to stay on track or know what you need to know for tests/finals. PSA there's a free pdf of the textbook online.

He's very soft spoken and knowledgeable about African history. Nice guy overall. Always happy to talk to students about the class or current events after lecture. Tricky accent to follow (Swedish) but you get used to it. Long paper about longer book which was tedious. Material was a little dry but a good class in general.

Overall the professor is one of my favorites; lectures are fairly dry but the subject material was fascinating.