African history Books
Zone Books The Great Lakes of Africa: Two Thousand Years of
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Springer International Publishing AG Children and Youth in African History
Book SynopsisThis textbook introduces readers to the academic scholarship on the history of childhood and youth in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the colonial and postcolonial eras. In a series of seven chapters, it addresses key themes in the historical scholarship, arguing that age serves as a useful category for historical analysis in African history. Just as race, class, and gender can be used to understand how African societies have been structured over time, so too age is a powerful tool for thinking about how power, youth, and seniority intersect and change over time. This is, then, a work of synthesis rather than of new research based on primary sources. This book will therefore introduce mainstream scholars of the history of childhood and youth to the literature on Africa, and scholars of youth in Africa to debates within the wider field of the history of children and youth.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Age and Generation.- 3. Enslavement and Unfreedom.- 4. Race and Childhood.- 5. Schooling and Education.- 6. Work and Play.- 7. Politics and Violence.- 8. Conclusion.
£33.24
Ohio University Press Emperor Haile Selassie
Book SynopsisEmperor Haile Selassie was an iconic figure of the twentieth century, a progressive monarch who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 to 1974. This book, written by a former state official who served in a number of important positions in Selassie’s government, tells both the story of the emperor’s life and the story of modern Ethiopia.AfterTrade Review“Anyone searching for a quick introduction to Ethiopia’s fascinating history could happily turn to Emperor Haile Selassie as a starting point.” * Focus on the Horn *“Emperor Haile Selassie is a readable, well-organized book that accurately portrays the life of the Ethiopian King of Kings and, through him, the history of the nation. The author is at his best in relating his personal experience and ties to the Emperor—original material that I found fascinating.”“An informative guide, with an insider's perspective, on a pivotal piece of African history.” * Publishers Weekly *
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Simon & Schuster The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How
Book SynopsisThe “enlightening” (The Guardian) true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors’ founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day—by the journalist who discovered the ship’s remains.Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite numerous efforts to find the sunken wreck, Clotilda remained hidden for the next 160 years. But in 2019, journalist Ben Raines made international news when he successfully concluded his obsessive quest through the swamps of Alabama to uncover one of our nation’s most important historical artifacts. Traveling from Alabama to the ancient African kingdom of Dahomey in modern-day Benin, Raines recounts the ship’s perilous journey, the story of its rediscovery, and its complex legacy. Against all odds, Africatown, the Alabama community founded by the captives of the Clotilda, prospered in the Jim Crow South. Zora Neale Hurston visited in 1927 to interview Cudjo Lewis, telling the story of his enslavement in the New York Times bestseller Barracoon. And yet the haunting memory of bondage has been passed on through generations. Clotilda is a ghost haunting three communities—the descendants of those transported into slavery, the descendants of their fellow Africans who sold them, and the descendants of their fellow American enslavers. This connection binds these groups together to this day. At the turn of the century, descendants of the captain who financed the Clotilda’s journey lived nearby—where, as significant players in the local real estate market, they disenfranchised and impoverished residents of Africatown. From these parallel stories emerges a profound depiction of America as it struggles to grapple with the traumatic past of slavery and the ways in which racial oppression continues to this day. And yet, at its heart, The Last Slave Ship remains optimistic—an epic tale of one community’s triumphs over great adversity and a celebration of the power of human curiosity to uncover the truth about our past and heal its wounds.Trade Review"The fast-paced narrative begins with the voyage and follows the Clotilda’s survivors beyond the Civil War....Raines vividly conjures the watery landscape into which the Africans stepped... Knowledge of these waterways also led Raines to locate the Clotilda in a place previous searchers had ignored." — The New York Times (Editors' Choice) "In our uncertain times, The Last Slave Ship.. is a welcome and affecting history lesson... Enlightening." — The Guardian "A multidimensional exploration of the Clotilda, its bad actors and the descendants of the survivors... an important, weighty, timely read." — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Ben Raines made headlines in 2019 when he discovered the remains of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring enslaved people to America. His gripping, affecting book chronicles his search for the vessel in the swamps of Alabama and tells the stories of its captives and their descendants."— The Christian Science Monitor (Best Books of February) "The Last Slave Ship is an action-packed, whip-smart true account that’s filled with science, history, and compassion. Readers will devour it." — The Washington Informer "Ben Raines’ passionate detective work led him to discover the most famous slave shipwreck… Raines has written a crucial chapter in this unique story of loss and exploitation, but also of unsurmountable strength and hopefulness. An inspiring and captivating book.” — Sylviane A. Diouf, PhD, author of Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America "The Last Slave Ship is all at once the true story of a terrible crime and its survivors, a riveting account of discovering the evidence its perpetrators hoped would never be found, and a moving attempt to grapple with its legacy. We may never ultimately be able to reckon adequately with slavery, but Ben Raines reminds us that the task’s immensity is no excuse for neglecting it. This is a powerful and important book."— Joshua Rothman, the Dept. of History professor at University of Alabama "Raines’ adroit descriptions of the people and events triggered by the voyage of Clotilda are not only riveting, but speak to the true spirits of all involved." — Darron Patterson, President of The Clotilda Descendants Association "An evocative and informative tale of exploitation, deceit, and resilience.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A highly readable, elucidating narrative that investigates all the layers of a traumatic history.— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
£999.99
Ohio University Press Authentically African Arts and the Transnational
Book SynopsisTogether, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture.Trade Review“This masterful study of Belgian and Congolese collecting and exhibitions of African arts, and the murky heritage politics so implied, offers insights for understanding colonial and postcolonial histories of representation anywhere in the world.”“Authentically African successfully shows how colonial tensions between politics and creativity left their imprint on colonial as well as on postcolonial Congo… this book remains a necessary introduction to some key chapters in the rich and complex entrance of arts premiers into world cultural histories.” * American Historical Review *“This is an important book that fills a gap in our knowledge about museums in this geographical area as well as our understanding of the role of political ideologies, a topic which has been well covered in South Africa, for example, but not as much by scholars in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. … An impressive analysis.” * Museum Anthropology Review *“This well-informed book is the result of a careful inquiry carried out ‘on the spot’ in Congo, Belgium, and North America. … Authentically African successfully shows how colonial tensions between politics and creativity left their imprint on colonial as well as on postcolonial Congo. … This book remains a necessary introduction to some key chapters in the rich and complex entrance of arts premiers into world cultural histories.” * American Historical Review *“[An] impressive exploration of how and postcolonial powers in former Zaire utilized ‘cultural guardianship’ to justify their political legitimacy and to establish cultural and political economies nationally and internationally.” * African Studies Quarterly *“Authentically African is an impressively researched study of material culture and its institutions in the construction of Congolese cultural and political projects. Van Beurden’s fascinating examination of objects and collections in cultural and political economies makes a significant contribution to several bodies of scholarship, from those focused on material culture, heritage, and identity politics to those concerned with African cultural institutions as part of the global landscape.”
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James Currey General History of Africa volume 4 pbk abridged
Book SynopsisSPECIAL COMMENDATION in Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. The series is illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photographs.Trade ReviewReviews of the Series: * . *... a real contribution to scholarship. - -- Roland Oliver * the TLS *The General History of Africa was launched in 1970, when an International Scientific Committee of 39 scholars was formed to oversee the writing and publication of a complete survey of the African past, from pre-history to the present. The laudable aim of the project was to break free from the straightjacket of Eurocentrism, and to provide a history that reflected a range of African views without imposing any set historical interpretation. - -- David M. Anderson * INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS *Table of ContentsThe unification of the Maghrib under the Almohads; the spread of civilization in the Maghrib and its impact on Western civilization; the disintegration of political unity in the Maghrib; society in the Maghrib after the disappearance of the Almohads; Mali and the second Mande expansion; the decline of the empire of Mali - the 15th to 16th centuries; the Songhay from the 12th to the 16th century; the peoples and kingdoms of the Niger Bend and the Volta basin from the 12th to the 16th century; the kingdoms and peoples of Chad; the Hausa and their neighbours in the central Sudan; the coastal peoples from Casamance to the Cote d'Ivoire lagoons; from the Cote d'Ivoire lagoons to the Volta; from the Volta to Cameroon; Egypt and the Muslim world from the 12th to the beginning of the 16th century; Nubia from the late-12th century to the Funji conquest in the early 16th century; the Horn of Africa - the Solomonids in Ethiopia and the states of the Horn of Africa; the development of Swahili cilvilization; between the coast and the Great Lakes; the Great Lakes region; the Zambezi and Limpopo basins 1100-1500; Equatorial Africa and Angola - migrations and the emergence of the first states; southern Africa - its peoples and social structures; Madagascar and the neighbouring islands from the 12th to the 16th century; relationships and exchanges among the different regions; Africa in inter-continental relations.
