Africa Since 1800Cambridge University Press, 1994 M01 27 - 308 pages This history of modern Africa takes as its starting-point the year l800, because, although by that time the greater part of the interior of Africa had become known to the outside world, most of the initiatives for political and economic change still remained in the hands African rulers and their peoples. The book falls into three parts. The first describes the precolonial history of Africa, while the middle section deals thematically with partition and colonial rule. The third part deals with the emergence of the modern nation states of Africa and their history. Throughout the l90 years covered by the book, the authors are as concerned with the continuity of African history as with the changes which have taken place during this period. The new edition covers events up to the end of l99l and discusses the fresh perspectives brought about by the end of the Cold War. |
Contents
Africa north of the equator | 1 |
Africa south of the equator | 16 |
The opening up of Africa 1 from the northeast | 30 |
The opening up of Africa 2 from the Maghrib | 44 |
West Africa before the colonial period 180075 | 53 |
Western Central Africa 18001880 | 66 |
Eastern Central Africa 18001884 | 76 |
Southern Africa 18001885 | 87 |
North and NorthEast Africa 19001939 | 163 |
South Africa 19021939 | 177 |
The last years of colonial rule | 190 |
The road to independence 1 North and NorthEast Africa | 202 |
The road to independence 2 Africa from the Sahara to the Zambezi | 217 |
The road to independence 3 Central Africa | 236 |
The long road to democracy in southern Africa | 250 |
The politics of independent Africa | 266 |
The partition of Africa on paper 18791891 | 100 |
The partition of Africa on the ground 18911901 | 110 |
Colonial rule in tropical Africa 1 Political and economic developments 18851914 | 124 |
Colonial rule in tropical Africa 2 Social and religious developments | 142 |
The interwar period 19181938 | 152 |
Economics and society in independent Africa | 280 |
Epilogue | 292 |
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