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Eviction from the Chagos Islands
Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers
Häftad, 2011
1762 kr
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This book examines the history and contemporary living conditions of Chagossians who were evicted from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean to make way for a strategic U.S. military base. Initially part of colonial Mauritius, Chagos was integrated into a new colony named the British Indian …
Written Culture in a Colonial Context
Africa and the Americas 1500 - 1900
Häftad, 2012
1736 kr
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Recent developments in the cultural history of written culture have omitted the specificity of practices relative to writing that were anchored in colonial contexts. The circulation of manuscripts and books between different continents played a key role in the process of the first globalization …
Nearly Native, Barely Civilized
Henri Gaden’s Journey through Colonial French West Africa (1894-1939)
Av Roy Dilley
Häftad, 2014
1745 kr
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Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers the first full-length biography of Henri Gaden, an exceptional French colonial character who lived through some of the most radical transformations in West African history. It provides an in-depth, intimate and rounded portrayal of the man, his …
Angola's Colossal Lie
Forced Labor on a Sugar Plantation, 1913-1977
Av Jeremy Ball
Häftad, 2015
1079 kr
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Angola's Colossal Lie. Forced Labor on a Sugar Plantation, 1913-1977 is the first in-depth study of forced labor on a Portuguese-owned sugar plantation in colonial Angola. A prominent Portuguese civil servant dubbed the labor system in Angola a “colossal lie” because the reality so contradicted the …
Conquest and Construction
Palace Architecture in Northern Cameroon
Häftad, 2016
1667 kr
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In Conquest and Construction Mark Dike DeLancey investigates the palace architecture of northern Cameroon, a region that was conquered in the early nineteenth century by primarily semi-nomadic, pastoralist, Muslim, Fulɓe forces and incorporated as the largest emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate. Palace …
Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past
Essays in Honour of Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias
Av Toby Green
Häftad, 2018
1546 kr
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Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past offers a comprehensive assessment of new directions in the historiography of West Africa. With twenty-four chapters by leading researchers in the study of West African history and cultures, the volume examines the main trends in …
Forts, Castles and Society in West Africa
Gold Coast and Dahomey, 1450-1960
Häftad, 2018
1479 kr
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Long regarded as disturbing remnants of the Atlantic slave trade, the European forts and castles of West Africa have attained iconic positions as universally significant historical monuments and world heritage tourist destinations. This volume of original contributions by leading Africanists …
Survival in the 'Dumping Grounds'
A Social History of Apartheid Relocation
Av Laura Evans
Häftad, 2019
1492 kr
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Survival in the 'Dumping Grounds' examines a defining aspect of South Africa's recent past: the history of apartheid-era relocation. While scholars and activists have long recognised the suffering caused by apartheid removals to the so-called 'homelands', the experiences of those who lived through …
Europeans and Africans
Mutual Discoveries and First Encounters
Häftad, 2020
1747 kr
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In Europeans and Africans Michał Tymowski analyses the first contacts between the Portuguese and other Europeans and Western Africans in the 15th and early 16th centuries, the cultural and psychological as well as the organizational aspects of contacts. The territorial scope of the research …
Dissimilar Coffee Frontiers
Mobilizing Labor and Land in the Lake Kivu Region, Congo and Rwanda (1918-1960/62)
Häftad, 2020
1492 kr
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In Dissimilar Coffee Frontiers Sven Van Melkebeke compares the divergent development of coffee production in eastern Congo and western Rwanda during the colonial period. The Lake Kivu region offers a remarkable case-study to investigate diversity in economic development. In Rwanda, on the eastern …
History of Mali’s National Drink
Following the Tea Ritual from China to West Africa
Häftad, 2022
1354 kr
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Green tea, imported from China, occupies an important place in the daily lives of Malians. They spend so much time preparing and consuming the sugared beverage that it became the country’s national drink. To find out how Malians came to practice the tea ritual, this study follows the beverage from …
African History
The Mother Continent: A Fascinating History Of The Beautiful And Embattled Continent Of Africa
Av Dr History
Häftad, 2024
216 kr
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African History
Up to 19th C. AD. (For Form 1 & 2)
Av Africa Proper Education Network
Häftad, 2020
224 kr
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