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Princeton University Press Until We Have Won Our Liberty
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HarperCollins Publishers A History of South Africa
Book SynopsisA remarkable feat of scholarship, fairness and readability, full of lively detail with a freshness of style which brings new life to the narrative' Anthony SampsonThroughout its turbulent history, South Africa has frequently been the focus of worldwide attention usually hostile. Yet prejudice and ignorance about the country are widespread. The evolution of the present-day Rainbow Nation' has taken place under conditions of sometimes extreme pressure. Since long before the arrival of the first European settlers in the seventeenth century, the country has been home to a complex and uneasily co-existing blend of races and cultures, and successive waves of immigrants have added to the already volatile mixture.Despite the euphoria which greeted the dismantling of the apartheid system and the election as President of Nelson Mandela in April 1994, South Africa's history, racial mix and recent political upheavals suggest it will not easily free itself from the legacy of its tumultuous past. NTrade Review‘A masterly synthesis of past and present scholarship historical storytelling in the grand narrative tradition’Mail & Guardian ‘Sweeping, exhaustive and masterly’Scotland on Sunday ‘Excellent… a balanced account of a very complex story’Stephen Fleming, Irish Independent ‘Vital to an understanding of modern South Africa’Publishers Weekly ‘His assessments are judicious, his opinions fair. Welsh maintains a clear narrative thread through this hugely complex story’Stephen Taylor, New York Times Book Review
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Cornell University Press The Forest of Symbols
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA collection of ten of the most brilliant and important essays on ritual yet written. These papers by Victor Turner... are all seminal and distinguished. * American Anthropologist *
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Ohio University Press Kwame Nkrumah The Father of African Nationalism
Book SynopsisThe first African statesman to achieve world recognition was Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), who became president of the new Republic of Ghana in 1960. He campaigned ceaselessly for African solidarity and for the liberation of southern Africa from white settler rule.Trade Review“This is a biographical study of one of the most complex African leaders of the twentieth century colonial era. The book admirably traces the problems Nkrumah faced as a student and aspiring politician…. The book is a colorful biography and assists the reader in understanding the tribulations and aspirations of Third World leaders in guiding their countries through the uncertain transition from colonialism to independence.” * African Studies Quarterly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Kwame Nkrumah: A Transnational Life 2. Empire and a Colonial Youth 3. Diasporic Connections and Anticolonial Experimentation 4. Between Nation and Pan-Africanism: Part I 5. Between Nation and Pan-Africanism: Part II 6. Exile and an Era of Reinvention 7. Remembering Nkrumah Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nile River Gunboats 18821918
Book SynopsisFor more than 30 years, the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river, and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every significant colonial campaign in the region, from the British invasion of Egypt in 1882, to the Battle of Omdurman in 1898, when Britain finally won control of the Sudan. After that, the gunboats helped maintain British control over both Egypt and the Sudan, and played a key role in safeguarding British interests around the headwaters of the Nile--a region hotly contested by several European powers. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this comprehensive volume offers a detailed analysis of the Nile river gunboats'' entire career, from monitoring British colonial interests to defending Egypt against the Ottoman Turks in World War I.Table of ContentsIntroduction /Design and Development /Gunboat Histories /Firepower /Protection /Propulsion /Conditions on Board /Gunboats in Action /Bibliography /Index
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University of Pennsylvania Press Inventing the Berbers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] masterly reading that is undoubtedly necessary for understanding the history of the medieval and contemporary Maghrib, as well as for its anthropologists and philologists. It involves a lesson in methodology for approaching and reflecting on written sources, but also in maturity, critical thinking, and exposition of ideas. It is an update that provides a profound analysis of the historical term. Inventing the Berbers has become perhaps the most up-todate work that has not invented the Berbers." * Comitatus *"Inventing the Berbers is an essential contribution to the history of the Maghrib, not only in the Middle Ages, but in our own time as well. It will, no doubt, be controversial, for it touches on issues of colonial historiography and ethnic definition that remain politically sensitive, especially in Algeria and Morocco. But Ramzi Rouighi's arguments are firmly grounded in the sources-and are overwhelmingly convincing." * Dominique Valérian, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. MEDIEVAL ORIGINS Chapter 1. Berberization and Its Origins Chapter 2. Making Berbers PART II. GENEOLOGY AND HOMELAND Chapter 3. The Berber People Chapter 4. The Maghrib and the Land of the Berbers PART III. MODERN MEDIEVAL BERBERS Chapter 5. Modern Origins Chapter 6. Beacons, Guides, and Marked Paths Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Indiana University Press Inside AlShabaab
Book SynopsisDrawing on insider interviews, journalists Maruf and Joseph recount the rise, fall, and resurgence of this overlooked terrorist organization.Trade ReviewFor military enthusiasts, Inside al-Shabaab has vivid descriptions of street-by-street fighting in Mogadishu as the extremists pushed the fragile Somali government to the edge of the sea. For those wondering how Somalia has never been able to shake off the threat, the book has piercing details of what still goes wrong both among Somalis and in the international community. * AP News *Featuring interviews with government officials, former al-Shabaab members, soldiers and numerous other sources, the authors leave no stone unturned in their quest to tell the story of just how al-Shabaab continues to operate and why it continues to attract young people. This is hugely informative painstakingly-researched book. * African Arguments *The book by Maruf and Joseph is a very readable, very informative and in passages thrilling account that provides partly unknown details for Somalia-specialists and a basis for reflection and comparison for counter-terrorism experts. Due to the style of writing, it is even accessible for interested non-specialists. The book is recommended strongly for thinking about and beyond the Somali setting. * African Affairs *Maruf and Josef, who are first-rate journalists, are to be congratulated on this work, which is tricky and somewhat dangerous. -- Kenneth Christie * ID: International Dialogue *Table of ContentsPart 1: Origins and Rise1. Jihad Arrives in Somalia2. The CIA, Warlords, and Ethiopia3. "The Real Jihad Has Just Started"4. Godane5. American Al-Shabaab6. Radical OrganizationPart 2: The Battle for Mogadishu7. "TFG IN GRAVE JEOPARDY"8. "We Want Anyone"9. Zenith and Stalemate10. The Ramadan Offensive 11. WithdrawalPart 3: On the Run12. Divisions and Purge13. The Road to Westgate14. No Place to HidePart 4: Resurgence15. Arresting the Decline16. The ISIS Incursion17. The Future of al-Shabab
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The American University in Cairo Press A Morocco Anthology: Travel Writing Through the
Book SynopsisMorocco is a country that has been much invaded, much traveled though, and much written about in many languages. Positioned at the entrance to Africa—or the entrance to Europe—it has seen deep cultural cross-fertilization and the emergence of a very distinct culture at the threshold of two worlds. Its history is exciting and colorful; its ancient cities extraordinary in their preservation; and its people magnetic. It has drawn travelers and writers for many centuries, and continues to do so today, with the result that there exists a rich seam of description and sometimes quizzical (but generally very fond) appreciation, which Martin Rose, a long-time resident of the country, has been able to mine for this fascinating anthology.
