The Volta-Bani anticolonial war of 1915-1916 was one of the largest armed oppositions to colonialism in Africa and was put down by the French at great cost. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork and arc
This study offers a “social interpretation of environmental process” for the coastal lowlands of southeastern Ghana. The Anlo-Ewe, sometimes hailed as the quintessential sea fishermen of the West Afri
Now restored to print with a new Foreword by Philip Gourevitch and an Afterword by the author, this book is a frank, moving, and vivid account of contemporary life in West Africa. Stationed as a Peace
An account of the life of a Ghanaian village during a century of tumultuous change, this study is also a richly textured microhistory and an exploration of the meanings of history and modernity in an
Nwaubani (history, U. of Colorado, Boulder) focuses primarily on West Africa, with case studies on Ghana and Guinea, to develop a nuanced view of the United States and decolonization an understudied s
Documents the pioneers who settled Liberia, Liberia's towns and regions, social and ethic groups, political parties and labor movements, economic entities, and natural resources. The second edition c
Between 1880 and 1920, Muslim Sufi orders became pillars of the colonial regimes and economies of Senegal and Mauritania. Robinson (history and African studies, Michigan State University) examines way
Between 1880 and 1920, Muslim Sufi orders became pillars of the colonial regimes and economies of Senegal and Mauritania. In Paths of Accommodation, David Robinson examines the ways in which the leade
An examination of the trans-oceanic migration of West Indians from the Caribbean to Sierra Leone in the decades following the abolition of slavery in the British colonies in 1807. The West Indians who
A new critical edition of Mungo Park’s TRAVELS (first published in 1799) that places it within the context of postcolonial discourse as well as cultural studies in general.
West African intellectuals have a long history of engaging with European intrusion by reflecting on their status as colonial and postcolonial subjects. Against the tendency to view this engagement as
Traces the contradictions of the historical legacy of Sierra Leone and the excesses of the independent nation-state to unravel the sequences of dependency that culminated in political instability, soc
At first glance, the remote villages of the Kabre people of northern Togo appear to have all the trappings of a classic "out of the way" African culture--subsistence farming, straw-roofed houses, and
At first glance, the remote villages of the Kabre people of northern Togo appear to have all the trappings of a classic "out of the way" African culture—subsistence farming, straw-roofed houses, and r
This succinct, authoritative, and engagingly written history of Nigeria from its earliest beginnings through 1998 provides an excellent introduction to the country's history. Constructed around the tw
