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A companion to African history / edited by William H. Worger, Charles Ambler, and Nwando Achebe.
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- Book
- Series:
- Wiley Blackwell companions to world history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- History.
- Africa--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- Africa--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 525 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Identity and (mis)representations / William H. Worger
- Tracing the roots of common sense about sexuality in Africa / Marc Epprecht
- Masculinities / Stephan F. Miescher
- Colonialism, Christianity, and personhood / Nimi Wariboko
- Settler societies / Nicola Ginsburgh and Will Jackson
- Women, authority and power in southeast Africa: the production and destruction of historical knowledge on Queen Mother Ntombazi and Ndwandwe / Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
- Love, courtship and marriage in Africa / Nwando Achebe
- Slavery and women in Africa : changing definitions, continuing problems / Claire C. Robertson
- Kinship in African history / James Giblin
- Ethnicity in southern Africa / Michael Mahoney
- Ethnicity and race in African thought / Jonathan Glassman
- Islam in African history / Sean Hanretta and Shobana Shankar
- Refugees in African history / Brett Shadle
- Science in Africa : a history of ingenuity and invention in African iron technology / Peter R. Schmidt
- Africa and environmental history / Gregory H. Maddox
- Health and medicine in African history / Karen E. Flint
- Wealth and poverty in African history / Morten Jerven
- The idea of the Atlantic world from an Africanist perspective / Walter Hawthorne
- Swahili literature and the writing of African history / Ann Bierstecker
- Africa and the Cold War / Timothy Scarnecchia
- The Horn of Africa from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Awet T. Weldemichael
- The art of memory and the Chancery of Sinnar / Jay Spaulding
- Apartheid forgotten and remembered / Nancy L. Clark and William H. Worger
- Cultural resistance on Robben Island : songs of struggle and liberation in southern Africa / Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi
- African historians and popular culture / Charles Ambler.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 11, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Companion to African history
- ISBN:
- 9781119063575
- 1119063574
- 9781119063551
- 1119063558
- Publisher Number:
- 40028591382
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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