£11.99
Pogo Books Zimbabwe
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Helion & Company Mau Mau: The Kenyan Emergency 1952-60
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War
Book SynopsisThe war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray began in November 2020. It inflicted more casualties than any other contemporary conflict in the world. It has also been among the least understood. The fighting and accompanying blockade led to an estimated 600,000 deaths - more than the number who died in the 1984-5 famine. International journalists were banned as the region was sealed off from the outside world by Ethiopian and Eritrean governments prosecuting a strategy designed to crush Tigray at almost any cost. Hatred of Tigrayans was stoked by senior advisers to Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed: they have called Tigrayans 'weeds' who must be uprooted, their place in history extinguished. Their language was reminiscent of that which preceded the genocide in Rwanda. The war was also orchestrated by Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki, who came to wield increasing influence over Ethiopian affairs. It drew in Somali troops as well as Eritrean forces. Peace agreements signed in November 2022 ended the worst of the violence, but without resolving the war's underlying drivers, which continue to feed a tense and uncertain situation. This book provides the first clear explanation of the factors that led to the conflict, unravelling their roots in Ethiopia's long and complex history. It describes the battles that were fought at such terrible cost and the immense suffering, particularly of women, who were brutally abused.Trade Review‘Sarah Vaughan and Martin Plaut’s book represents the first serious attempt at an account of the conflict.’ -- London Review of Books'The book is well structured and insightful. Its strength lies in effectively connecting historical, political, social and international dimensions, making it invaluable for understanding the Tigray crisis and its broader implications across the Horn of Africa.' -- International Affairs'Timely, forceful and essential. A groundbreaking and deeply researched exploration of the war still ravaging Tigray. A vital contribution to the understanding of a devastating but largely hidden conflict, which could well prove to be a defining moment, not just for Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, but for the whole continent.' -- Andrew Harding, BBC Africa correspondent, and author of 'The Mayor of Mogadishu''With historical depth, trenchant analysis of current events and concern for the human suffering involved, this is essential for understanding the tragic war in northern Ethiopia.' -- Christopher Clapham, Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge'The Ethiopian–Eritrean war against Tigray is the world's most lethal conflict, characterised by extreme brutality and the use of mass starvation as a weapon. It has unfolded behind a wall of silence and disinformation. This important book sets a high standard, paying scrupulous attention to the evidence and analysing the conflict and atrocities in their political context.' -- Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation'A moving account that chronicles the genesis, nature and key features of the Tigray war, as well as the Tigrayans' resistance. This lucid analysis of developments will be of significant interest to scholars of contemporary Ethiopia.' -- Mulugeta Gebrehiwot, Senior Fellow and Program Director, World Peace Foundation, Tufts University, and author of 'Laying the Past to Rest: The EPRDF and the Challenges of Ethiopian State-Building''Not only a good political history of modern Ethiopia, but an attempt at answering the question: is war the only way to arbitrate between a unitary and a federalist version of a nation?' -- Gérard Prunier, author of 'The Country That Does Not Exist: A History of Somaliland' and co-editor of 'Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia'
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Oxford University Press Nelson Mandela
Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring A pathbreaking analysis of the relationship between Mandela the myth, and Mandela the historical figure, looking at the way images, stories, and politics have been combined to create the iconic image of Mandela that we know today. Boehmer explores the long trajectory of Mandela''s life, explaining first the historical and political context of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and then the post-apartheid period of difficult reconciliation, including the shifts and changes in Mandela''s reputation since the millennium.This innovative postcolonial reflection takes on board the more critical revisionist literature on Mandela that has emerged since 2015, looking at responses to his death in 2013, and the 2018 commemorations of the 100th anniversary of his birth.The first edition set a trend in scholarship on Mandela by reading his character and achievements through the lens of his influences, interests, and leading ideas. The second edition extends this focus with a far-reaching critical look at meanings of reconciliation and Mandela''s ethic of reciprocity. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1: Mandela: story and symbol 2: Scripting a life: the early years 3: Growth of a national icon: later years 4: Influences and interactions 5: Sophiatown sophisticate 6: Masculine performer 7: Spectres in the prison garden 8: Mandela's legacy
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Haymarket Books A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney
Book SynopsisWalter Rodney was a scholar, working class militant, and revolutionary from Guyana. Strongly influenced by Marxist ideas, he remains central to radical Pan-Africanist thought for large numbers of activists’ today. Rodney lived through the failed –though immensely hopeful -socialist experiments in the 1960s and 1970s, in Tanzania and elsewhere. The book critically considers Rodney's contribution to Marxist theory and history, his relationship to dependency theory and the contemporary significance of his work in the context of movements and politics today. The first full-length study of Rodney’s life, this book is an essential introduction to Rodney's work.Trade Review"Zeilig is not stretching when he calls Rodney, 'A revolutionary for our time.'" —New York Times “Zeilig has done a remarkable job in researching and organizing the text into one detailed book that provides the greatest insight into the life and work of Walter Rodney from primary sources...Zeilig writes: ‘What we see in the Archive — and what I have tried to capture in this book – is Rodney’s exhaustive historical work and scholarship.’ He has been very successful in doing just that. This book is a very interesting and informative read.” —Review of African Political Economy "This book is a welcome addition to the composition on the life and death of Walter Rodney and deals with the cover up of his assassination in the most authentic way since the C of I report of 2016." —Donald Rodney "Seeing, listening to or reading Walter Rodney, before and after his unfortunate death, something always puzzled and stayed with me – The How of Walter Rodney. How did this relatively young brother from a small Caribbean nation gain such a vast world view? How was he able to grasp the conditions of the Pan African world so firmly and translate those conditions through his socialist worldview? How was Rodney able to move so fluidly through communities in the Caribbean, the US, the UK, Africa and literally the whole of the Pan African world? How was he accepted and loved as kin in all of those communities? And how did he become the number one target of a Guyanese government desperately plotting to end his life? And of late, my big one, how does Walter Rodney still endure timelessly in the immediate consciousness of so many Pan-African activists and thinkers today? Without fail Leo Zeilig’s enduring A Revolutionary for Our Time answered these and so many other “how's” beyond my considerations." —Paul Coates, Black Classic Press "Through exacting research, exacting presentation, and careful analysis, Leo Zeilig offers a remarkable contribution to radical thought and practice worthy of Walter Rodney's legacy.”—Olufemi Taiwo, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and author of Reconsidering Reparations and Elite Capture "Leo Zeilig takes readers through the choices that Walter Rodney made. Choices both small and large, but all taking Rodney to the heights of scholarship, organization, family, comradeship. Zeilig offers a compelling narrative and an incisive analysis of Rodney’s ferocious commitments to revolutionary change. This is a fascinating and vital study of Rodney’s life."—Diane C. Fujino, professor and author, Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama "The Black Lives Matter movement’s embrace of radical and pan-Africanist ideas has introduced Walter Rodney to a new generation of activists. A Revolutionary for Our Time is an urgently-needed contribution, one that situates the importance of Rodney’s Marxism, his life and work, in working-class and anti-racist struggle. It is a must-read account of a revolutionary who understood that nothing short of socialism could bring liberation." —Lee Wengraf, author, Extracting Profit: Imperialism, Neoliberalism, and the New Scramble for Africa "This is a splendid narrative of Walter Rodney’s legendary life and work across three continents. Leo Zeilig’s singular achievement is to have brilliantly located Rodney, the Black Power Marxist, at the intersection of the politics of radical nationalism and visionary socialism that suffused the pan-African world in the 60s and 70s. An unforgettable read.'’ —Issa Shivji, Emeritus Professor, University of Dar es Salaam "A Revolutionary for Our Time is both timely and necessary. Through Walter Rodney's ideas and actions, it engages the weighty issues of the current moment. More than a biography of a remarkable individual, we get the optics of a family committed to radical, worldwide transformation and the crosscurrent of people who embraced them as well as the local-global networks of power they dared to challenge." —Kwasi Konadu, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowed Chair, Colgate University }“The book connects Rodney's thinking to his lived experiences across the world and the decades in which he lived. At a time when context is particularly essential, Zeilig's book provides an essential narrative that situates Rodney not only in the history of revolutionary thought, but also at our contemporary moment, arguing that Rodney's ideas make him a revolutionary not only for his but for our time." —Erin MacLeod, Vanier College
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Vintage Publishing Country Of My Skull
Book SynopsisThe first free elections in South Africa''s history were held in 1994. Within a year legislation was drafted to create a Truth and Reconcilliation Commission to establish a picture of the gross human rights violations committed between 1960 and 1993. It was to seek the truth and make it known to the public and to prevent these brutal events ever happening again. From 1996 and over the following two years South Africans were exposed almost daily to revelations about their traumatic past. Antije Krog''s full account of the Commission''s work using the testimonies of the oppressed and oppressors alike is a harrowing and haunting book in which the voices of ordinary people shape the course of history.WINNER OF SOUTH AFRICA''S SUNDAY TIMES ALAN PATON AWARDTrade ReviewOne of the best books of the year * The Economist *No one will tell us more about the struggle for the Afrikaner's soul; for this book, like the events it reports, is an act of redemption * Daily Telegraph *Krog's account of the hearings, which recorded 20,000 statements from victims and nearly 8,000 applications for amnesty, is vivid and impassioned * Mail on Sunday *Whatever it is that makes a major lasting work of non-fiction, it is here * Observer *Her accounts are so powerful, her resilience, humour and compassion so engaging...to have written this book is heroic * Sunday Times *
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Penguin Books Ltd Nefertiti
Book SynopsisFor over a decade Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world; a beautiful queen blessed by the sun-god, adored by her family and worshipped by her people. Her image and her name were celebrated throughout Egypt and her future seemed golden. Suddenly Nefertiti disappeared from the royal family, vanishing so completely that it was as if she had never been. No record survives to detail her death, no monument serves to mourn her passing and to this day her end remains an enigma - her body has never been found. Joyce Tyldesley here provides a detailed discussion of the life and times of Nefertiti, Egypt''s sun queen, set against the background of the ephemeral Amarna court.
