Speaking as a graduate student, it might be interesting to look at
Mudimbe's *The Idea of Africa* and T. O. Ranger's *The Invention of
Africa*. A specific example of some of the internal political
tensions that can be related to the above comes out in Appiah's *In
My Father's House* looking at Nkrumah, Joe Appiah and Joseph Danquah.
Also in conjunction with Lugard it might be fun to look at that
wonderful exchange between Margery Perham and E. Huxley --the title
escapes me but we have a copy here if you want me to go look up the
full citation. That in conjunction with Vron Ware's *Beyond the Pale.
White Women, Racism and History* would surely capture the imagination
of one or two students. Something short and powerful like Ba's *So
Long a Letter* would catch the intersection between colonial women
who are free to come and go at will and modern African women who are
there for the duration--this ties back into the 'invention of Africa'
topic very well.
Frankly these are things that I just toy with to avoid writing the
dissertation but I think that there is potential there for enlivening
a graduate seminar.