Historic documents of Africa : the essential primary sources.

Format:

Book

Series:

Historic Documents Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--History--Sources.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : Schlager, [2024]

Summary:

This volume explores critical aspects of African history, from early civilizations to the colonial era to independence and nation-building in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It includes key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents and royal edicts. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while a detailed bibliography helps make the volume an important starting point for historical research.

Contents:

"Hymn to the Nile"

Nebmare-nakht: A scribal schoolbook

Herodotus: "On Libya"

Aristotle: constitution of Carthage

Inscription of Ezana

Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa

Nzinga Mbemba: Appeal to the king of Portugal

Leo Africanus: The history and description of Africa

Alexander Falconbridge: An account of the slave trade on the coast of Africa

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Proposal for the establishment of a native army

Moshweshewe, Chief of the Basutos: Letter to Sir George Grey

Constitution of the Fante Confederacy

Joseph Conrad: Heart of darkness

Edmund Dene (E.D.) Morel: The black man's burden

Resolutions of the National Congress of British West Africa

A.B. Xuma: "Bridging the gap between white and black in South Africa"

Jomo Kenyatta: "The Kenya Africa Union is not the Mau Mau"

A.L. Geyer: "The case for apartheid"

Proclamation of the Algerian National Liberation Front

Freedom Charter of South Africa

Patrice Lumumba: Speech at the proclamation of Congolese independence

Kwame Nkrumah: I speak of freedom

Arusha declaration

Yoruba praise poem to Sango

Steve Biko: "Black consciousness and the quest for a true humanity

Desmond Tutu: The question of South Africa

Nelson Mandela: "We have waited too long for our freedom

Constitution of Rwanda

Nelson Mandela: Inaugural address

Wole Soyinka: "Towards a sustainable vision of Nigeria"

UN human rights report on Zaire

Constitutive act of the African Union

Notes:

Electronic book

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ISBN:

9781961844261

1961844265

OCLC:

1506819340