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Penguin Books Ltd Colour Bar
Book SynopsisSir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His crime? To fall in love and marry a young, white English girl, Ruth Williams. Delving into newly released records, Susan Williams tells Seretse and Ruth''s story - a shocking account of how the British Government conspired with apartheid South Africa to prevent the mixed-race royal couple returning home. But it is also an inspiring, triumphant tale of hope, courage and true love as with tenacity and great dignity Seretse and Ruth and the Bangwato people ovecome prejudice in their fight for justice.
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Oxford University Press Facing the Sea of Sand The Sahara and the Peoples
Book SynopsisNorthern Africa is dominated now by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its challenges, establishing networks of communication across its expanse.Trade ReviewA marvellously rich book in which the Sahara holds centre stage...Cunliffe has once again magisterially filled a major gap in the literature with this surprisingly rich history of the far from empty Sahara and the vibrant cultures of the lands surrounding it. * David Abulafia, Literary Review *Facing the Sea of Sand covers a huge amount of ground, yet the clarity of the writing and the array of accompanying maps, graphs, illustrations and photographs ensure that it doesn't feel overwhelming. * Shafik Meghji, Geographical *Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe is an historian of the grand scale...a fascinating account of one of our planet's most hostile places. * Anthony Sattin, Engelsberg Ideas *Distilling an extraordinary amount of Saharan research into a readable narrative is an accomplishment in itself. Successfully placing it into a continental and global context is genius...A masterpiece of African scholarship featuring stunning full-color photography and edifying maps. * Jessica A. Bushore, Library Journal *Barry Cunliffe's words are delivered with great panache, and the images and maps make the book accessible to the widest possible audience. * Arpan Banerjee, Times Literary Supplement *A masterful account of the desert and the peoples both to the north and to the south. * Andrew Selkirk, Current World Archaeology *Table of ContentsPreface 1: The Desert, the Rivers and the Ocean 2: The Long Beginning 3: Domesticating the Land: 6500-1000 BC 4: Creating Connectivities: 1000-140 BC 5: The Impact of Empire: 140 BC-AD 400 6: An End and a Beginning: AD 400- 760 7: Emerging States: AD 760-1150 8: Widening Horizons: AD 1150-1400 9: Africa and the World: AD1400-1600 10: Retrospect and Prospect
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Oxford University Press Inc Inhuman Bondage
Book SynopsisInhuman Bondage is the definitive study of slavery for our time, providing a global perspective on the subject with an emphasis on the United States. Davis is one of our preeminent historians and the authority on America's greatest historical problem.Trade ReviewA tour de force...Could not be more welcome...An invaluable guide to explaining what has made slavery's consequences so much a part of contemporary American culture and politics. * Ira Berlin, The New York Times Book Review *Impressive and sprawling...Davis's account is rich in detail, and his voice is clear enough to coax even casual readers through this dense history. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsMaps A Selective Calendar of Events Prologue 1: The Amistad Test of Law and Justice 2: The Ancient Foundations of Modern Slavery 3: The Origins of Anti-Black Racism in the New World 4: How Africans Became Integral to New World History 5: The Atlantic Slave System: Brazil and the Caribbean 6: Slavery in Colonial North America 7: The Problem of Slavery in the American Revolution 8: The Impact of the French and Haitian Revolutions 9: Slavery in the Nineteenth-Century South, I: From Contradiction to Defense 10: Slavery in the Nineteenth-Century South, II: From Slaveholder Treatment and the Nature of Labor to Slave Culture, Sex and Religion, and Free Blacks 11: Some Nineteenth-Century Slave Conspiracies and Revolts 12: Explanations of British Abolitionism 13: Abolitionism in America 14: The Politics of Slavery in the United States 15: The Civil War and Slave Emancipation Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index
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Oxford University Press The Age of the Efendiyya Passages to Modernity in NationalColonial Egypt Oxford Historical Monographs
Book SynopsisIn colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of modern men emerged, the efendiyya. Working as bureaucrats, teachers, journalists, free professionals, and public intellectuals, the efendiyya represented the new middle class elite. They were the experts who drafted and carried out the state''s modernisation policies, and the makers as well as majority consumers of modern forms of politics and national culture. As simultaneously authentic and modern, they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952. Lucie Ryzova explores where these self-consciously modern men came from, and how they came to be such major figures, by examining multiple social, cultural, and institutional contexts. These contexts include the social strategies pursued by traditional households responding to new opportunities for social mobility; modern schools as vehicles for new forms of knowledge dissemination, which had the potential to redefine social authority; but also include new forms of youth culture, student rituals, peer networks, and urban popular culture. The most common modes of self-expression among the effendiyya were through politics and writing (either literature or autobiography). This articulated an efendi culture imbued with a sense of mission, duty, and entitlement, and defined the ways in which their social experiences played into the making of modern Egyptian culture and politics.Trade ReviewLucie Ryzova's research represents a generative contribution to the embryonic sub-field of afandi studies, and her fine monograph elaborates this scholarship in original and provocative ways. * Journal of Arabic Literature *essential reading for scholars of modern Egypt and the Middle East. * Kenneth M. Cuno, American Historical Review *While so much of the recent social and cultural history of Egypt has aimed at rewriting the literature from below, this bold effort to reconceive Egyptian history from the middle advances the field enormously. This book is certainly essential reading for those who would seek to understand modern Egypt but there is much here for those working well beyond Egyptian frontiers as well, particularly as regards the uses to which modernity is put in post-colonial contexts. * Paul Sedra, English Historical Review *An outstanding accomplishment, original, illuminating, and thought provoking. The Age of the Efendiyya offers an entirely fresh reading on the rise, evolution, and formation of Egypt and the Middle East's modern middle class: the "new man/woman." Ryzova systematically and comprehensively explores the critical role of the Efendiyya in producing and propelling authentic, home-made modernity in society, culture, and politics. Exploiting impeccable archival, print, and visual sources, never before used, Ryzova is the first scholar to penetrate the mindset of the Efediyya, through its discourse, actions, and daily minutiae. * Professor Israel Gershoni, Tel Aviv University *Table of Contents1: Introduction: The Saint's Lamp 2: Recognizing the Efendi 3: Hearts Full of Hope 4: Passages to Modernity 5: The New Mamluks 6: Conclusion: Returns Bibliography
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University of Chicago Press Swing Low Sweet Chariot The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth Century
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The University of Chicago Press Darfur Allegory
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The result of more than a decade of research, Darfur Allegory provides a detailed analysis of the region’s multiple causes of social disruption and violence and the world’s inaccurate comprehension of them. Sudanese anthropologist Abusharaf. . .examines the interwoven ethnographic, historical, economic, and political realities that constitute the lived experiences of the Darfuri. Conducted in the Sudan, among the Sudanese community in Qatar and with emigres in Israel and the US, her fieldwork challenges and redefines accepted theoretical models and explores the alternative explanations of the destructions of Darfuri society through the (often unheard) voices of the Darfuri themselves, using original translations from both Fur and Arabic." * Choice *"An anthropologist’s critique of the pseudoscientific notions of race and ethnicity that have been adopted by the media to explain the Darfur civil war." * The Bookseller *“In this book, Abusharaf’s astute critical faculties are on full display. She uses a distinctive blend of incisive theory, political acuity, and personal narrative to challenge widely held presuppositions about this long-running conflict. Darfur Allegory once more affirms Abusharaf’s standing as one of Africa’s leading diasporic minds.” * Grant Farred, Cornell University *“By including verbatim Fur testimonials and Arabic texts translated and analyzed here for the first time, Darfur Allegory corrects and complicates the international press’s coverage of the conflict. Thanks to Abusharaf’s wisdom and courage in not oversimplifying, we see the complexities in the disputing parties’ positions and gain a surer footing to bring this heart-rending conflict to a peaceful solution.” * Steven C. Caton, Harvard University *“Full of innovative findings, Darfur Allegory is a masterful work for anyone eager to learn crucial lessons about the impact of intersecting levels of violence. Abusharaf successfully lays the foundation for reconsidering Darfur.” * Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsPrelude: Unmuting Darfuri Voices Chapter 1: Encountering Darfur and Its Troubles Chapter 2: Producing Knowledge, Historicizing Racial Categories Chapter 3: Some Views from the Sudan Chapter 4. Qatar Notes Chapter 5. “All Dust and Panic”: Sinai Desert-scape Chapter 6. Darfur’s Jam for Justice in America Postscript: Darfur the Rhizome Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Darfur Allegory
