Themes In West Africa S History

Author : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821445662

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Themes in West Africa’s History by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong Pdf

There has long been a need for a new textbook on West Africa’s history. In Themes in West Africa’s History, editor Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and his contributors meet this need, examining key themes in West Africa’s prehistory to the present through the lenses of their different disciplines. The contents of the book comprise an introduction and thirteen chapters divided into three parts. Each chapter provides an overview of existing literature on major topics, as well as a short list of recommended reading, and breaks new ground through the incorporation of original research. The first part of the book examines paths to a West African past, including perspectives from archaeology, ecology and culture, linguistics, and oral traditions. Part two probes environment, society, and agency and historical change through essays on the slave trade, social inequality, religious interaction, poverty, disease, and urbanization. Part three sheds light on contemporary West Africa in exploring how economic and political developments have shaped religious expression and identity in significant ways. Themes in West Africa’s History represents a range of intellectual views and interpretations from leading scholars on West Africa’s history. It will appeal to college undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in the way it draws on different disciplines and expertise to bring together key themes in West Africa’s history, from prehistory to the present.

Author : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : 0852559968

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Themes in West Africa's History by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong Pdf

Designed as a textbook for the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author : A. Adu Boahen,J. F. Ade Ajayi,Michael Tidy
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : UCSC:32106015469197

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Topics in West African History by A. Adu Boahen,J. F. Ade Ajayi,Michael Tidy Pdf

This new edition of Topics in West African History has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the requirements of senior secondary and first year university students. This edition contains.-24 chapters cover the entire history of West Africa from the spread of Islam to the present day.-New maps illustrate the major themes of west African history.-Main political facts of Wet Africa since independence are summarized in an easy-to-remember table.

Author : J. D. Fage
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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an introduction to the history of west africa by J. D. Fage Pdf

Author : Terence O. Ranger
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105083086004

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Emerging Themes of African History by Terence O. Ranger Pdf

Author : John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192802484

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African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone Pdf

Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

Author : John Parker,Richard Rathbone
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191577642

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African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker,Richard Rathbone Pdf

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent. 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.

Author : Eugene L. Mendonsa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015056227476

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West Africa by Eugene L. Mendonsa Pdf

This introductory book covers West Africa's history, social organization, and contemporary setting. It analyzes the many present-day problems facing West Africans such as the lack of development, dependency on economic relations with wealthy countries, poor governance, interference by the military in civilian affairs, corruption, and the lack of functioning democratic governments. This book also shows how West African indigenous civilization developed its humanitarian, democratic, and communalistic nature. Traditional political processes and ancestral customs are put forth as ways of solving West Africa's modern problems. Divided into three main parts: "The Setting and Social Organization," "The History of West Africa," and "The Modern Era," the main objective of this textbook is to teach students about the depth of African civilization and how its principles can be used to address modern-day problems in West Africa. Mendonsa expresses the opinion that in order to solve current problems plaguing the region, a knowledge of history, African culture, and ancient African beliefs is crucial. The Teacher's Manual includes chapter outlines and summaries, key points, sample questions, and suggested films and websites.

Author : Roland Oliver
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : UVA:X002214273

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The African Experience by Roland Oliver Pdf

Covering the entire span of human history across the African continent, this book begins in the Garden of Eden in the highland interior of East Africa and ends with the disintegration of apartheid. In the first chapter the author introduces us to our earliest tool-making ancestor (known affectionately as "dear boy"), in the last the author ponders the changes we are likely to see as the political elites of Africa begin to review the operation of their single-party systems. The human colonization of the continent - the origins of food production, the formation and diffusion of African languages, the achievements of Ancient Egypt, the impact of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, slavery, the caravan trade, exploration and colonization, the economic, political and social developments which gave rise to the modern nation states - this book looks at all these aspects in an overview of the history of Africa.

Author : Michael Gomez
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691196824

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African Dominion by Michael Gomez Pdf

In a radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, Gomez traces how Islam's growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire.

