Colonial Africa 1884-1994

Colonial Africa, 1884-1994, Second Edition, presents a balanced, accessible, and comprehensive overview of how Africans experienced European colonial rule. This brief and affordable text is organized in a "layered" approach that gives students a deeper insight into the ways in which Africans encountered, shaped, confronted, depicted, and ended colonialism.

African World Histories is a series of retellings of some of the most commonly discussed episodes of the African and global past from the perspectives of Africans who lived through them. Accessible yet scholarly, African World Histories gives students insights into African experiences concerning many of the events and trends that are commonly discussed in the history classroom.

Dennis Laumann is Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of History at The University of Memphis.

Maps and Figures
Preface
About the Author
Series Introduction

Introduction

Chapter 1: Economics
Abolition and "Legitimate Commerce"
Informal Colonialism
Scramble for Africa
Colonial Economy
Railways
Conclusion

Chapter 2: Administration
District Officers, Intermediaries, and Missionaries
Models of Colonial Rule
Ethnicity and Gender
Religion and Politics
Comparative Colonialism
Settler Colonies

Chapter 3: Violence
Conquest and Resistance
Uprisings and Atrocities
World Wars
Armed Liberation Struggles

Chapter 4: Liberation
Pan-Africanism
Second World War Impact
Marxism
South Africa
Conclusion

Conclusion

Index