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Covers the history of the entire African continent, from prehistory to the present day
A Companion to African History embraces the diverse regions, subject matter, and disciplines of the African continent, while also providing chronological and geographical coverage of basic historical developments. Two dozen essays by leading international scholars explore the challenges facing this relatively new field of historical enquiry and present the dynamic ways in which historians and scholars from other fields such as archaeology, anthropology, political science, and economics are forging new directions in thinking and research.
Comprised of six parts, the book begins with thematic approaches to African history-exploring the environment, gender and family, medical practices, and more. Section two covers Africa's early history and its pre-colonial past-early human adaptation, the emergence of kingdoms, royal power, and warring states. The third section looks at the era of the slave trade and European expansion. Part four examines the process of conquest-the discovery of diamonds and gold, military and social response, and more. Colonialism is discussed in the sixth section, with chapters on the economy transformed due to the development of agriculture and mining industries. The last section studies the continent from post World War II all the way up to modern times.
In a field traditionally marked by narrow specialisms, A Companion to African History is an ideal book for advanced students, researchers, historians, and scholars looking for a broad yet unique overview of African history as a whole.
William H. Worger, PhD, is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He specializes in the social and economic history of southern Africa.
Charles Ambler, PhD, is Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is the author of a number of articles on mass media and popular culture in Africa.
Nwando Achebe, PhD, is the Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor of History and an award-winning historian at Michigan State University. Her research interests involve the use of oral history in the study of women, gender, and sexuality in Nigeria.
Notes on Contributors ix
1 Introduction: Identities and (Mis)Representations 1William H. Worger
PART I THE PERSONAL 13
2 Tracing the Roots of Common Sense about Sexuality in Africa 15Marc Epprecht
3 Masculinities 35Stephan F. Miescher
4 Colonialism, Christianity, and Personhood 59Nimi Wariboko
5 Settler Societies 77Nicola Ginsburgh and Will Jackson
PART II WOMEN'S ROLES IN INSTITUTIONS OF POWER 93
6 Women, Authority, and Power in Precolonial Southeast Africa: The Production and Destruction of Historical Knowledge on Queen Mother Ntombazi of the Ndwandwe 95Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
7 Love, Courtship, and Marriage in Africa 119Nwando Achebe
8 Slavery and Women in Africa: Changing Definitions, Continuing Problems 143Claire C. Robertson
PART III FAMILY AND COMMUNITY 161
9 Kinship in African History 163James L. Giblin
10 Ethnicity in Southern Africa 179Michael R. Mahoney
11 Ethnicity and Race in African Thought 199Jonathon Glassman
12 Islam in African History 225Sean Hanretta and Shobana Shankar
13 Refugees in African History 247Brett Shadle
PART IV AFRICANS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 265
14 Science in Africa: A History of Ingenuity and Invention in African Iron Technology 267Peter R. Schmidt
15 Africa and Environmental History 28Gregory H. Maddox
16 Health and Medicine in African History 307Karen E. Flint
17 Wealth and Poverty in African History 329Morten Jerven
PART V AFRICANS AND THE WORLD 351
18 The Idea of the Atlantic World from an Africanist Perspective 353Walter Hawthorne
19 Swahili Literature and the Writing of African History 367Ann Biersteker
20 Africa and the Cold War 383Timothy Scarnecchia
21 The Horn of Africa from the Cold War to the War on Terror 401Awet T. Weldemichael
PART VI AFRICAN SELF-REPRESENTATIONS 419
22 The Art of Memory and the Chancery of Sinnar 421Jay Spaulding
23 Apartheid Forgotten and Remembered 431Nancy L. Clark and William H. Worger
24 Cultural Resistance on Robben Island: Songs of Struggle and Liberation in Southern Africa 459Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi
25 African Historians and Popular Culture 483Charles Ambler
Index 501
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