African History

Presents the history of Africa in the nineteenth century from the perspective of Africans. This book shows how West's technological advantage prevailed and most of Africa fell under European control and lost its independence...

This book examines the causes, course and consequences of warfare in twentieth century Africa, a period which spanned colonial rebellions, both World Wars, and the decolonization process. It is an essential resource for students and scholars seeking an introduction to violent conflict in recent Afri..

This book examines the causes, course and consequences of warfare in twentieth century Africa, a period which spanned colonial rebellions, both World Wars, and the decolonization process. It is an essential resource for students and scholars seeking an introduction to violent conflict in recent Afri..

Combining archive research with attention to recent debates on the relation between imperialism and humanitarianism, this book examines the conditions in which colonised peoples were able to speak about their subjection, and those in which attempts at testimony were thwarted...

First Published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book offers a unique interpretation of Africa’s legacy to the world and the worldwide African Diaspora through bringing to light the sociocultural contributions of the Songhoy people and the cosmopolitan empire they established in West Africa...

This book offers a unique interpretation of Africa’s legacy to the world and the worldwide African Diaspora through bringing to light the sociocultural contributions of the Songhoy people and the cosmopolitan empire they established in West Africa...

Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal opponent, Sa'ad Zaghul, and the great events of the time: the rise of the WAFD party, the uprising of 1919, the murder of Sir Lee Stack and the Allenby ultimatum...

This book offers newly transcribed data and fills a lacuna in the scholarship of early Sierra Leone. It presents a narrative of children as they experienced a set of circumstances which were unique to Abolitionist historiography, and demonstrates how each element of that situation arose...

This study shows that wars interpreted as driven by economic, resource, ethnic or clan interests (such as the conflicts in Liberia and Somalia in the 1990s) have an overriding political rationale, in line with Clausewitz's 19th century theory of..

Colonialism on the Margins of Africa examines less known and smaller or peripheral areas of Africa which played a significant role in the process of colonization of Africa by European powers. _x000D_  _x000D_..