African World Histories: Colonial Africa, 1884-1994

"I found Colonial Africa to be very well-thought and executed. Its main strength is that it presents the topic of colonialism both as a historical event to be examined, and as a historiographical debate that has occupied historians for quite some time. It offers a solid and accessible introduction to the history and historiography of colonialism in Africa."--Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia, Montclair State University

TABLE OF CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 1: ECONOMICS ; ABOLITION AND "LEGITIMATE COMMERCE" ; INFORMAL COLONIALISM ; SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA ; COLONIAL ECONOMY ; SUGGESTED READINGS ; CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION ; DISTRICT OFFICERS, INTERMEDIARIES, AND MISSIONARIES ; MODELS OF COLONIAL RULE ; IDENTITY AND POLITICS ; COMPARATIVE COLONIALISM ; SETTLER COLONIES ; SUGGESTED READINGS ; CHAPTER 3: VIOLENCE ; CONQUEST AND RESISTANCE ; UPRISINGS AND ATROCITIES ; WORLD WARS ; ARMED LIBERATION STRUGGLES ; SUGGESTED READINGS ; CHAPTER 4: LIBERATION ; PAN-AFRICANISM ; SECOND WORLD WAR IMPACT ; MARXISM ; SOUTH AFRICA ; CONCLUSION ; SUGGESTED READINGS ; CONCLUSION ; SUGGESTED READINGS ; INDEX