Over the last century, the social and economic roles played by African women have evolved dramatically. Long confined to home and field, overlooked by their menfolk and missionaries alike, African women worked, thought, dreamed, and struggled. They migrated to the cities, invented new jobs, and activated the so-called informal economy to become Afr

African Women: A Modern History

COQUERY-VIDROVITCH, Catherine

Raps, Beth

Reference

Routledge

This masterful synthesis explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished peoples and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth. Weaving together four major themes—population, political power, the peasantry, and the new growth of the cities—Coquery-Vidrovitch demonstrates the need to recognize the extremely complex heritage of African societies if one is to understand the present or act upon the future of the continent.

Africa: Endurance and Change South of the Sahara

History

Africa

University of California Press

This masterful synthesis explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished peoples and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth. Weaving together four major themes―population, political power, the peasantry, and the new growth of the cities―Coquery-Vidrovitch demonstrates the need to recognize the extremely complex heritage of African societies if one is to understand the present or act upon the future of the continent.

Maisel, David

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History

Most histories seek to understand modern Africa as a troubled outcome of nineteenth century European colonialism, but that is only a small part of the story. In this celebrated book, beautifully translated from the French edition, the history of Africa in the nineteenth century unfolds from the perspective of Africans themselves rather than the European powers.It was above all a time of tremendous internal change on the African continent. Great jihads of Muslim conquest and conversion swept over West Africa. In the interior, warlords competed to control the internal slave trade. In the east, the sultanate of Zanzibar extended its reach via coastal and interior trade routes. In the north, Egypt began to modernize while Algeria was colonized. In the south, a series of forced migrations accelerated, spurred by the progression of white settlement.Through much of the century African societies assimilated and adapted to the changes generated by these diverse forces. In the end, the West's technological advantage prevailed and most of Africa fell under European control and lost its independence. Yet only by taking into account the rich complexity of this tumultuous past can we fully understand modern Africa from the colonial period to independence and the difficulties of today.

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History: A Turbulent History

Business & Money

Baker, Mary

Economics

African Women: A Modern History (Social Change in Global Perspective)

Over the last century, the social and economic roles played by African women have evolved dramatically. Long confined to home and field, overlooked by their menfolk and missionaries alike, African women worked, thought, dreamed, and struggled. They migrated to the cities, invented new jobs, and activated the so-called informal economy to become Africa's economic and social focal point. As a result, despite their lack of education and relatively low status, women are now Africa's best hope for the future.This sweeping and innovative book is the first to reconstruct the full history of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Tracing the lot of African women from the eve of the colonial period to the present, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch explores the stages and forms of women's collective roles as well as their individual emancipation through revolts, urban migrations, economic impacts, social claims, political strength, and creativity. Comparing case studies drawn from throughout the region, she sheds light on issues ranging from gender to economy, politics, society, and culture. Utilizing an impressive array of sources, she highlights broad general patterns without overlooking crucial local variations. With its breadth of coverage and clear analysis of complex questions, this book is destined to become a standard text for scholars and students alike.

Translator With *

Westview Press

Distinguished social historian Coquery-Vidrovitch offers a broad, accessible overview of African urban history, taking the pulse of ancient and more recent cities from Awdaghust to Great Zimbabwe. Readers are introducted to fabled centers of Islamic learning like Timbuktu in Mali, holy Christian cities like Axum in Ethiopia, storied royal capitals like Mbanza-Kongo in Angola, and dynamic ports like Kilwa in Tanzania that encouraged trade for millennia. The great cities of Ghana and Nigeria are presented in all their complexity, as are early European enclaves like Saint Louis and Gor'D'ee in Senegal. Architecture and built environments are considered, as are the impacts on African urbanism of trans-Atlantic and Indian Ocean slavery, Islam and trans-Saharan trade, European capitalism, and the rise of cultural synthesis... Outstanding book of the Year-- Choice Magazine

