A comprehensive study of recent African history, examining the political, social, and economic effects of colonialism.

The second edition of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history o

African reaction and adaptation to colonial rule, the emergence of the masses to political and social importance, and the formation of national institutions are

Drawing on the ever contentious and antagonistic relationship between the writer and the state, especially in the postcolony, the chapters assembled in this col

Drawing on a wide range of oral and written sources, this book tells the story of Tanzania's socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967-7