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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789714503321

Titolo

The human tradition in modern Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dennis D. Cordell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012

ISBN

1-283-28377-8

9786613283771

1-4422-1383-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (471 p.)

Collana

The human tradition around the world

Altri autori (Persone)

CordellDennis D. <1947->

Disciplina

960.0922

Soggetti

Africa History

Africa Biography

Africa History 19th century

Africa History 20th century

Africa Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: People and History in Modern Africa; Part I: Encounters: Two Worlds and New Worlds, 1800-1850; Chapter 1: José Manuel and Nbena in Benguela in the Late 1810's; Chapter 2: Efusetan Aniwura of Ibadan (1820's-1874); Chapter 3: Moka of Bioko (Late 1820's-1899); Part II: Fashioning African Identities in the Era of European Conquest, 1850-1910; Chapter 4: Hamet Gora Diop (1846-1910); Chapter 5: Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) and The History of the Yorubas; Chapter 6: Stories of Cape Slavery and Emancipation in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 7: Mama Adolphina Unda (c. 1880-1931)

Part III: The Contradictions of Colonialism, 1910-1960: Exploitation and New Rights Chapter 8: Colonial Administrator Adolphe A. M. Taillebourg (1874-1934); Chapter 9: Louis Brody (1892-1951) of Cameroon and Mohammed Bayume Hussein (1904-1944) of Former German East Africa; Chapter 10: Siti binti Saad (c. 1885-1950); Chapter 11: Maryan Muuse Boqor (b. 1938) and the Women Who Inspired Her; Part IV: Globalization, Family Strategies, and New Threats in the Era of Independence, 1960-2012; Chapter 12: Wambui Waiyaki Otieno



Mbugua (b. 1928); Chapter 13: Tina (b. 1942) of Côte d'Ivoire

Chapter 14: Samba Sylla (b. 1948), Doulo Fofanna (b. 1948 or 1949), and Djénébou Traore (b. 1972)Chapter 15: Foday (b. ca. 1974) Meets the Rebels in 1991; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This rich collection of biographies of African men and women adds a crucial human dimension to our understanding of the continent's tumultuous history since 1800. They coped with upheavals such as the Atlantic slave trade, the absorption of smaller societies by larger ones, and growing European intrusion and conquest. More recently, they were actors who participated in the changes and challenges of independence, including dictatorship, economic boom and bust, internal conflict, and, for some, migration from their homeland. Their lives demonstrate that individual women and men can and do indeed