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Book Synopsis Eurafricans in Western Africa by : George E. Brooks
Download or read book Eurafricans in Western Africa written by George E. Brooks and published by James Currey. This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the late-18th-century changes to the circumstances of Eurafricans - the offspring of Jewish, French, Dutch and English traders in western Africa.
Book Synopsis Western Africa and Cabo Verde, 1790S-1830S by : George E. Brooks
Download or read book Western Africa and Cabo Verde, 1790S-1830S written by George E. Brooks and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Africa and Cabo Verde, 1790s-1830s; Symbiosis of Slave and Legitimate Trades addresses the collaboration of slave traders and shipmasters engaged in legitimate commerce. This monograph is the third volume of a trilogy treating the history of western Africa from the 11th to the 19th centuries. It follows Landlords and Strangers; Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630 (Westview Press 1993) and Eurafricans in Western Africa; Commerce, Social Status, Gender, and Religious Observance from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century (Ohio University Press, 2003). All three monographs describe commercial, social, and cultural links between the Cape Verde archipelago, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, and Sierra Leone.
Book Synopsis Dutch and Portuguese in Western Africa by : Filipa Ribeiro da Silva
Download or read book Dutch and Portuguese in Western Africa written by Filipa Ribeiro da Silva and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By looking at Dutch and Portuguese systems of settlement and trade in Western Africa, this book sheds new light on the formation of Dutch and Portuguese imperial frames, forms of commercial organisation and their role on the seventeenth-century-Atlantic.
Book Synopsis Landlords And Strangers by : George E Brooks
Download or read book Landlords And Strangers written by George E Brooks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Participants included scholars, government officials, and journalists from European and American countries ranging from Finland to Argentina. This volume contains the papers presented. The viewpoints represent those who favor a negotiated settlement through the Contadora process, those who espouse the policies of the Reagan administration, and thos
Book Synopsis Afro-European Trade in the Atlantic World by : Silke Strickrodt
Download or read book Afro-European Trade in the Atlantic World written by Silke Strickrodt and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A uniquely detailed account of the dynamics of Afro-European trade in two states on the western Slave Coast over three centuries and the transition from slave trade to legitimate commerce.
Book Synopsis Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to West Africa: Three Lives Lost and Found by : Fiona Leach
Download or read book Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to West Africa: Three Lives Lost and Found written by Fiona Leach and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reclaiming the Women of Britain’s First Mission to Africa is the compelling story of three long-forgotten women, two white and one black, who lived, worked and died on the Church Missionary Society’s first overseas mission at the dawn of the nineteenth century. It was a time of momentous historical events: the birth of Britain’s missionary movement, the creation of its first African colony as a home for freed slaves, and abolition of the slave trade. Casting its long shadow over much of the women’s story was the protracted war with Napoleon. Taking as its starting point a cache of fifty letters from the three women, the book counters the prevailing narrative that early missionary endeavour was a uniquely European and male affair, and reveals the presence of a surprising number of women, among them several with very forceful personalities. Those who are interested in women’s life history, black history, the history of the slave trade and British evangelism will find this book immensely enjoyable.
Book Synopsis West African Narratives of Slavery by : Sandra E. Greene
Download or read book West African Narratives of Slavery written by Sandra E. Greene and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-16 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery in Africa existed for hundreds of years before it was abolished in the late 19th century. Yet, we know little about how enslaved individuals, especially those who never left Africa, talked about their experiences. Collecting never before published or translated narratives of Africans from southeastern Ghana, Sandra E. Greene explores how these writings reveal the thoughts, emotions, and memories of those who experienced slavery and the slave trade. Greene considers how local norms and the circumstances behind the recording of the narratives influenced their content and impact. This unprecedented study affords unique insights into how ordinary West Africans understood and talked about their lives during a time of change and upheaval.
Book Synopsis Portuguese Style and Luso-African Identity by : Peter Mark
Download or read book Portuguese Style and Luso-African Identity written by Peter Mark and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this detailed history of domestic architecture in West Africa, Peter Mark shows how building styles are closely associated with social status and ethnic identity. Mark documents the ways in which local architecture was transformed by long-distance trade and complex social and cultural interactions between local Africans, African traders from the interior, and the Portuguese explorers and traders who settled in the Senegambia region. What came to be known as "Portuguese" style symbolized the wealth and power of Luso-Africans, who identified themselves as "Portuguese" so they could be distinguished from their African neighbors. They were traders, spoke Creole, and practiced Christianity. But what did this mean? Drawing from travelers' accounts, maps, engravings, paintings, and photographs, Mark argues that both the style of "Portuguese" houses and the identity of those who lived in them were extremely fluid. "Portuguese" Style and Luso-African Identity sheds light on the dynamic relationship between identity formation, social change, and material culture in West Africa.
Book Synopsis Forts, Castles and Society in West Africa by :
Download or read book Forts, Castles and Society in West Africa written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of multiple original comprehensive scholarship about and approaches to the history of the fortresses of Ghana and Benin. It suggests an alternative approach and view on them.
