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A Tapestry of African Histories
With Longer Times and Wider Geopolitics
A Tapestry of African Histories
With Longer Times and Wider Geopolitics
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In A Tapestry of African Histories: With Longer Times and Wider Geopolitics, contributors demonstrate that African historians are neither comfortable nor content with studying continental or global geopolitical, social, and economic events across the superficial divide of time as if they were disparate or disconnected. Instead, the chapters within the volume reevaluate African history through a geopolitically transcendent lens that brings African countries into conversation with other pertinent histories both within and outside of the continent. The collection analyzes the pre- and post-colonial eras within African countries such as Kenya, Malawi, and Sudan, examining major historical figures and events, struggles for independence and stability, contemporary urban settlements, social and economic development, as well as constitutional, legal, and human rights issues that began in the colonial era and persist to this day.
Table of Contents
Nicholas Kariuki Githuku
Chapter 1: On Writing Kenya's History
John Lonsdale
Chapter 2: From the Upper Delaware River to the Banks of the Monongahela via Lake Victoria
Robert M. Maxon
Chapter 3: Myth and Reality in the Forging of a Kenyan National History: Oginga Odinga's Heroism
Robert M. Maxon
Chapter 4: Daniel arap Moi: A Challenge for Historians
Robert M. Maxon
Chapter 5: Ainsworth after Dark: The Pied Piper of African Development in Colonial Kenya, 1895-1920?
Okia Opolot
Chapter 6: Challenge to African Democracy: The Activism and Assassination of Pio Gama Pinto
Godriver Odhiambo
Chapter 7: Eastlands, Nairobi: Memory, History, and Recovery
Betty Wambui
Chapter 8: Plagues and Pestilences in Late Nineteenth-Century Samburuland
George L. Simpson, Jr., and Peter Waweru
Chapter 9: The Evolution of Imperial Social Development Policy and Practice in British Sudan: A Comparative Case
Product details
Published | Oct 18 2021 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 390 |
ISBN | 9781793623935 |
Imprint | Lexington Books |
Illustrations | 4 b/w photos; 4 tables; |
Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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