African Islands

Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization

AvToyin Falola,R. Joseph Parrott

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del 83 i serien Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

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Beskrivning

Explores the culturally complex and cosmopolitan histories of islands off the African coastIslands and island chains like Cabo Verde, Madagascar, and Bioko are often sidelined in contemporary understandings of Africa in which mainland nation-states take center stage in the crafting of historical narratives. Yet in the modern period, these small offshore spaces have often played important if inconsistent roles in facilitating intra- and intercontinental exchanges that have had lasting effects on the cultural, economic, and political landscape of Africa.In African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalism, contributors argue for the importance of Africa's islands in integrating the continent into wider networks of trade and migration that links it with Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Essays consider the cosmopolitan and culturally complex identities of Africa's islands, analyzing the process and extent to which trade, slavery, and migration bonded African elements with Asian, Arabic, and European characteristics over the years. While the continental and island nations have experienced similar cycles of invasion, boom, and bust, essayists note both similarities and striking differences in how these events precipitated economic changes in the different geographic areas. This book, a much-needed broadly comparative study of the African islands, will be an important resource for students and scholars of the region and of topics such as colonialism, economic history, and cultural hybridity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-20
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:758 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Antal sidor:440
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781580469548

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Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

TOYIN FALOLA is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History and Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas, Austin, TX. He is the series editor of the University of Rochester Press' series Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. TOYIN FALOLA is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History and Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas, Austin, TX. He is the series editor of the University of Rochester Press' series Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora.

Recensioner i media

African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization will become a cornerstone reference in African studies, African diaspora studies, and broader fields that engage the diverse array of issues tightly and coherently represented in the essays. The text is comprehensive and rich; the writing fluid, eloquent, and fast paced; the analysis deeply insightful and satisfying; the expertise of the authors unimpeachable and solid; and the contribution to scholarship undeniably profound and seminal. -- Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Babcock University, Nigeria

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Toyin Falola and R. Joseph Parrott and Danielle Porter SanchezPART 1. ATLANTIC OCEAN ISLANDSThe Canaries to Africa: The Atlantic Strategy of "To Be or Not To Be" - Germán Santana PérezSugar, Cocoa, and Oil: Economic Success and Failure in São Tomé and Príncipe from the 16th to the 21st Century - Gerhard SeibertThe Bijagos of Canhabac Island (Guinea-Bissau) - Joshua Bernard ForrestAn Island in the Middle of Everywhere: Bioko under Colonial Domination - Enrique N. OkenveCursing in Bioko and Annobón: Repeating Islands that Don't Repeat - Michael UgarteAfrican Ports and Islands during the Second World War - Ashley Jackson"Nos lingua, nos kultura, nos identidadi": Postcolonial Language Planning and Promotion in Cabo Verde and the Cape Verdean Diaspora - Carla D. MartinPART 2. INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDSAfrica's Indian Ocean Islands, Near and Distant - Edward A. AlpersMonsoon Metropolis: Migration, Mobility, and Mediation in the Western Indian Ocean - William BissellThe Mascarenes, Indian Ocean Africa, and Global Labor Migration during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - Richard B. AllenThe Island as Nexus: Zanzibar in the Nineteenth Century - Jeremy PrestholdtSlavery and Post-Slavery in Madagascar: An Overview - Denis Regnier and Dominique SomdaThe Comoros: Strategies of Islandness in the Indian Ocean - Iain WalkerGendered Pioneers from Mayotte: An Ethnographic Perspective on Travel and Transformation in the Western Indian Ocean - Michael LambekNotes on Contributors