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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (471 p.)
• Disciplina: 960.0922
• Soggetto geografico: Africa History; Africa Biography; Africa History 19th century; Africa History 20th century; Africa Social conditions
• Altri autori: CordellDennis D. <1947->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The human tradition in modern Africa
• ISBN: 1-283-28377-8; 9786613283771; 1-4422-1383-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808344803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Human tradition around the world.