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United States and Decolonization in West Africa, 1950-1960
Inbunden, 2001
1759 kr
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A history of America's tangled involvement in the transition of British and French West African territories to statehood.As an investigation of America's response to the decolonization process in West Africa, The United States and Decolonization in West Africa, 1950-60 fills several important gaps. …
Politics of Frenchness in Colonial Algeria, 1930-1954
Inbunden, 2002
1287 kr
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An examination of French citizenship and cultural identity in Algeria during the last quarter-century of colonial rule.In recent years, a multicultural society and changing conceptions of French identity have been the source of considerable debate in scholarship, literature and the media in France. …
Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius
Inbunden, 1997
1287 kr
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An analysis of the historical and scientific effects of technology transfer from an imperial to colonial setting.Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius examines, within the context of the history of sugarcane production in Mauritius, the cross-cultural debates about the production and …
West Indians in West Africa, 1808-1880
The African Diaspora in Reverse
Inbunden, 2000
1355 kr
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A history of the West Indians who migrated to Sierra Leone from the Caribbean after the abolition of slavery in 1807.An examination of the trans-oceanic migration of West Indians from the Caribbean to Sierra Leone in the decades following the abolition of slavery in the British colonies in 1807. …
Colonial Rule and Crisis in Equatorial Africa
Southern Gabon, c. 1850-1940
Inbunden, 2002
1342 kr
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A look at the encounter between the French and the peoples of Southern Gabon in terms of their differing conceptions of boundaries.In the second half of the nineteenth century, two very different practices of territoriality confronted each other in Southern Gabon. Clan and lineage relationships …
Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present
Inbunden, 2000
1355 kr
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A detailed historiographical examination of the role the Ovimbundu people have played in Angolan politics from Portuguese colonization to the present.Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present argues that the Ovimbundu of central Angola have been key players in the history of modern Angola. …
Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994
Av Arnold Hughes, David Perfect
Häftad, 2008
674 kr
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The only complete study of modern Gambian politics from the establishment of British rule to the overthrow of the Jawara government.A Political History of the Gambia: 1816-1994 is the first complete account of the political history of the former British West African dependency to be written. It …
Sources and Methods in African History
Spoken Written Unearthed
Av Toyin Falola, Christian Jennings
Häftad, 2004
546 kr
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An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history.Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and …
Constructions of Belonging
Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 2006
1759 kr
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Applies new approaches to the study of a small, densely populated region of West Africa, integrating them into a regional history that analyzes interactions between localities and the modern state.Constructions of Belonging provides a history of local communities living in Southeastern Nigeria …
Voices of the Poor in Africa
Moral Economy and the Popular Imagination
Häftad, 2004
399 kr
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An ambitious new approach to African studies, utilizing indigenous sources to bring back the voices of the native Africans in their own words rather than that of colonizers and foreigners.Elizabeth Isichei explores the Atlantic slave trade, as reflected in the poetics of rumour and the poetics of …
Not So Plain as Black and White
Afro-German Culture and History, 1890-2000
Av Patricia Mazon, Reinhild Steingröver
Inbunden, 2005
1355 kr
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An exploration of the subject of Afro-Germans, which, in recent years has captured the interest of scholars across the humanities for providing insight into contemporary Germany's transformation into a multicultural society.Since the Middle Ages, Africans have lived in Germany as slaves and …
Sufi City
Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba
Av Eric Ross
Inbunden, 2006
1303 kr
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A book about contemporary urban design, a metaphysical worldview and a cultural process that transcends the pre-colonial/colonial/post-colonial divides.Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride …
Sudan's Blood Memory
The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan
Häftad, 2006
344 kr
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A history of Southern Sudan, from pre-colonial times to the present.Many societies worldwide possess oral histories and long memories, reaching back many centuries, particularly of wars and events of great trauma. Labeling them "blood memories" in this book, Stephanie Beswick presents a …
Nigerian Chiefs
Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s
Häftad, 2006
399 kr
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An analysis of how traditional power structures in Nigeria have survived the forces of colonialism and the modernization processes of postcolonial regimes.This book analyzes how indigenous political power structures in Nigeria survived both the constricting forces of colonialism and the …
Writing African History
Häftad, 2006
681 kr
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A comprehensive evaluation of how to read African history.Writing African History is an essential work for anyone who wants to write, or even seriously read, African history. It will replace Daniel McCall's classic Africa in Time Perspective as the introduction to African history for the next …
Afro-Brazilians
Cultural Production in a Racial Democracy
Av Niyi Afolabi
Inbunden, 2009
1708 kr