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The result of more than a decade of research, Darfur Allegory provides a detailed analysis of the region’s multiple causes of social disruption and violence and the world’s inaccurate comprehension of them. Sudanese anthropologist Abusharaf. . .examines the interwoven ethnographic, historical, economic, and political realities that constitute the lived experiences of the Darfuri. Conducted in the Sudan, among the Sudanese community in Qatar and with emigres in Israel and the US, her fieldwork challenges and redefines accepted theoretical models and explores the alternative explanations of the destructions of Darfuri society through the (often unheard) voices of the Darfuri themselves, using original translations from both Fur and Arabic." * Choice *"An anthropologist’s critique of the pseudoscientific notions of race and ethnicity that have been adopted by the media to explain the Darfur civil war." * The Bookseller *“In this book, Abusharaf’s astute critical faculties are on full display. She uses a distinctive blend of incisive theory, political acuity, and personal narrative to challenge widely held presuppositions about this long-running conflict. Darfur Allegory once more affirms Abusharaf’s standing as one of Africa’s leading diasporic minds.” * Grant Farred, Cornell University *“By including verbatim Fur testimonials and Arabic texts translated and analyzed here for the first time, Darfur Allegory corrects and complicates the international press’s coverage of the conflict. Thanks to Abusharaf’s wisdom and courage in not oversimplifying, we see the complexities in the disputing parties’ positions and gain a surer footing to bring this heart-rending conflict to a peaceful solution.” * Steven C. Caton, Harvard University *“Full of innovative findings, Darfur Allegory is a masterful work for anyone eager to learn crucial lessons about the impact of intersecting levels of violence. Abusharaf successfully lays the foundation for reconsidering Darfur.” * Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsPrelude: Unmuting Darfuri Voices Chapter 1: Encountering Darfur and Its Troubles Chapter 2: Producing Knowledge, Historicizing Racial Categories Chapter 3: Some Views from the Sudan Chapter 4. Qatar Notes Chapter 5. “All Dust and Panic”: Sinai Desert-scape Chapter 6. Darfur’s Jam for Justice in America Postscript: Darfur the Rhizome Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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Pan Macmillan Conversations With Myself
Book SynopsisConversations With Myself is a moving collection of letters, diary entries and other writing that provides a rare chance to see the other side of Nelson Mandela's life, in his own voice: direct, clear, private. An international bestseller, Conversations With Myself is an intensely personal book that complements his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.In his foreword to Nelson Mandela's book, President Barack Obama writes: 'Conversations With Myself does the world an extraordinary service in giving us [a] picture of Mandela the man.'Conversations With Myself gives readers insight to the darkest hours of Nelson Mandela's twenty-seven years of imprisonment and his troubled dreams in his cell on Robben Island. It contains the draft of an unfinished sequel to Long Walk to Freedom, notes from Madiba's famous speeches, and even doodles made during meetings. There are photos from his life, journals written whil
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University of Illinois Press Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers
Book SynopsisSmall and isolated in the Colony of Natal, Fort Napier was long treated like a temporary outpost of the expanding British Empire. Yet British troops manned this South African garrison for over seventy years. Tasked with protecting colonists, the fort became even more significant as an influence on, and reference point for, settler society. Graham Dominy's Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontier reveals the unexamined but pivotal role of Fort Napier in the peacetime public dramas of the colony. Its triumphalist colonial-themed pageantry belied colonists's worries about their own vulnerability. As Dominy shows, the cultural, political, and economic methods used by the garrison compensated for this perceived weakness. Settler elites married their daughters to soldiers to create and preserve an English-speaking oligarchy. At the same time, garrison troops formed the backbone of a consumer market that allowed colonists to form banking and property interests that consolidated their control.Trade Review"Interesting and well-written . . . Dr. Dominy's impressive book paints a convincing picture of the social scene in Pietermaritzburg as it was influenced by the presence of the Victorian Army."--Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland"Dominy's readable and eclectic study represents an important step forward in both military and imperial historiography; he provides an enhanced and nuanced look at the means of imperial conquest that goes far beyond more traditional emphases on worn-out themes such as technological superiority and strategic planning. . . . Ultimately, the great value of Dominy's study is its ability to highlight the importance of local actors in shaping the imperial experience."--Journal of Military History"A noteworthy addition to South African historiography and well worth reading."--Victorian Military Society"Dominy's book provides an intimate and indispensable portrait of a colonial society; and one that laid the template for today's South Africa."--The Witness"[An] outstanding contribution to our historiography."--Pretoria News"Dominy has done a wonderful job of examining the history of a garrison, a people, a colony, and an imperial idea."--American Historical Review"Dominy excels in analyzing the broader social context of the garrison."--IJAHS"Truly places Fort Napier's history within several broader contexts--the settlement of Natal, the response of the indigenous inhabitants, the relationships between 'British' and other settlers, the wider history of the British army in the period, and the novel involvement of women protesting against the British advance. This is far from a narrow 'red coat' history."--Peter Stanley, author of White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India "Quite original. Rather than looking at campaigns and battles, the book shows how issues such as military parades, band performances, social events, marriages between soldiers and local settler women, and soldiers's bad behavior shaped settler society in Natal."--Timothy Stapleton, author of The Military History of Africa "An engrossing account, vividly illuminating the complexity of life within an imperial garrison and offering valuable insights into the impact of the military on southeast Africa's diverse societies and on Natal's development"--John Lambert, Professor Emeritus of the University of South Africa and author of Betrayed Trust: Africans and the State in Colonial Natal "This remarkable account of military-civil relations on an African frontier tells how the permanent British garrison of Natal interacted with and indelibly influenced settler society in the colonial capital."--Paul Thompson, University of Kwazulu-Natal "This is a fascinating story of wars and balls on the very fringes of empire, of exotic adventures and routine drudgery, of lightning strikes on parade, of nuances of social affectation, and of mutiny. Most of all it is a reminder of just how essential the military presence was to the growth and security of British settlement around the world in the nineteenth-century."--Ian Knight, author of Zulu Rising: The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke's Drift
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Pennsylvania State University Press An Imperial Homeland
