Over the last half century, sub-Saharan Africa has not had one history, but many — histories that have intertwined, converged and diverged. They have involved a continuing saga of decolonisation and state-building, conflict, economic problems, but also progress. This new account of those histories looks in particular at the relationship between territorial, economic, political and societal structures and human agency in the complex and sometimes confusing development of an independent Africa. The story starts long before the granting of independence to Ghana in 1957, with pre-colonial societies, slavery and colonial occupation. But the thrust of Keith Somerville’s narrative looks at Africa in the closing decades of the old millennium and...
What precisely is the state of the African continent today? Depending on one's perspective, the answ...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
It is 127 years since the Scramble for Africa divided up the continent, imposing borders that have l...
The process of gaining independence in Africa was accompanied by the intensified colonial liberation...
The year 1960 marked the moment when the number of nominally independent African countries on the co...
The year 1960 marked the moment when the number of nominally independent African countries on the co...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
Since the last formal vestiges of colonial rule disappeared in 1994, the democratically elected gove...
What precisely is the state of the African continent today? Depending on one's perspective, the answ...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
It is 127 years since the Scramble for Africa divided up the continent, imposing borders that have l...
The process of gaining independence in Africa was accompanied by the intensified colonial liberation...
The year 1960 marked the moment when the number of nominally independent African countries on the co...
The year 1960 marked the moment when the number of nominally independent African countries on the co...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
Since the last formal vestiges of colonial rule disappeared in 1994, the democratically elected gove...
What precisely is the state of the African continent today? Depending on one's perspective, the answ...
As Africa’s role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history...
It is 127 years since the Scramble for Africa divided up the continent, imposing borders that have l...