While the Mediterranean is often considered a distinct, unified space, recent scholarship on the early modern history of the sea has suggested that this perspective is essentially a Western one, devised from the vantage point of imperial power that historically patrolled the regions seas and controlled its ports.
Undesirable Practices examines both the intended and the unintended consequences of imperial feminism and British colonial interventions in undesirable cultural practices in northern Ghana.
Si la jeunesse a joue un role important dans la construction des empires coloniaux, elle est egalement un enjeu essentiel des decolonisations et de leurs suites.
Si la jeunesse a joue un role important dans la construction des empires coloniaux, elle est egalement un enjeu essentiel des decolonisations et de leurs suites.
La notion d' Empire est plus presente que jamais dans les discours mediatiques et savants ; elle semble offrir une grille de lecture efficace pour apprehender les realites contemporaines les plus diverses.
Spanning a thousand years of history and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Qur'an schools for West African Muslim communities.
With the growing interest in the history of peoples of African descent in the Americas, narratives addressing regions outside of the United States are becoming increasingly popular.
With the growing interest in the history of peoples of African descent in the Americas, narratives addressing regions outside of the United States are becoming increasingly popular.
In nineteenth-century America, the belief that blacks and whites could not live in social harmony and political equality in the same country led to a movement to relocate African Americans to Liberia, a West African colony established by the United States government and the American Colonization Society in 1822.
The Art of Resistance shows how art and artists resist post-Apartheid gentrification and the resulting displacement in Woodstock, a central neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa.
Khartoum, 1884-1885: The Failed Mission of Charles Gordon and the Nile Relief Expedition examines the final phase of Charles Gordon's career in the Sudan during the Mahdi's revolution.
Between 1730 and 1750, powerful healer and vodun priest Domingos lvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time from Africa to South America to Europe addressing the profound alienation of warfare, capitalism, and the African slave trade through the language of health and healing.
Khartoum, 1884-1885: The Failed Mission of Charles Gordon and the Nile Relief Expedition examines the final phase of Charles Gordon's career in the Sudan during the Mahdi's revolution.
In nineteenth-century America, the belief that blacks and whites could not live in social harmony and political equality in the same country led to a movement to relocate African Americans to Liberia, a West African colony established by the United States government and the American Colonization Society in 1822.
Between 1730 and 1750, powerful healer and vodun priest Domingos lvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time from Africa to South America to Europe addressing the profound alienation of warfare, capitalism, and the African slave trade through the language of health and healing.
"e;Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information.
The Birth of Egypt explores the remarkable transformation of the Nile Valley from scattered prehistoric communities into one of the world's first great centralized civilizations.
"e;Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information.
The purpose of this book is to evaluate the current international order and its efficiency and ability to achieve and maintain peace and justice through the philosophical debate on the foundation theories of state and order.
The purpose of this book is to evaluate the current international order and its efficiency and ability to achieve and maintain peace and justice through the philosophical debate on the foundation theories of state and order.
An exploration of the resilient lives and legacies of enslaved Africans in AfricaUnlike narratives focused on enslaved people in the Americas, Europe, or the Middle East, this edited collection highlights the lives of African slaves and their descendants who remained in Africa.
The Kete dance form, once exclusive to royal courts, carries intricate movements, symbolic gestures, and rhythms that mirror Ghanaian history and values.
The Kete dance form, once exclusive to royal courts, carries intricate movements, symbolic gestures, and rhythms that mirror Ghanaian history and values.
This is the first book-length study to analyse and problematize the notion of literary texts as `sites of memory' with regard to the representation of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62), and memories of it, in the work of French authors of Algerian origin.
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject African Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Summer Academy 2008), course: Energy & Environment, language: English, abstract: Climate change has emerged as the most critical challenge to sustained global economic growth, social well-being, quality of life, and political stability in the 21st century.
The Federalist Papers are a collection of 85 articles and essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton to promote the ratification of the US Constitution.