Book SynopsisAt the turn of the twentieth century, depictions of the colonized world were prevalent throughout the German metropole. Tobacco advertisements catered to the erotic gaze of imperial enthusiasts with images of Ovaherero girls, and youth magazines allowed children to escape into exotic domains where their imaginations could wander freely. While racist beliefs framed such narratives, the abundance of colonial imaginaries nevertheless compelled German citizens and settlers to contemplate the world beyond Europe as a part of their daily lives. An Imperial Homeland reorients our understanding of the relationship between imperial Germany and its empire in Southwest Africa (present-day Namibia). Colonialism had an especially significant effect on shared interpretations of the Heimat (home/homeland) ideal, a historically elusive perception that conveyed among Germans a sense of place through national peculiarities and local landmarks. Focusing on colonial encounters that took place between 1842 and 1915, Adam A. Blackler reveals how Africans confronted foreign rule and altered German national identity. As Blackler shows, once the façade of imperial fantasy gave way to colonial reality, German metropolitans and white settlers increasingly sought to fortify their presence in Africa using juridical and physical acts of violence, culminating in the first genocide of the twentieth century. Grounded in extensive archival research, An Imperial Homeland enriches our understanding of German identity, allowing us to see how a distant colony with diverse ecologies, peoples, and social dynamics grew into an extension of German memory and tradition. It will be of interest to German Studies scholars, particularly those interested in colonial Africa.Trade Review“[An Imperial Homeland’s] walkthrough of the existing literature on German Southwest Africa and its original contributions in Chapter Six of the volume will make it a useful addition to courses on German history and German imperialism.”—Sean Andrew Wempe German Studies Review“An Imperial Homeland traces Germany’s uses of Southwest Africa within a white imperial imaginary that harbored genocidal potential. Blackler explains how the colonial experience in German Southwest Africa affected and transformed German society across a longer time span than is typically considered within the historiography. His work shows that colonial officials, missionaries, soldiers, and settlers adapted racist and civilizationist thought and practice over decades, creating the conditions for devastating and multifaceted violence against thousands of Namibians.”—Michelle R. Moyd,author of Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Whose Agency The Politics and Practice of Kenyas
Book SynopsisBy focusing on one particular type of NGO - those organized to help prevent the spread and transmission of HIV in Kenya - Megan Hershey interrogates the ways NGOs achieve (or fail to achieve) their planned outcomes. Along the way, she examines the slippery slope that is often used to define ""success"".Trade Review“In vivid detail, Hershey provides the rare, truly nuanced view of development interventions. She argues that small, local NGOs can be successful emissaries of HIV/AIDS programming, even while they fail to achieve the true participatory development for which such NGOs are most lauded. A must-read for researchers interested in the on-the-ground politics of development program implementation.”—Jennifer Brass, Indiana University
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Taylor & Francis Architecture State Modernism and Cultural
Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive investigation of the architecture of the apartheid state in the period of rapid economic growth and political repression from 1957 to 1966 when buildings took on an ideological role that was never remote from the increasingly dominant administrative, legislative and policing mechanisms of the regime. It considers how this process reflected the usurpation of a regional modernism and looks to contribute to wider discourses on international postwar modernism in architecture. Buildings in Pretoria that came to embody ambitions of the apartheid state for industrialisation and progress serve as case studies. These were widely acclaimed projects that embodied for apartheid officials the pursuit of modernisation but carried latent apprehensions of Afrikaners about their growing economic prospects and cultural estrangement in Africa. It is a less known and marginal story due to the dearth of material and documents buried in archives and untranslateTrade Review"In this new book, Hilton Judin tells the story of the unlikely marriage in postwar South Africa between the reactionary racism of the apartheid system and the technocratic, future-orientated utopianism of modernist architecture. In recent years, the distinctive forms of postwar modernism spawned by totalitarian communist regimes have been thoroughly investigated, but Judin’s book resoundingly fills in a glaring gap in knowledge at the other end of the ideological spectrum. It shows how modernist ideals and technologies, and grand, futuristic public building complexes – developed in alliance with an Afrikaner nationalism that also paradoxically concerned itself with researching ‘Bantu vernacular tradition’ - fuelled the mushrooming confidence and prosperity of the apartheid regime, and helped prolong its survival."Miles Glendinning, Professor of Architectural Conservation and Director, Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies, University of Edinburgh"In the increasingly precise cartography of the relationship between reactionary regimes and architecture, the policies of Apartheid South Africa had remained – appropriately, so to say, a white spot. Through a series of delicately carved case studies, Hilton Judin has brilliantly mapped the programs through which white supremacism has grounded its architectural expression – from the buildings for atomic research and science to the suburbs planned for the oppressed majority. Thanks to his rigorous investigation, this missing chapter of 20th century architecture is now open for further interpretation."Jean-Louis Cohen, Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University "Hilton Judin’s book gives a critical account of Pretoria’s architecture in the 20th century focusing specifically on the period from the 1950s to the 1980s, covering the early to the late apartheid era in South Africa. In this volume Judin is able to explore the ‘psyche’ of the Nationalist government who commissioned the architecture which ultimately became the most effective physical symbol of the apartheid state, its policies, hopes and ideals in its most influential era… A must read for students and historians of Pretoria who seek to understand how the city's planning and physical structures were central to the promotion of the apartheid project in South Africa."Ola Uduku, Liverpool School of Architecture, University of LiverpoolTable of ContentsIntroduction: "South Africa Builds …" 1. Apartheid Ideology and Architectural Form: State Building in Pretoria 2. Atomic Research Centre 3. Volkseie: Afrikaners and the University of Pretoria 4. Emerging Traditions: The Vernacular in "Separate Development" 5. Norman Eaton’s Glass Cabinet: Wachthuis 6. Hubris: Isolated Edifices, State Apparatuses and a Depleted Vision Conclusion: Architecture for Ourselves Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mistaking Africa
Book SynopsisFor many in the west, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, sparsely dressed tribesmen, and impenetrable jungles. Newspaper headlines rarely touch on Africa, but when they do, they often mention authoritarian rule, corruption, genocide, devastating illnesses, or civil war. Advertising, movies, amusement parks, cartoons, and many other corners of society all convey strong mental images of the continent that together form a collective consciousness. Few think to question these perceptions or how they came to be so deeply lodged in western minds.Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mind-set and examines the role that popular media plays in its creation. The authors address the most prevalent myths and preconceptions and demonstrate how these prevent a true understanding of the enormously diverse peoples and cultures of Africa. Updated throughout, the fifth edition considers images of Africa from across tTable of ContentsPART ONE: INTRODUCTION1 Changing Our Mind About Africa 2 How We Learn PART TWO: EVOLUTIONISM3 The Origins of "Darkest Africa" 4 "Our Living Ancestors": Evolutionism and Race Across the Centuries 5 Where Is the Real Africa? 6 We Should Help Them PART THREE: FURTHER MISPERCEPTIONS7 Cannibalism: No Accounting for Taste8 Africans Live in Tribes, Don’t They?9 Safari: Beyond Our Wildest Dreams10 Africa in ImagesPART FOUR: NEW DIRECTIONS: FROM RACE TO CULTURE11 Changing Views 12 From Imagination to Dialogue Appendix: Learning More Notes Works Cited
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The University of Michigan Press The Rise of the African Novel
Book SynopsisSituates South African and African-language literature of the late 1880s through the early 1940s in relation to the literature of decolonization that spanned the 1950s through the 1980s, and the contemporary generation of established and emerging continental and diaspora African writers of international renown.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Postcolonial Animal
Book SynopsisArgues for an innovative and overdue posthuman reading of African postcolonial literature
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Black Theology Cambridge Companions to Religion
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Dissertation Discovery Company Black Press Pioneers in Kansas Connecting and
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Institute for Accelerated Learning, Inc. The Writing of God Secret of the Real Mount Sinai
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Human Tradition in Modern Africa Human
