CK - Africa 6

First published in 1814, this is an account "Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations Made During a Long Residence in, and Various Journeys Through, These Countries. To which is Added An Account of ……続きを見る

These articles cover: early agricultural development; history of agricultural crops; patterns of land use and tenure; introduction and use of metals; economic and technological aspects of the Iron A……続きを見る

From its ancient kingdoms to the independent post-colonial states that make up the region today, western Africa has transformed dramatically over the centuries. Economically lucrative for European s……続きを見る

This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through period……続きを見る

This book discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. Raffael Scheck shows that the German treatment of French colonial ……続きを見る

After the abolition of slavery in 1897, Islamic courts in Zanzibar (East Africa) became central institutions where former slaves negotiated socioeconomic participation. By using difficult-to-read Is……続きを見る

When Barbary pirates captured an obscure Yankee sailing brig off the coast of North Africa in 1812, enslaving eleven American sailors, President James Madison sent the largest American naval force e……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Afrikawissenschaften, Note: 1,3, Universität zu Köln (Institut für Afrikanistik), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar Ethnolinguistik SS2008, 12 Quellen im Lit……続きを見る

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book A Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book A New York Times Notable Book Once in a generation a book such as African Exodus emerges to transform the way we see ourselves……続きを見る

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Afrika, Note: 1,7, Universität Osnabrück, 28 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Aus rassistichen Vorurteilen wuc……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Afrikawissenschaften - Linguistik, Note: 1, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien), Veranstaltung: Einführung……続きを見る

The book “An Abolition Reader,” contains five complete manuscripts that are essential to understanding the abolitionist movement in the United States and in England: “Abolition Fanaticism in New Yo……続きを見る

Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönnbäck reconstructs the living standards of the popul……続きを見る

Beginning as a small, seemingly insignificant rebellion in 1954, the Algerian struggle for independence assumed such proportions that it strangled France’s foreign policy, threatened her internation……続きを見る

The experiences of African women in the era before independence remain a woefully understudied facet of African history. This innovative and carefully argued study thus adds tremendously to our unde……続きを見る

Focusing on South Africa's three main cities - Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban - this book explores South African urban history from the late nineteenth century onwards. In particular, it examin……続きを見る

Africa, it is often said, is suffering from a crisis of citizenship. At the heart of the contemporary debates this apparent crisis has provoked lie dynamic relations between the present and the past……続きを見る

In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in ……続きを見る

A obra de Frederick Cooper ocupa hoje um lugar fulcral na compreensão dos processos imperiais e coloniais. Centrado na história de África no século vinte, Cooper tem conseguido articular os seus obj……続きを見る

In twentieth-century Kenya, age and gender were powerful cultural and political forces that animated household and generational relationships. They also shaped East Africans’ contact with and influe……続きを見る

Nana Asma'u was a devout, learned Muslim who was able to observe, record, interpret, and influence the major public events that happened around her. Daughters are still named after her, her poems st……続きを見る

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta's appointment by the Sultan of Delhi to accompany an embassy to China. In Volume IV he describes h……続きを見る

De 1954 à 1962, au nom du rattachement de l'Algérie à la France qui interdisait d'y appliquer le droit de la guerre et de considérer les nationalistes comme des combattants, la justice et son person……続きを見る

The poor economic performance of some African countries since independence has been a major concern to both African leaders and policy makers. This volume, which draws together contributions from ac……続きを見る

This book examines the impact of foreign intervention in the course and nature of warfare in civil wars. Throughout history, foreign intervention in civil wars has been the rule rather than the exce……続きを見る

When Barbary pirates captured an obscure Yankee sailing brig off the coast of North Africa in 1812, enslaving eleven American sailors, President James Madison sent the largest American naval force e……続きを見る

Originally published in 1969, Gladstone and Kruger examines British reactions to the Afrikaner nationalism. Beginning with the first Anglo-Boer war of 1880-81, it examines the formulation of policy ……続きを見る

Return to the fray of the Afrocentrist movement in the second volume of White Athena. Walter Slack follows up his first volume, which took to task those who claim that the Greeks and others stole th……続きを見る