This book has been extensively revised and redone to synthesise the economic, social and political history of Africa in the period 1800-1914. To emphasise the remarkable oneness of Africa’s history and the similarities in the colonial experience from one region to another, the author has adopted a comparative approach, focusing on the main themes and characters of Africa’s colourful history. The result is a remarkable textbook, which takes much of the drag out of history as an examination subject.
This volume is so far the first attempt to bring together the various strands of nationalism in colonial Africa, and to demonstrate how these strands preserved the pegs to which they were tethered, or more familiarly tended to uproot them. To emphasise the remarkable oneness of Africa’s history and the similarities in the experience of nationalism from one region to another, the author has adopted a comparative approach, focusing on the main themes and characters that dominate Africa’s colourful past. The result is a remarkable textbook, which takes much of the drag out of history as an examination subject.