Book Synopsis Themes in West Africa’s History by : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
Download or read book Themes in West Africa’s History written by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has long been a need for a new textbook on West Africa’s history. In Themes in West Africa’s History, editor Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and his contributors meet this need, examining key themes in West Africa’s prehistory to the present through the lenses of their different disciplines. The contents of the book comprise an introduction and thirteen chapters divided into three parts. Each chapter provides an overview of existing literature on major topics, as well as a short list of recommended reading, and breaks new ground through the incorporation of original research. The first part of the book examines paths to a West African past, including perspectives from archaeology, ecology and culture, linguistics, and oral traditions. Part two probes environment, society, and agency and historical change through essays on the slave trade, social inequality, religious interaction, poverty, disease, and urbanization. Part three sheds light on contemporary West Africa in exploring how economic and political developments have shaped religious expression and identity in significant ways. Themes in West Africa’s History represents a range of intellectual views and interpretations from leading scholars on West Africa’s history. It will appeal to college undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in the way it draws on different disciplines and expertise to bring together key themes in West Africa’s history, from prehistory to the present.
Book Synopsis The Idea of Development in Africa by : Corrie Decker
Download or read book The Idea of Development in Africa written by Corrie Decker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Idea of Development in Africa challenges prevailing international development discourses about the continent, by tracing the history of ideas, practices, and 'problems' of development used in Africa. In doing so, it offers an innovative approach to examining the history and culture of development through the lens of the development episteme, which has been foundational to the 'idea of Africa' in western discourses since the early 1800s. The study weaves together an historical narrative of how the idea of development emerged with an account of the policies and practices of development in colonial and postcolonial Africa. The book highlights four enduring themes in African development, including their present-day ramifications: domesticity, education, health, and industrialization. Offering a balance between historical overview and analysis of past and present case studies, Elisabeth McMahon and Corrie Decker demonstrate that Africans have always co-opted, challenged, and reformed the idea of development, even as the western-centric development episteme presumes a one-way flow of ideas and funding from the West to Africa.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought by : Abiola Irele
Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought written by Abiola Irele and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From St. Augustine and early Ethiopian philosophers to the anti-colonialist movements of Pan-Africanism and Negritude, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive view of African thought, covering the intellectual tradition both on the continent in its entirety and throughout the African Diaspora in the Americas and in Europe. The term "African thought" has been interpreted in the broadest sense to embrace all those forms of discourse - philosophy, political thought, religion, literature, important social movements - that contribute to the formulation of a distinctive vision of the world determined by or derived from the African experience. The Encyclopedia is a large-scale work of 350 entries covering major topics involved in the development of African Thought including historical figures and important social movements, producing a collection that is an essential resource for teaching, an invaluable companion to independent research, and a solid guide for further study.
Book Synopsis The Idea of Development in Africa by : Corrie Decker
Download or read book The Idea of Development in Africa written by Corrie Decker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging history of how the idea of development has shaped Africa's past and present encounters with the West.
Book Synopsis Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa by : Rachel Jean-Baptiste
Download or read book Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa written by Rachel Jean-Baptiste and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of race-making, belonging, and rights by outlining the contested place of multiracial people in colonial French West and Equatorial Africa.
Book Synopsis The Sun King's Atlantic by : Jutta Wimmler
Download or read book The Sun King's Atlantic written by Jutta Wimmler and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Sun King’s Atlantic, Jutta Wimmler reveals the many surprising ways in which Africa and America channeled cultural developments in France, exploring their impact on material culture, theatre, science and religion.
Book Synopsis Wicked Flesh by : Jessica Marie Johnson
Download or read book Wicked Flesh written by Jessica Marie Johnson and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of freedom pivots on the choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves, their loved ones, and their futures. The story of freedom and all of its ambiguities begins with intimate acts steeped in power. It is shaped by the peculiar oppressions faced by African women and women of African descent. And it pivots on the self-conscious choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves, their loved ones, and their futures. Slavery's rise in the Americas was institutional, carnal, and reproductive. The intimacy of bondage whet the appetites of slaveowners, traders, and colonial officials with fantasies of domination that trickled into every social relationship—husband and wife, sovereign and subject, master and laborer. Intimacy—corporeal, carnal, quotidian—tied slaves to slaveowners, women of African descent and their children to European and African men. In Wicked Flesh, Jessica Marie Johnson explores the nature of these complicated intimate and kinship ties and how they were used by black women to construct freedom in the Atlantic world. Johnson draws on archival documents scattered in institutions across three continents, written in multiple languages and largely from the perspective of colonial officials and slave-owning men, to recreate black women's experiences from coastal Senegal to French Saint-Domingue to Spanish Cuba to the swampy outposts of the Gulf Coast. Centering New Orleans as the quintessential site for investigating black women's practices of freedom in the Atlantic world, Wicked Flesh argues that African women and women of African descent endowed free status with meaning through active, aggressive, and sometimes unsuccessful intimate and kinship practices. Their stories, in both their successes and their failures, outline a practice of freedom that laid the groundwork for the emancipation struggles of the nineteenth century and reshaped the New World.
Book Synopsis Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 19 by : Ian W. Archer
Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 19 written by Ian W. Archer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society publish an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume 19 includes the following articles: Presidential Address: Britain and Globalisation since 1850: IV: The Creation of the Washington Consensus by Martin Daunton, Representation c.800: Arab, Byzantine, Carolingian by Leslie Brubaker, Humanism and Reform in Pre-Reformation English Monasteries by James G. Clark, Lord Burghley and il Cortegiano: Civil and Martial Models of Courtliness in Elizabethan England (The Alexander Prize Lecture) by Mary Partridge, Communicating Empire: The Habsburgs and their Critics, 1700-1919 (The Prothero Lecture) by Robert Evans, The Slave Trade, Abolition and Public Memory by James Walvin, Cultures of Exchange: Atlantic Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade by David Richardson, and Slaves Out of Context: Domestic Slavery and the Anglo-Indian Family, c.1780-1830 by Margot Finn.
