History of Modern Africa 1800 to the Present |
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| Author:
| Reid, Richard J. |
| Series title: | Wiley Blackwell Concise History of the Modern World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4051-3265-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of historical events that have shaped the last two centuries of the African continent.
- Stresses the diversity of Africa's rich variety of people, societies, cultures and religious beliefs
- Provides a thought-provoking and illuminating journey through the slave trade and colonization to the rise of Islam, struggles for independence, and beyond
- Puts the colonial era into proper...
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A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of historical events that have shaped the last two centuries of the African continent.
- Stresses the diversity of Africa's rich variety of people, societies, cultures and religious beliefs
- Provides a thought-provoking and illuminating journey through the slave trade and colonization to the rise of Islam, struggles for independence, and beyond
- Puts the colonial era into proper perspective in relation to events that occurred before it and since
- Wide-ranging in scope, it provides a framework for understanding such events as the genocidal horrors of Rwanda and the recent troubles in Zimbabwe and Kenya