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Format: IX, 303 S. , Kt. , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780742537330 , 9781442213838

Series Statement: The human tradition around the world

Note: Literaturangaben , Introduction: People and history in modern Africa , José Manuel and Nbena in Benguela in the late 1810s: encounters with enslavement , Efusetan Aniwura of Ibadan (1820s-1874): a woman who rose to the rank of a chief but whom male rivals destroyed , Moka of Bioko (late 1820s-1899): the chief who united a Central African island , Hamet Gora Diop (1846-1910): merchant and notable from Saint-Louis in Senegal , Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) and the history of the Yorubas: Christianity and a new intelligentsia in West Africa , Stories of Cape slavery and emancipation in the nineteenth century , Mama Adolphina Unda (c. 1880-1931): the salvation of a dynastic family and the foundation of Fipa Catholicism, 1898-1914 , Colonial administrator Adolphe A.M. Taillebourg (1874-1934): strict interpreter of the law or humanitarian? , Louis Brody (1892-1951) of Cameroon and Mohammed Bayume Hussein (1904-1944) of former German East Africa: variety show performers and the Black community in Germany between the wars , Siti binti Saad (c. 1885-1950): "Giving voice to the voiceless," Swahili music, and the global recording industry in the 1920s and 1930s , Maryan Muuse Boqor (b. 1938) and the women who inspired her: memories of a Mogadishu childhood , Wambui Waiyaki Otieno Mbugua (b. 1928): gender politics in Kenya from the Mau Mau rebellion to the pro-democracy movement , Tina (b. 1942) of Côte d'Ivoire: success in the masculine world of plantation managers , Samba Sylla (b. 1948), Doulo Fofanna (b. 1948 or 1949), and Djénébou Traore (b. 1972): the colonies come to France , Foday (b. ca. 1974) meets the rebels in 1991: diamonds are not a boy's best friend

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Subsaharisches Afrika ; Moderne ; Sozialer Wandel ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: Online-Ressource (ix, 303 p.) , map

Edition: Online-Ausg.

ISBN: 1283283778 , 1442213833 , 9781283283779 , 9781442213838

Series Statement: The human tradition around the world v.51

Content: 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

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , 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 1810s; Chapter 2: Efusetan Aniwura of Ibadan (1820s-1874); Chapter 3: Moka of Bioko (Late 1820s-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 RightsChapter 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;

Additional Edition: ISBN 0742537323

Additional Edition: ISBN 1283283441

Additional Edition: ISBN 0742537331

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780742537323

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780742537330

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Human Tradition in Modern Africa

Language: English

URL: Volltext

URL: Volltext