03827nam 2200637Ia 450 991078971450332120230126204952.01-283-28377-897866132837711-4422-1383-3(CKB)2670000000122116(EBL)781768(OCoLC)759037158(SSID)ssj0000636731(PQKBManifestationID)12218392(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000636731(PQKBWorkID)10678398(PQKB)10895459(MiAaPQ)EBC781768(Au-PeEL)EBL781768(CaPaEBR)ebr10502021(CaONFJC)MIL328377(EXLCZ)99267000000012211620110825d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe human tradition in modern Africa[electronic resource] /edited by Dennis D. CordellLanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers20121 online resource (471 p.)The human tradition around the worldDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-3733-1 0-7425-3732-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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'IvoireChapter 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 ContributorsThis 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 indeedHuman tradition around the world.AfricaHistoryAfricaBiographyAfricaHistory19th centuryAfricaHistory20th centuryAfricaSocial conditions960.0922Cordell Dennis D.1947-657431MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789714503321The human tradition in modern Africa3714494UNINA