Unesco General History Of Africa Vol Vi Abridged Edition

Author : J. F. Ade Ajayi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0520067010

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. VI, Abridged Edition by J. F. Ade Ajayi Pdf

Volume VI of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. 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. Volume VI covers the period from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the onset of the European "scramble" for colonial territory in the 1880s. In spite of a growing European commercial, religious, and political presence during the first three quarters of the century, outside influences were felt indirectly by most African societies, and they made a number of culturally distinctive attempts to modernize, expand, and develop. These are detailed in four thematic chapters, twenty-three chapters detailing developments in specific areas, and two concluding chapters tracing the African diaspora and assessing the state of the Continent's political, economic, and cultural development on the eve of the European conquest.

Author : Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo,Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0520066960

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition by Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo,Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description

Author : Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0520067029

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. VII, Abridged Edition by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

This volume 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.

Author : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1981-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231017087

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General History of Africa by International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

Deals with the period beginning at the close of the Neolithic era, from around the eighth millennium before our era. This period of some 9,000 years of history has been sub-divided into four major geographical zones, following the pattern of African historical research. Chapters 1 to 12 cover the corridor of the Nile, Egypt and Nubia. Chapters 13 to 16 relate to the Ethiopian highlands. Chapters 17 to 20 describe the part of Africa later called the Magrhib and its Saharan hinterland. Chapters 21 to 29, the rest of Africa as well as some of the islands of the Indian Ocean.--Publisher's description

Author : Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0520066987

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. III, Abridged Edition by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

"The book first places Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the seventh century, before examining the general impact of Islamic penetration, the continuing expansion of the Bantu-speaking peoples, and the growth of civilizations in the Sudanic zones of West Africa"--Back cover.

Author : Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1989-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0520066960

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition by Joseph Ki-Zerbo Pdf

Volume I of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. 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.

Author : Bethwell A. Ogot
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0435948113

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Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century by Bethwell A. Ogot Pdf

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 fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period second, the increasing involvement of Africa in external trade--with major but unforeseen consequences for the whole world. In North Africa, we see the Ottomans conquer Egypt. South of the Sahara, some of the larger, older states collapse, and new power bases emerge. Traditional religions continue to coexist with both Christianity (suffering setbacks) and Islam (in the ascendancy). Along the coast, particularly of West Africa, Europeans establish a trading network which, with the development of New World plantation agriculture, becomes the focus of the international slave trade. The immediate consequences of this trade for Africa are explored, and it is argued that the long-term global consequences include the foundation of the present world-economy with all its built-in inequalities.

Author : Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520066984

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. III, Abridged Edition by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

"The book first places Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the seventh century, before examining the general impact of Islamic penetration, the continuing expansion of the Bantu-speaking peoples, and the growth of civilizations in the Sudanic zones of West Africa"--Back cover.

Author : J. Ki-Zerbo et al
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1847012329

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General History of Africa Complete Set of Vols 1-8 (pbks) by J. Ki-Zerbo et al Pdf

This set brings together all 8 volumes of the groundbreaking Unesco General History of Africa, which are all now available again as paperbacks. This series demonstrates the importance of African history from earliest pre-history, through the establishment of its ancient civilizations to the placing of Africa in the context of world history. The growth and development of African historiography, once written records became more common, document the triumph of Islam, the extension of trading relations, cultural exchanges and human contacts, as well as the impact and consequences of the slave trade. The European scramble for colonial territory in the 1880s is examined with a focus on the responses of Africans themselves to the economic and social aspects of colonial systems up to 1935, including the growth of anti-colonial movements and the strengthening of African political nationalism. The contributions document how the continent moved from international conflict under foreign domination to struggles for political sovereignty and economic independence. The last (unabridged) volume 8 examines the challenges of nation-building and the socio-cultural changes affecting the newly independent nations. The series is co-published in Africa with seven publishers, in the United States and Canada by the University of California Press, and in association with the UNESCO Press.

Author : Djibril Tamsir Niane,Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0852550944

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Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century by Djibril Tamsir Niane,Joseph Ki-Zerbo Pdf

Author : Muḥammad Jamāl al-Dīn Mukhtār
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0520066979

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. II, Abridged Edition by Muḥammad Jamāl al-Dīn Mukhtār Pdf

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description.

Author : Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1076 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0520067037

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Africa Since 1935 by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

The hardcover edition of volume 8 was published in 1994. This paperback edition is the eighth and final volume to be published in the UNESCO General History of Africa. Volume 8 examines the period from 1935 to the present, and details the role of African states in the Second World War and the rise of postwar Africa. This is one of the most important books in the entire series, and as such, it is an unabridged paperback.

Author : Dorothy Hodgson,Judith Byfield
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520962514

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Global Africa by Dorothy Hodgson,Judith Byfield Pdf

Global Africa is a striking, original volume that disrupts the dominant narratives that continue to frame our discussion of Africa, complicating conventional views of the region as a place of violence, despair, and victimhood. The volume documents the significant global connections, circulations, and contributions that African people, ideas, and goods have made throughout the world—from the United States and South Asia to Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere. Through succinct and engaging pieces by scholars, policy makers, activists, and journalists, the volume provides a wholly original view of a continent at the center of global historical processes rather than on the periphery. Global Africa offers fresh, complex, and insightful visions of a continent in flux.

Author : Saida Hodzic
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520291997

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The Twilight of Cutting by Saida Hodzic Pdf

The last three decades have witnessed a proliferation of nongovernmental organizations engaging in new campaigns to end the practice of female genital cutting across Africa. These campaigns have in turn spurred new institutions, discourses, and political projects, bringing about unexpected social transformations, both intended and unintended. Consequently, cutting is waning across the continent. At the same time, these endings are misrecognized and disavowed by public and scholarly discourses across the political spectrum. What does it mean to say that while cutting is ending, the Western discourse surrounding it is on the rise? And what kind of a feminist anthropology is needed in such a moment? The Twilight of Cutting examines these and other questions from the vantage point of Ghanaian feminist and reproductive health NGOs that have organized campaigns against cutting for over thirty years. The book looks at these NGOs not as solutions but as sites of “problematization.” The purpose of understanding these Ghanaian campaigns, their transnational and regional encounters, and the forms of governmentality they produce is not to charge them with providing answers to the question, how do we end cutting? Instead, it is to account for their work, their historicity, the life worlds and subjectivities they engender, and the modes of reflection, imminent critique, and opposition they set in motion.

Author : I. Hrbek
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9231024957

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General History of Africa by I. Hrbek Pdf

One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.