General History of Africa Complete Set of Vols 1-8 [8 volume set]
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African History
African Nationalism
Ancient Civilizations
Anti-Colonial Movements
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Colonialism
Cultural Exchanges
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General History of Africa
Islam
Nation-Building
Slave Trade
Socio-Cultural Changes
Trading Relations
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- ISBN 9781847012326
- Weight: 4896g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 May 1990
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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SPECIAL COMMENDATION in Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. The series is illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photographs.
This set brings together all 8 volumes of the groundbreaking Unesco General History of Africa, which are all now available again as paperbacks.
The series demonstrates the importance of African history from earliestpre-history, through the establishment of its ancient civilizations to the placing of Africa in the context of world history. The growth and development of African historiography, once written records became more common, documentthe triumph of Islam, the extension of trading relations, cultural exchanges and human contacts, as well as the impact and consequences of the slave trade. The European scramble for colonial territory in the 1880s is examined witha focus on the responses of Africans themselves to the economic and social aspects of colonial systems up to 1935, including the growth of anti-colonial movements and the strengthening of African political nationalism. The contributions document how the continent moved from international conflict under foreign domination to struggles for political sovereignty and economic independence. The last (unabridged) volume 8 examines the challenges of nation-building and the socio-cultural changes affecting the newly independent nations.
The series is co-published in Africa with seven publishers, in the United States and Canada by the University of California Press, and in association with the UNESCO Press.
