Social anthropologists and other social scientists explore relationships between work and learning as activities in children's lives in Africa. They show how children learn technical and social skills
White Chief, Black Lords explores the tensions and contradictions between the colonial civilizing mission and the practice of indirect rule. While colonial states professed that their guiding imperat
This volume contains original studies on civic action and socio-political behavior in contemporary Africa, ranging from young entrepreneurship in traditional medicine and confidence trickster practice
A large-scale study of plantation slavery in West Africa with a focus on the nineteenth-century Sokoto caliphate, this book draws on diverse sources including oral testimony, Arabic material, and exta
Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu left an enduring legacy of forgiveness, openness, and solidarity in South Africa. This book looks at how the country's historic transition to democracy has not only cha
An authoritative study of contemporary state legislatures in the South provides a fascinating account of how African-Americans have achieved noticeable political power since the Voting Rights Act was
Written by leading younger and distinguished senior scholars, the twelve accomplished essays in this volume probe the long and interconnected histories of slavery and the slave trade and of abolition
This boldly multidisciplinary volume surveys African and Asian conflicts through individuals' lived experiences of territorial borders, as well as the ways these experiences affect political configura
Indirect rule -- the British colonial policy of employing indigenous tribal chiefs as political intermediaries -- has typically been understood by scholars as little more than an expedient solution t
In the early 1960s, nationalist politicians established in Tanzania a stable government in the face of external threats and internal turmoil. Paul Bjerk's volume chronicles this history and examines t
On Durban's Docks focuses on dock labor in early apartheid Durban, South Africa's main port city and a crucial node in the trade and communication networks of the Indian Ocean and the British Empire.
Raised Up Down Yonder attempts to shift focus away from why black youth are "problematic" to explore what their daily lives actually entail. Howell travels to the small community of
Starting in the mid-1930s, East African revivalists (or, Balokole: "the saved ones") proclaimed a message of salvation, hoping to revive the mission churches of colonial East Africa. Frustrated by wha
This pathbreaking book constructs a socio-ethical identity of Nigeria that can advance its political development. Its method is based on the rediscovery of the practices and principles of emancipatory
Cotton and Race across the Atlantic tells the story of British efforts to transform colonial Africa into a major cotton-producing region. Following cotton through agricultural, industrial, and colonia