Book SynopsisThis rich collection of biographies of African men and women adds a crucial human dimension to our understanding of African history since 1800. The last two centuries have been a time of enormous change on the continent, and these life stories show how people survived by resisting European conquest and colonial rule, by collaborating with colonial powers, or by finding a middle way to live their lives through tumultuous times. Bringing the story to the present, the book traces the era of independence since the 1960s through challenges to the rule of African dictators, struggles for the rights of women and mothers, the exploitation of youth and child soldiers, and economic booms and busts. By recounting the lives of real, identifiable people from societies across Africa south of the Sahara and from African communities in Europe, this unique book underscores the importance and power of individual agency in understanding the recent African past, a vital complement to analyses of broader, impersonal social and economic factors. Contributions by: Agnès Adjamagbo, Maryan Muuse Boqor, Dennis D. Cordell, José C. Curto, Mamadou Diouf, Andreas Eckert, Laura Fair, Tovin Falola, Doug Henry, Lidwien Kapteijns, Issiaka Mandé, Cora Ann Presley, Carolyn F. Sargent, Pamela Scully, Ibrahim Sundiata, and Marcia Wright.Trade ReviewThis remarkable book traces the experiences of significant actors who—without pretensions to heroism—changed society; women and men who took charge of destiny rather than submitting to it. These are stories that obliterate Afropessimism. Confronting the forces of transition, negotiating the constraints of gender, religion, and race; these individuals promoted a larger cause. Their histories illustrate resilience and the infinite capital of human creativity necessary to make their lives. The Human Tradition in Modern Africa is a great lesson in humanity, an inexhaustible resource for those who teach, and an inspiration for young scholars! -- Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Université Laval, Quebec CityThis collection of biographies and its masterful introduction reveals a fresh view on Africa's past. History grasped through biography becomes more concrete, more real, more contingent, hence richer and more satisfying to the imagination. It is undoubtedly the perfect complement to any text on modern African history. -- Jan Vansina, University of Wisconsin-MadisonThese life stories of everyday African men and women splendidly humanize and gender the complexity of modern African history. Fully participating in the making of their era, these people were living actors in the large-scale history of their continent. -- Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7Table of ContentsIntroduction: People and History in Modern Africa Dennis D. Cordell Part I: Encounters: Two Worlds and New Worlds, 1800–1850 Chapter 1: José Manuel and Nbena in Benguela in the Late 1810s: Encounters with Enslavement José C. Curto Chapter 2: Efusetan Aniwura of Ibadan (1820s–1874): A Woman Who Rose to the Rank of a Chief but Whom Male Rivals Destroyed Toyin Falola Chapter 3: Moka of Bioko (late 1820s–1899): The Chief Who United a Central African Island Ibrahim Sundiata Part II: Fashioning African Identities in the Era of European Conquest, 1850–1910 Chapter 4: Hamet Gora Diop (1846–1910): Merchant and Notable from Saint-Louis in Senegal Mamadou Diouf Chapter 5: Samuel Johnson (1846–1901) and The History of the Yorubas: Christianity and a New Intelligentsia in West Africa Toyin Falola Chapter 6: Stories of Cape Slavery and Emancipation in the Nineteenth Century Pamela Scully Chapter 7: Mama Adolphina Unda (c. 1880–1931): The Salvation of a Dynastic Family and the Foundation of Fipa Catholicism, 1898–1914 Marcia Wright Part III: The Contradictions of Colonialism, 1910–1960: Exploitation and New Rights Chapter 8: Colonial Administrator Adolphe A. M. Taillebourg (1874–1934): Strict Interpreter of the Law or Humanitarian? Issiaka Mandé Chapter 9: Louis Brody (1892–1951) of Cameroon and Mohammed Bayume Hussein (1904–1944) of Former German East Africa: Variety Show Performers and the Black Community in Germany between the Wars Andreas Eckert Chapter 10: Siti binti Saad (c. 1885–1950): “Giving Voice to the Voiceless,” Swahili Music, and the Global Recording Industry in the 1920s and 1930s Laura Fair Chapter 11: Maryan Muuse Boqor (b. 1938) and the Women Who Inspired Her: Memories of a Mogadishu Childhood Lidwien Kapteijns and Maryan Muuse Boqor Part IV: Globalization, Family Strategies, and New Threats in the Era of Independence, 1960–2012 Chapter 12: Wambui Waiyaki Otieno Mbugua (b. 1928): Gender Politics in Kenya from the Mau Mau Rebellion to the Pro-Democracy Movement Cora Ann Presley Chapter 13: Tina (b. 1942) of Côte d’Ivoire: Success in the Masculine World of Plantation Managers Agnès Adjamagbo Chapter 14: Samba Sylla (b. 1948), Doulo Fofanna (b. 1948 or 1949), and Djénébou Traore (b. 1972): The Colonies Come to France Dennis D. Cordell and Carolyn F. Sargent Chapter 15: Foday (b. ca. 1974) Meets the Rebels in 1991: Diamonds Are Not a Boy’s Best Friend Doug Henry
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Edinburgh University Press History of Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisThis is a vivid chronological history of the civilization of ancient Egypt from its foundation some 5000 years ago to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE - effectively the first half of written human history.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Foreign Policy and Leadership in Nigeria
Book SynopsisSteve Itugbu received his PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of London's SOAS, where he now works as a teaching fellow. He was for many years a foreign policy adviser and aide to Nigeria's former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and comments regularly on contemporary events in Africa.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 – OBASANJO, DARFUR and NIGERIA AS A REGIONAL POWER Chapter 2 – THE IMPERATIVE OF DIAGNOSING THE HISTORICAL AS A PRELUDE TO INTERVENTION Chapter 3 – THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Chapter 4 – THE ETHICAL/PHILOSOPHICAL MOTIVATION DRIVING OBASANJO’S DIPLOMACY ON CONFLICTS IN AFRICA Chapter 5 – INVESTIGATING OBASANJO AND DARFUR Chapter 6 – ANALYSING THE INTERVIEWS: USING THE PUBLIC VIEW AS COMMENTARY ON THE INSIDE VIEW Conclusion
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Johns Hopkins University Press CrossCultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern
Book SynopsisHis findings reshape our understanding of scientific discourse in this critical period and contribute to the growing field of cross-cultural Christian-Muslim studies.Trade ReviewEach chapter is meticulously researched and includes a bibliography divided into primary, secondary, and reference sections. Choice Ben-Zaken sheds new light on our understanding of cross-cultural scientific exchanges... The book demonstrates... the crucial part played by the ottoman Empire in the fashioning of a global world, not only in terms of its dialogues with the European empires, but also it conflicts. -- Antonella Romano Renaissance Quarterly A fruitful way to explore how it was that the new scientific theories and methods produced in early modern Europe became the globally practiced science of the 21st century. -- Brian Ogilvie American Scientist This is a serious, and remarkable, work of scholarship, and as such it very much deserves to be the starting point for further debate. Ben-Zaken does an excellent job of showing how and why the to and fro of information exchange, and of enterprise, results not just in distortion but sometimes in embellishment or enhancement. -- John Henry American Historical Review An exciting book that will be the archetype of the new generation of scholarship... Ben-Zaken presents his stories in a robust narrative... and offers many brilliant plot lines that incorporate a very diverse body of scholarship. He goes a long way toward establishing that the Mediterranean was a well-integrated cultural zone and that the main factor that divides the histories of science in this area is language. -- B. Harun Kucuk Isis The breadth of this study, geographically and in terms of methodology, constitutes an impressive achievement, infinitely expanding a traditional view of early modern science. -- Joanna Carraway Vietello Journal of World History Ben-Zaken's book offers an intriguing approach, empirically richer and more innovative... Doubtless Ben-Zaken has demonstrated with much inventive ingenuity that during these first decades of the Scientific Revolution a variety of remarkable encounters took place in the Eastern basin of the Mediterranean. -- H. Floris Cohen Early Science and Medicine This book demonstrates Ben-Zaken to be an indefatigable seeker of historical knowledge as well as an amazing linguistic virtuoso. -- Irving A. Kelter Sixteenth Century Journal The book offers five case studies, each of which takes the reader into fascinating territory... that underscores the study's underlying theme of science as textual, material presence, celebrated, promoted, exchanged, copied, bought and sold. Thus the study operates simultaneously as challenging occidental prejudices in the academy (a welcome trend in recent years) and aligning itself with a materialist sensibility now firmly established in early modern scholarship. It offers sociological insights into how the kind of accidental, contingent exchange of knowledge leads to further discoveries -developments whose contingency and localism is flattened out in the writing of history. -- Mark Hutchings British Society for Literature and Science This book is one of those rare works that sehds light on a thoroughly studied area (The Scientific Revolution), making it look fresh and challenging... It invites us to reassess the established views about the origins of modern science and the factors that fuelled its expansion. -- Manolis Patiniotis Journal of the International Committee for the History of TechnologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Incommensurable Cultures?1. Trading Clocks, Globes, and Captives in the End Time2. Exchanging Heliocentrism for Ur-Text3. Transcending Time in the Scribal East4. Converting Measurements and Invoking the "Linguistic Leviathan"5. Exchanging Heavens and HeartsConclusion: From "Incommensurablility of Cultures" to Mutually Embraced ZonesAcknowledgmentsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Introduction To African Civilizations
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Ohio University Press The History of Islam in Africa