The History of African Cities South of the Sahara: From the Origins to Colonization

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Markus Wiener Pub

Cities have existed in sub-Saharan Africa since antiquity. But only now are historians and archaeologists rediscovering their rich heritage: the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe and Congo, the harbor cities at the Indian Ocean, the capitals of the Bantu Kingdoms, the Atlantic cities from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and the urban revolutions in the 19th century. Mercantile cities opened Africa to the world, Islamic cities became centers of scholarship and the trans-Saharan trade, Creole cities appeared after the first contact with Europeans, and Bantu cities of the hinterland reacted against them. The author has gone through vast numbers of archival records and conducted independent field research to analyze and describe the rich history of African cities even long before imperial colonization began, and she continues her story until the time of urban reorganization during industrialization. The result is a colorful panorama of urban lifestyles including unique examples of architecture and lasting traditions of ethnic, cultural, religious, and commercial forms of co-existence. This edition is translated by Mary Baker.

The History of African Cities South of the Sahara

Markus Wiener Publishers

L''Afrique noire de 1800 à nos jours embrasse dans un même regard un siècle d''histoire précoloniale, la sujétion généralisée du continent et l''âge des indépendances aujourd''hui. D''un bout à l''autre de cette évolution, l''étude est attentive aux dynamismes sociaux et culturels du monde africain, au poids des dépendances, à l''effet du contexte mondial. Elle montre les réalités et les initiatives des sociétés africaines au XIXe siècle, leur ouverture large au commerce, à l''islam et au christianisme. Elle examine ensuite la nature profonde de la situation coloniale. Elle apprécie enfin le second XXe siècle, en faisant jouer la problématique de la dépendance et du sous-développement, en observant l''évolution du monde paysan, l''explosion urbaine et la vie politique.

L'Afrique noire, de 1800 à nos jours

Moniot, Henri

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Une histoire de la France coloniale ? Pour quoi faire ? Pour compléter les histoires de la France rurale, de la France citadine, de la France religieusev? Pour renouveler l’histoire des colonies françaises écrite selon la mode des années 1930 ? Pour écrire enfin une histoire scientifique à partir des documents d’archives et des recherches universitaires récentes ? 
Ce livre, rédigé par une équipe de professeurs d’université spécialistes de l’histoire coloniale moderne et contemporaine, se veut une histoire qui soit autre chose qu’un naïf récit d’épopée ou un catalogue d’abominations colonialistes. Il apporte des réponses précises aux questions les plus difficiles : pourquoi la France a-t-elle, inlassablement, pendant cinq siècles, été tentée par l’aventure outre-mer et retenue par l’entreprise coloniale ? Quelles furent les motivations successives des acteurs anciens et des décideurs modernes ? Doit-on croire que les mobiles économiques, ou patriotiques, ou religieux, ou diplomatiques furent essentiels ? L’opinion française fut-elle enthousiaste, réservée ou indifférente ? L’imaginaire social, le goût de l’exotisme, l’attrait de la puissance et de la gloire ont-ils joué un rôle appréciable ? Sur ces questions : le rôle de l’Empire, le jeu politique, le processus de la décolonisation, les auteurs ont fait le point, de manière neuve et impartiale, cernant les réalités multiples d’un concept dont il était nécessaire de ressusciter la richesse.

Histoire de la France coloniale - 1914-1990: 1914-1990

Ageron, Charles-Robert

Thobie, Jacques

Meynier, Gilbert

ARMAND COLIN

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African Women: A Modern History

Africa: Endurance and Change South of the Sahara

Africa: Endurance and Change South of the Sahara

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History: A Turbulent History

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History

African Women: A Modern History (Social Change in Global Perspective)

The History of African Cities South of the Sahara: From the Origins to Colonization

The History of African Cities South of the Sahara

L'Afrique noire, de 1800 à nos jours

Histoire de la France coloniale - 1914-1990: 1914-1990