In order to think theoretically about our global age it is important to understand how the global has been conceived historically. 'Eurafrica' was an intellectual endeavor and political project that from the 1920s saw Europe's future survival - its continued role in history - as…
David Livingstone (1813-1873) was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire. David Livingstone: Mission and Empire is a scholarly and readable account of the life and achievements of one of the greatest Victorians.
"Widely hailed when it was first published in 2004 as a groundbreaking text that examined African history in the context of world history, the Second Edition of Africa in World History has been thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest scholarship and reorganized for a smooth…
How did rivers contribute to the economic and political development of modern Africa? How did African and European notions of natures value and meaning differ? And how have these evaluations of Africas rivers changed between 1850 and the present day? Drawing upon examples from a…
How did rivers contribute to the economic and political development of modern Africa? How did African and European notions of nature's value and meaning differ? And how have these evaluations of Africa's rivers changed between 1850 and the present day? Drawing upon examples from…
"How did rivers contribute to the economic and political development of modern Africa? How did African and European notions of nature's value and meaning differ? And has the approach to development of Africa's rivers changed between 1850 and the present day? Drawing upon example…
Introduction -- Kenyatta's Stateless Political Imagination -- From Prison to Party Leader, an Ambiguous Ascension (1958-1961) -- Kenyatta, Land, and Decolonization (1961-1963) -- Independence and the Making of a President (1963-1964) -- Kenyatta, Meru Politics, and the Last Mau …
"In December 1963, Kenya formally declared its independence yet it would take a year of intense negotiations for it to transform into a presidential republic, with Jomo Kenyatta as its first president. Archival records of the independence negotiations, however, reveal that neith…