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Author : Sir Rex Niven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120106252
Author : James Africanus Beale Horton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : CHI:19432990
Author : Frank Sherman
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9789987160259
This work is a general introduction to Liberia. It is comprehensive in scope covering a wide range of subjects from a historical and contemporary perspective. It is intended for members of the general public. But some members of the academic community may also find this work to be useful in their fields. Subjects covered include an overview of the country and its geography including all the regions - known as counties - and the different ethnic groups who live there. The work is also a historical study of Liberia since the founding of the country by freed black American slaves. One of the subjects covered in the book is the conflicts - including wars - the new black American settlers had with the indigenous people. The freed slaves who, together with their descendants, came to be known as Americo-Liberians, dominated the country and excluded the indigenous people from the government and other areas of national life for almost 160 years until the Americo-Liberian rulers were overthrown in a military coup in 1980. It was one of the bloodiest military coups in modern African history. The soldiers who overthrew the government were members of native tribes and were hailed as liberators by the indigenous people who had been dominated and had suffered discrimination at the hands of Americo-Liberians throughout the nation's history. Some of them were even sold into slavery in Panama by the Americo-Liberian rulers in the 1930s, prompting an investigation of the labour scandal by the League of Nations. Others were forced to work on various projects within Liberia itself and became virtual slaves in their own country. Americo-Liberians saw the natives as inferior to them and treated them that way. The mistreatment of the members of native tribes by the Americo-Liberians was one of the main reasons native soldiers of the Liberian army decided to overthrow the government. The book also covers the Liberian civil war which destroyed the country in the 1990s and early 2000s, a conflict which also had historical roots. The conflict is attributed to the inequalities between Americo-Liberians and the indigenous people which existed throughout the nation's history. But its immediate cause was the brutalities Liberians suffered under the military rulers who overthrew the Americo-Liberian-dominated government. Another major subject covered in the book is the ethnic composition of Liberia. The work looks at all the ethnic groups in the country and their home regions - counties - as well as their cultures, providing a comprehensive picture of life in contemporary times in Africa's oldest republic. The national culture of Liberia in general is also another subject addressed in the book. The author has also addressed another very important subject: indigenous forms of writing invented by the members of different tribes or ethnic groups in Liberia. The indigenous scripts are a major contribution to civilisation and Liberia stands out among all the countries on the African continent as the country which has the largest number of these forms of writing. People going to Liberia for the first time, and anybody else who wants to learn about this African country, may find this work to be useful.
Author : James Africanus Beale Horton
Publisher : Edinburgh, U. P
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : UCAL:B4450768
Author : F. K. Buah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : IND:39000002144983
Author : Carola Lentz
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253009616
An ethnographic study of issues of land rights, property regimes, and ethnicity in West Africa. Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso, Land, Mobility, and Belonging in West Africa explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant laborers. Carola Lentz seeks to understand how those who claim native status hold sway over others who are perceived to have come later. As conflicts over land, agriculture, and labor have multiplied in Africa, Lentz shows how politics and power play decisive roles in determining access to scarce resources and in changing notions of who belongs and who is a stranger. “Illuminates the distinctive historical trajectory of land claims, authority, and belonging among the Dagara and Sisala peoples of the Black Volta region, and locates this specific case history within broader debates over transformation in access, use, and control over land in colonial and postcolonial Africa.” —Sara Berry, Johns Hopkins University “Important in the sense that it constitutes a detailed historical study of how complex narratives of belonging and notions of property interlock. . . . It is academic work of the first order.” —Christian Lund, Roskilde University
Author : Bankole Kamara Taylor
Publisher : New Africa Pres
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789987160389
This work looks at Sierra Leone, its people and history. Other subjects are also covered to provide a general introduction to the country. It is not intended for academic specialists, and it is not an in-depth study of the country. It is written from the perspective of a layman or general reader who simply wants to know some important things about this West African country. Sierra Leone is one of the oldest countries in Africa. And before it won independence in 1961, it was also one of the oldest colonies on the continent. Only two African countries won independence in 1961, both from the same colonial power, Great Britain. They were Sierra Leone, on 27 April, and Tanganyika on 9 December. The history of Sierra Leone is also one of the most tragic. But Sierra Leone still is one of the most fascinating countries on the continent in spite of the horrendous tragedy it went through during the civil war in the 1990s. The fact that it emerged intact from that brutal conflict is strong testimony to the resilience of the Sierra Leonean people against overwhelming odds which could have broken weaker souls.
Author : J.E. Casely Hayford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136252815
Hayford, an African Nationalist, argues that the preservation of the indigenous land tenure system was vital if the values of pre-colonial Africa was to be maintained. First published in 1913.
Author : Anthony Atmore,Gillian Stacey
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000002087851
Discusses the history, way of life, fundamental attitudes, common beliefs and unifying elements of the various societies of West Africa.
Author : John A. Williams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : History
ISBN : 0815402589
No descriptive material ia available for this title.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 194?
Category : Bedford County (Va.)
ISBN : OCLC:33037918
Author : Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120520015
Author : Donald H. Akenson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 080142755X
Akenson brings to light critical similarities among three politically troubled nations: South Africa, Israel, and Northern Ireland.
Author : Joan G. Fairweather
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552381922
The impact of colonial dispossession and the subsequent social and political ramifications places a unique burden on governments having to establish equitable means of addressing previous injustices. This book considers the efforts by both Canada and South Africa to reconcile the damage left by colonial expansion, in part, looking back with a critical eye, but also pointing the way towards a solution that will satisfy the common need for human dignity
Author : Casely Hayford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : LCCN:45047842
