This monograph focuses on Gnokholo, a precolonial province of Senegal that has long been landlocked because of its eastern position and inhabited by Mandingoans. The decline of the Malian empire in the 15th century has been confined to a situation of geographical marginality in …
"Congo. Ambitions et désenchantements est un livre consacré au déroulement d'une étape, à la fois courte et décisive, dans le long passé de cette région. Au point de départ, les années 1880. Elles virent la concrétisation de vieux rêves de découpage de l'Afrique en grands ensemb…
Part 1: Loyal Companions, Tasty Food, Distinguished Athletes, Political Beings --A Meaty Colony: Nigerians and the Animals They Ate --The Living Machines of Imperialism: Animal Aesthetics, Imperial Spectacle, and the Political Economy of the Horse and Donkey --"Dogs Are the Most…
"From debates over the aesthetics of birds in the urban landscape to how horse racing enhanced imperial power to the ways in which water navigation impacts aquatic creatures, Saheed Aderinto argues that it is impossible to comprehend the full extent of imperial domination withou…
"From debates over the aesthetics of birds in the urban landscape to how horse racing enhanced imperial power to the ways in which water navigation impacts aquatic creatures, Saheed Aderinto argues that it is impossible to comprehend the full extent of imperial domination withou…
"Comprehensive and convincing, The End of French Rule in Cameroon is a big boost to Cameroon's history. Historians in general and Africanists in particular will find it a valuable resource."--Elias Bongmba, Rice University. "This is a clearly written and engaging work that will…