Book SynopsisThe history of the Islamic faith on the continent of Africa spans fourteen centuries. For the first time in a single volume, The History of Islam in Africa presents a detailed historic mapping of the cultural, political, geographic, and religious past of this significant presence on a continent-wide scale.Trade Review“Massive and marvelous synthesis…The editors and contributors deserve high praise for this achievement.” * Choice *“An elegantly produced and up-to-date reference work of high scholarly quality.” * Foreign Affairs *“A great resource…The book covers a wide range of topics within the history of Islam in Africa: everything you always wanted to know about the subject but were afraid to ask.” * Sixteenth Century Journal *“The text is a welcome and much-needed addition to any library and the editors and contributing authors should be commended for their work.” * The International Journal of African Historical Studies *
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Ohio University Press A History of Tourism in Africa
Book SynopsisThis book—ideal for African and world history classes, as well as for potential travelers to the continent—takes readers on a journey through the dynamics of Africa’s tourist history from the nineteenth century to the present to illuminate and challenge deeply ingrained (mis)perceptions about the continent and its peoples.Trade Review“Ready for adventure under control? Cleveland’s book invites us to explore the experiences and meanings of tourism in Africa and its profound impact on how the continent is imagined. It also provides a different reading of Western modernity as a producer of otherness through one of its most profitable products: tourism, where verbs such as to travel become to explore and to discover, preserving the allure of colonial sagas and developmental missions. Experience of difference, heritage, traditions, nature, wildlife, and community culture, have been and are (re)shaped, tailored, commodified, and contested in complex and conflicting local-global power relations from the nineteenth century under the dynamics of tourism in the continent. Their impact on African lives is a capital ingredient of this journey confronting artificial Africas with the realities that the tourism industry produces.” -- Mónica Inés Cejas, author of Feminismo, cultura y política: El contexto como acertijo (Feminism, Culture and Politics: Context as a Riddle)“Todd Cleveland brings together significant facets of tourist history on the African continent into one engaging read. Whereas many tourist studies focus on the tourist, vitally, A History of Tourism in Africa illuminates the myriad competing desires at play in all tourist sites—those of tourists, governments, laborers, and local communities. By presenting these competing perspectives on tourism within the thematic frames of his chapters, Cleveland reveals the complicated nature of African tourist industries, as well as how, from the start, they have been interwoven with the history of socio-politico-economic developments across the continent.” -- Carol L. Magee, author of Urban Cadence: Street Scenes from Lagos and Johannesburg"A seminal and meticulously presented study … [and] an inherently fascinating and impressively informative history. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, A History of Tourism in Africa is an original and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library collections in African history and cultural anthropology in general, and African hospitality, travel, and tourism supplemental curriculum studies lists in particular. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Touristic Illusions and Realities 1. Initial Touristic Incursions to Africa 2. Hunting in Africa: Invisible Guides, Big Game, and Bigger Egos 3. Profits and Propaganda: Tourism in Colonial Africa 4. Paradoxes of Independence: Modernizing by Promoting Primitivism 5. The Touristic Invention of the African Camera Safari 6. Going Home: The Diasporic Quest for Belonging through “Roots” Tourism 7. Controversial New(er) Forms of Tourism in Africa Study Guide and Selected Readings Notes Index
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Ohio University Press African Leaders of the Twentieth Century Volume
Book SynopsisThis omnibus edition brings together concise and up-to-date biographies of Amílcar Cabral, Samora Machel, Robert Mugabe, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. African Leaders of the Twentieth Century, Volume 2 complements courses in history and political science and serves as a useful collection for general readers.
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Ohio University Press Spear
Book SynopsisSpanning the years just before (and just after) Nelson Mandela’s 1962 arrest, this entirely fresh history of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), or Spear of the Nation, and its revolutionary milieu brings to life the period in which Mandela and his comrades fought South Africa’s apartheid regime not only with words and protests, but also with bombs and fire.Trade Review“For those content to see Mandela as nothing more than everyone’s favorite grandpa, this book will make for uncomfortable reading; for those who want to appreciate Mandela in the fullness of his life and of the choices he made with that complex and remarkable life, this humdinger of a book will help them see Mandela in a new and more illuminating light.” -- Jacob S. T. Dlamini, author of Safari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park and Askari: A Story of Collaboration and Betrayal in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle“Landau is rightly incensed with the elite nationalism of the ANC and hints at how its fault lines can be traced back to the sectarian pressure groups within the 1960s struggle movement. The ANC hardly has ‘a good story to tell,’ but something truly fresh, even sympathetic, emerges when the story of the struggle for liberation is not homogenized around their triumphalist mono-narrative tropes. Landau’s book leads the pack here.” -- Rithuli Orleyn * Mail and Guardian *“This retelling of the story of Nelson Mandela’s armed rebellion between 1960 and 1964 is a fresh and exciting reinterpretation of a narrative that too often is told with the distorting effects of hindsight. Paul Landau has drawn upon conversations with a literal army of informed participants, 250 people from the movement that Mandela helped to make, its commanders, its foot-soldiers, and its camp-followers. He has also reread and reinterpreted the compendious archival record. Emerging from this research is a very different Mandela from the kindly patriarch who wrote his memoirs thirty years after these events: radical, tough-minded, and calculating. This is the story of what Nelson Mandela at the time of the rebellion was seeking to achieve, what he was thinking, and what he actually did, day by day. Most importantly, Landau offers new and persuasive explanations for the considerations that shaped Mandela’s decision-making. Spear is an astonishing breakthrough achievement.” -- Tom Lodge, University of Limerick, author of Sharpeville: An Apartheid Massacre and Its Consequences“Paul Landau offers us an outstanding book on Umkhonto we Sizwe, with the figure of Nelson Mandela at the centre of the story. He pays close attention to affective relationships among protagonists, all too rare among male scholars. The book connects biography to strategic political thinking in interesting new ways. Written in Landau’s trademark lucid and engaging style, the study is critical even while appreciative of the heroic ambitions of his subject. This gripping read is a meticulous and pathbreaking contribution to scholarship on revolutionary movements as well as to South African historiography.” -- Shireen Hassim, author of Fatima Meer and The ANC Women's League: Sex, Gender and Politics“Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries is one of the most important books on South Africa to appear in more than a generation. A masterpiece of analysis and careful historical reconstruction, Landau revisits a crucial moment in the country’s modern history, when a group of activists turned revolutionaries led by Nelson Mandela pursued the overthrow of the racist apartheid state. Concentrating on the early 1960s at the very moment South Africa was becoming an authoritarian order, Landau brilliantly reconstructs the world within which Mandela and others around him committed themselves to revolutionary violence—what they read, the debates that unfolded and, crucially, how they understood South Africa in the wider world. Based on unparalleled research, including an extraordinary array of interviews, Spear takes on a range of controversial subjects: the decision to use violence, the fractious struggles within the ANC’s leadership, and Nelson Mandela himself. Empathic and iconoclastic, Landau’s discoveries may unsettle some readers, but no one will be able to look at the early 1960s the way they used to, as well as the ANC’s three decade-old grip on South Africa. This timely and learned book is mandatory reading for anyone interested in South Africa, political violence, and the end of colonialism." -- Clifton Crais, author of Poverty, War, and Violence in South AfricaTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Crisis (March 1960) Chapter 2 The Making of the Crisis (The Postwar Era) Chapter 3 Emergency Mobilization (April 1960 to Early 1961) Chapter 4 Persuasion (June 1961 to August 1961) Chapter 5 Mandela’s Bookcase (1961) Chapter 6 Spear (Late 1961) Chapter 7 Dingane’s Day (December 1961 to Early July 1962) Chapter 8 Interruption (Mid-1962) Chapter 9 Big Country (Later 1962) Chapter 10 Operation Mayibuye (November 1962 to June 1963) Chapter 11 In Pieces (Mid-1963 to Mid-1964) Chapter 12 Revolution Displaced (1963/4 Onward) Appendix A Missing Documents Mentioned in This Book Appendix B Mandela, Communist (Nationalist) Notes Sources Index
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