Author : David Northrup
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781624666414

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Seven Myths of Africa in World History by David Northrup Pdf

"Northrup's highly accessible book breaks through the most common barriers that readers encounter in studying African history. Each chapter takes on a common myth about Africa and explains both the sources of the myth and the research that debunks it. These provocative chapters will promote lively discussions among readers while deepening their understanding of African and world history. The book is strengthened by its incorporation of actors and issues representing the African diaspora and African Americans in particular." —Rebecca Shumway, College of Charleston

Author : Michael Crowder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B3857718

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History of West Africa by Michael Crowder Pdf

Author : Basil Davidson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317882657

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West Africa before the Colonial Era by Basil Davidson Pdf

This is a survey of pre-colonial West Africa, written by the internationally respected author and journalist, Basil Davidson. He takes as his starting point his successful textA History of West Africa 1000-1800, but he has reworked his new text specially for a wider international readership. In the process he offers a fascinating introduction to the rich societies and cultures of Africa before the coming of the Europeans.

Author : Adekunle Ojelabi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798685301895

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A Textbook of West African History by Adekunle Ojelabi Pdf

PREFACE: The need to provide the West African students of History, with an objective analysis of the activities of the peoples who occupy the Western zone of the continent of Africa, has motivated this publication. This book has been specially prepared to meet the demands of the West African School Certificate examinations in history; the special history paper for candidates offering General Certificate of Education examinations at Advanced level; and the Higher School Certificate examinations. It has also been written to provide the general reader with a direct communion with the traditions and culture of our peoples.To the students and the general readers alike is addressed this note of warning: You must not expect all your historical problems to be solved solely by this book. Other books, journals and current magazines should be read to supplement and enrich your historical experience. In such a quest, you are bound to come across some other ideas about historical writing and the study of history; particularly our own history, African history. Some historians erroneously believe that African history consists of European activities in Africa. This is utterly nonsense and baseless. Such historians persist in their mistakes because their views of African history are based on the European Imperialist-colonialist activities in Africa during the 19th and the 20th centuries. These simple questions which destroy their myth and expose their error must be asked: Does it mean that there were no people in Africa before the advent of the Europeans? Did the Portuguese not find highly organised communities in Africa during their Atlantic exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries? Did such explorers not find Africans in useful and rewarding trade, and other economic activities? Were the people then without indigenous religion outside Christianity and Islam? Or, are we to regard the ancient Egyptian civilization as European? Or else, what then is history? No one would contest the fact that compact biographies of European nationalities can be compiled into a single book and called "History of European Activities in Africa". But it is the height of intellectual dishonesty to call such a compilation "a history of Africa". European influence in Africa is only a part of the foreign of our cultural relations. Therefore, it cannot be a substitute to the whole entity. Among other problems that may confront teachers, students and the general readers are the difficulties of securing adequate periodization and valid justification for our historiography. Here, some attempts may be made to evince some thoughts among other historians on these items. Recent research and archaeological excavations have increasingly pointed the way to an acceptable classification of the periods on African history along the following lines.1.Pre-Historic - Before 4000 BC 2. Ancient - 4000 BC - 300 A.D. 3. Medieval - 300 A.D. - 1800 A.D. 4. Modern - 1800 A.D. Upwards Much can be said in favour of this classification but would be fully expatiated upon in another work. The generalisation that African History heavily relies on the use of oral tradition for its primary source, and therefore its facts cannot be reliable is untrue and illogical. From periodization above, it is obvious that periods (1), (2), and partly (3) are likely to lean on oral tradition. The use to which African scholars have put oral tradition for the recovery of the past is sound and offers a novelty in the history of historiography. Cont.

Author : Colleen E. Kriger
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759114234

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Cloth in West African History by Colleen E. Kriger Pdf

In this holistic approach to the study of textiles and their makers, Colleen Kriger charts the role cotton has played in commercial, community, and labor settings. She pays close attention the details of how people made, exchanged, and wore cotton cloth from before industrialization in Europe to the twentieth century. Closely tracing this history in Nigeria,Cloth in West African History offers a fresh perspective on the history of the region and on the local, regional, and global processes that shaped it.