A companion to African history /

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....

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Other Authors: Worger, William H. (Editor), Ambler, Charles H. (Editor), Achebe, Nwando, 1970- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2019.
Series:Blackwell companions to history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Identity and (mis)representations / William H. Worger
  • Tracing the roots of common sense about sexuality in Africa / Marc Epprecht
  • Masculinities / Stephan F. Miescher
  • Colonialism, Christianity, and personhood / Nimi Wariboko
  • Settler societies / Nicola Ginsburgh and Will Jackson
  • Women, authority and power in southeast Africa: the production and destruction of historical knowledge on Queen Mother Ntombazi and Ndwandwe / Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
  • Love, courtship and marriage in Africa / Nwando Achebe
  • Slavery and women in Africa : changing definitions, continuing problems / Claire C. Robertson
  • Kinship in African history / James Giblin
  • Ethnicity in southern Africa / Michael Mahoney
  • Ethnicity and race in African thought / Jonathan Glassman
  • Islam in African history / Sean Hanretta and Shobana Shankar
  • Refugees in African history / Brett Shadle
  • Science in Africa : a history of ingenuity and invention in African iron technology / Peter R. Schmidt
  • Africa and environmental history / Gregory H. Maddox
  • Health and medicine in African history / Karen E. Flint
  • Wealth and poverty in African history / Morten Jerven
  • The idea of the Atlantic world from an Africanist perspective / Walter Hawthorne
  • Swahili literature and the writing of African history / Ann Bierstecker
  • Africa and the Cold War / Timothy Scarnecchia
  • The Horn of Africa from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Awet T. Weldemichael
  • The art of memory and the Chancery of Sinnar / Jay Spaulding
  • Apartheid forgotten and remembered / Nancy L. Clark and William H. Worger
  • Cultural resistance on Robben Island : songs of struggle and liberation in southern Africa / Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi
  • African historians and popular culture / Charles Ambler.