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Africa Since 1935

By Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui, Christophe Wondji, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting o

Africa

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The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. This final volume of the acclaimed series of African history by African scholars takes on the complex political, economic, and cultural challenges the continent has faced--and still faces--in shaking off the legacy of colonialism. The book begins with Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and continues on through the struggle for independence in the years following World War II. The glittering but uncertain dawn of independence that began in the 1960s has resulted in a quest for development that continues today. Editor A. A. Mazrui and his contributors address the impact of these challenges for the present and future. In his concluding chapter, Mazrui suggests that Africa still awaits two great revolutions--a sexual revolution in the roles of men and women and a scientific revolution in the skills of its people. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780852550984

ISBN-10: 0852550987

Language: English

Publisher: University of California Press

Year: 1999

Pages: 1025

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Africa Under Colonial Domination 1880-1935

By Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa

Africa

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Africa Under Colonial Domination 1880-1935

Examines the period of partition, conquest and occupation. Chapters 1 and 2 look at Africa and the colonial challenge and the struggle among the European nations, the partition and conquest of Africa. Chapters 3-10 examine African reaction to this challenge through initiatives and resistance in different regions of the continent, and chapter 11 deals with the situation in the independant African states, Liberia and Ethiopia between 1880-1914. Chapter 12 deals with the First World War and its consequences, while chapters 13-17 look at the methods and institutions of European domination in relation to the colonial economy as introduced by different colonial powers. The socio-cultural repercussions of foreign rule are treated in chapters 18-21 and the rise of nationalist movements is discussed in chapters 22-27. The situation in Liberia and Ethiopia from 1914 to 1935 is the theme for chapter 28 and chapters 29-30 cover Africa and the New World. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780435948139

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: UNESCO

Year: 1985

Pages: 865

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Narrating War and Peace in Africa

Africa

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Narrating War and Peace in Africa

Narrating War and Peace in Africa interrogates conventional representations of Africa and African culture -- mainly in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- with an emphasis on portrayals of conflict and peace. While Africa has experienced political and social turbulence throughout its history, more recent conflicts seem to reinforce the myth of barbarism across the continent: in Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Chad, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Sudan. The essays in this volume address reductive and stereotypical assumptions of postcolonial violence as "tribal" in nature, and offer instead various perspectives -- across disciplinary boundaries -- that foster a less fetishized, more contextualized understanding of African war, peace, and memory. Through their geographical, historical, and cultural scope and diversity, the chapters in Narrating War and Peace in Africa aim to challenge negative stereotypes that abound in relation to Africa in general and to its wars and conflicts in particular, encouraging a shift to more balanced and nuanced representations of the continent and its political and social climates. Contributors: Ann Albuyeh, Zermarie Deacon, Alicia C. Decker, Aména Moïnfar, Kayode Omoniyi Ogunfolabi, Sabrina Parent, Susan Rasmussen, Michael Sharp, Cheryl Sterling, Hetty ter Haar, Melissa Tully, Pamela Wadende, Metasebia Woldemariam, Jonathan Zilberg. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Hetty ter Haar is an independent researcher in England. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780745334073

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: Pluto Press

Year: 2013

Pages: None

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