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An interdisciplinary study on the myth of racial democracy in Brazil through the prism of producers of Afro-Brazilian culture.Brazil, the most racially diverse Latin American country, is also the most contradictory: for centuries it has maintained fantasy as reality through the myth of racial …
Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal
The Murid Order
Av John Glover
Inbunden, 2007
1287 kr
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Examines through the use of Murid oral and written sources the creation of an "alternative modernity" as an understanding of historical change by Sufi notables and disciples.The Murid order, founded in Senegal in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, grew into a major Sufi order during the …
Radicalism and Cultural Dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974
Inbunden, 2008
1250 kr
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A provocative investigation into the root causes of the Ethiopian political upheavals in the second half of the twentieth century.During the 1960s and early 1970s, a majority of Ethiopian students and intellectuals adopted a Marxist-Leninist ideology with fanatic fervor. The leading force in an …
Representing Bushmen
South Africa and the Origin of Language
Av Shane Moran
Inbunden, 2009
1275 kr
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A detailed and compelling volume that contributes significantly to current trends in post-apartheid scholarship.Representing Bushmen draws on the work of Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, and Martin Bernal to show how the study of language was integral to the formation of racial discrimination in South …
Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa
Av Toyin Falola, Aribidesi Usman
Inbunden, 2009
1303 kr
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A groundbreaking interrogation of the myriad causes and effects of African migration, from the pre-colonial to the modern era.Migration, whether forced or voluntary, continues to be an issue vital to Africa, arguably the continent most affected by internal displacement. Over centuries -- in groups …
United States and West Africa
Interactions and Relations
Av Alusine Jalloh, Toyin Falola
Häftad, 2008
587 kr
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The first volume devoted to interrogating the complex relationship -- both historic and contemporary -- between the United States and West Africa.Over the last several decades, historians have conducted extensive research into contact between the United States and West Africa during the era of the …
Political Culture and Nationalism in Malawi
Building Kwacha
Av Joey Power
Inbunden, 2010
1355 kr
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Malawi's political culture is examined as it emerged in the colonial and early post-colonial periods, particularly in light of anti-colonial protest.Inspired by the events leading up to the overthrow of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's Life Presidency, this book explores the deep logic of Malawi's …
African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective
Av Steven Steven Salm, Toyin Falola
Häftad, 2009
500 kr
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This book presents new and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of African urban history and culture. Moving between precolonial, colonial, and contemporary urban spaces, it covers the major regions, religions, and urban societies of sub-Saharan Africa.African Urban Spaces in Historical …
Labour, Land and Capital in Ghana
From Slavery to Free Labour in Asante, 1807-1956
Häftad, 2008
741 kr
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An examination of the varied ways, outside and inside markets, in which Asante producers obtained labor, land and capital during the transformative era.This is a study of the changing rules and relationships within which natural, human and man-made resources were mobilized for production during the …
Writing Ghana, Imagining Africa
Nation and African Modernity
Av Kwaku Korang
Häftad, 2009
412 kr
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This book makes Africa the centerpiece of an intercultural investigation of modern colonial power and its resistance, focusing on the writings of Ghanaian intellectuals.Writing Ghana, Imagining Africa changes dominant ideas about Africa's relations with modernity and the global history of …
Women's Authority and Society in Early East-Central Africa
Inbunden, 2010
1287 kr
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A radical reassessment of the importance of women in East-Central African society during the precolonial period.This study of more than two thousand years of African social history weaves together evidence from historical linguistics, archaeology, comparative ethnography, oral tradition, and art …
Africans and the Politics of Popular Culture
Av Toyin Falola, Augustine Agwuele
Inbunden, 2009
1342 kr
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Explores the instrumentalization of various aspects of popular culture in Africa.This anthology provides insightful data on and discussions of a wide array of popular cultural manifestations and theoretical perspectives, covering such issues as kinship, religion, conflict resolution, music, cinema, …
Not So Plain as Black and White
Afro-German Culture and History, 1890-2000
Av Patricia Mazon, Reinhild Steingröver
Häftad, 2009
371 kr
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Since the Middle Ages, Africans have lived in Germany as slaves and scholars, guest workers and refugees. After Germany became a unified nation in 1871, it acquired several African colonies but lost them after World War I. Children born of German mothers and African fathers during the French …
Indirect Rule in South Africa
Tradition, Modernity, and the Costuming of Political Power
Häftad, 2013
344 kr
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A groundbreaking new study of the ways in which South African leaders struggle to legitimize themselves through the costuming of political power.Indirect rule -- the British colonial policy of employing indigenous tribal chiefs as political intermediaries -- has typically been understood by …
Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe
Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964
Häftad, 2013
311 kr
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A timely examination of African politics during the formative years of Zimbabwean nationalism.The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe details a democratic tradition developed in the 1940s and 1950s, and a movement that would fall victim to an increasingly elitist and …
