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The Mau Mau War In Perspective

by Frank Furedi

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 Aimed at students of African politics and political sociologists interested in rural revolution and revolt.
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Pioneers Of Change In Ethiopia - The Reformist Intellectuals Of The Early Twentieth Century

by Bahru Zewde

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 In this exciting new study, Bahru Zewde, one of the foremost historians of modern Ethiopia, has constructed a collective biography of a remarkable group of men and women in a formative period of their country’s history. Ethiopia’s political independence at the end of the nineteenth century put this new African state in a position to determine its own levels of engagement with the West. Ethiopians went to study in universities around the world. They returned with the skills of their education acquired in Europe and America, and at home began to lay the foundations of a new literature and political philosophy. Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia describes the role of these men and women of ideas in the social and political transformation of the young nation and later in the administration of Haile Selassie.
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Modern History Of The Somali - Nation And State In The Horn Of Africa

by I. M. Lewis

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 This latest edition of A Modern History of the Somali brings I. M. Lewis's definitive history up to date and shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organization. Lewis's history portrays the ingeniousness with which the Somali way of life has been adapted to all forms of modernity.
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Alice Lakwena And The Holy Spirits - War In Northern Uganda, 1985-97

by Heike Behrend

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 In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raised an army called the "Holy Spirit Mobile Forces." With it she waged a war against perceived evil, not only an external enemy represented by the National Resistance Army of the government, but internal enemies in the form of "impure" soldiers, witches, and sorcerers. She came very close to her goal of overthrowing the government but was defeated and fled to Kenya.This book provides a unique view of Alice’s movement, based on interviews with its members and including their own writings, examining their perceptions of the threat of external and internal evil. It concludes with an account of the successor movements into which Alice’s forces fragmented and which still are active in the civil wars of the Sudan and Uganda.
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Learning From Robben Island - Govan Mbeki'S Prison Writings

by Govan Mbeki

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 In the late fifties and early sixties, Govan Mbeki was a central figure in the African National Congress and director of the ANC campaigns from underground.
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Custodians Of The Land - Ecology And Culture In The History Of Tanzania

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 Farming and pastoral societies inhabit ever-changing environments. This relationship between environment and rural culture, politics and economy in Tanzania is the subject of this volume which will be valuable in reopening debates on Tanzanian history. In his conclusion, Isaria N. Kimambo, a founding father of Tanzanian history, reflects on the efforts of successive historians to strike a balance between external causes of change and local initiative in their interpretations of Tanzanian history. He shows that nationalist and Marxist historians of Tanzanian history, understandably preoccupied through the first quarter-century of the country’s post-colonial history with the impact of imperialism and capitalism on East Africa, tended to overlook the initiatives taken by rural societies to transform themselves. Yet there is good reason for historians to think about the causes of change and innovation in the rural communities of Tanzania, because farming and pastoral people have constantly changed as they adjusted to shifting environmental conditions.
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Slavery In The Great Lakes Region Of East Africa

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 Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa is a collection of ten studies by the most prominent historians of the region. Slavery was more important in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa than often has been assumed, and Africans from the interior played a more complex role than was previously recognized.
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History Of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991

by Bahru Zewde

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 Bounded by Sudan to the west and north, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the southeast, and Eritrea and Djibouti to the northeast, Ethiopia is a pivotal country in the geopolitics of the region. Yet it is important to understand this ancient and often splintered country in its own right. In A History of Modern Ethiopia, Bahru Zewde, one of Ethiopia’s leading historians, provides a compact and comprehensive history of his country, particularly the last two centuries. Of importance to historians, political scientists, journalists, and Africanists alike, Bahru’s A History of Modern Ethiopia, now with additional material taking it up to the last decade, will be the preeminent overview of present-day Ethiopia.
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Squatters And The Roots Of Mau Mau, 1905-1963

by Tabitha Kanogo

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 This is a study of the genesis, evolution, adaptation and subordination of the Kikuyu squatter labourers, who comprised the majority of resident labourers on settler plantations and estates in the Rift Valley Province of the White Highlands.
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Slaves, Spices And Ivory In Zanzibar - Integration Of An East African Commercial Empire Into The World Economy, 1770–1873

by Abdul Sheriff

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 The rise of Zanzibar was based on two major economic transformations. Firstly slaves became used for producing cloves and grains for export. Previously the slaves themselves were exported.Secondly, there was an increased international demand for luxuries such as ivory. At the same time the price of imported manufactured gods was falling.
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Decolonization And Independence In Kenya, 1940-93

by William R. Ochieng

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 Kenyan historians chart Kenya's post-independence years.
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A History Of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991 - Updated And Revised Edition

by Bahru Zewde

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 Updated and revised edition.
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War In Pre-Colonial Eastern Africa - The Patterns And Meanings Of State-Level Conflict In The 19th Century

by Richard Reid

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 Of interest to researchers of pre-colonial African history, military history, and anyone involved in modern development and conflict resolution seeking to understand the deeper historical roots of African warfare.
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Slavery In The Great Lakes Region Of East Africa

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 Examines slavery in the Great Lakes region and the complex role of Africans from the interior in the trade.
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Uganda Now - Between Decay And Development

by Michael Twaddle

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 Essential overview of Uganda's National Resistance Movement's desperate inheritance.
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The Poor Are Not Us - Poverty And Pastoralism In Eastern Africa

by Vigdis Broch-Due

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 Recognises pastoralists' wealth in land, livestock and adaptability.
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Conflict, Age And Power In North East Africa - Age Systems In Transition

by Simon Simonse

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 Age-systems as political instruments.
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Jua Kali Kenya - Change And Development In An Informal Economy, 1970-95

by Kenneth King

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 Rich and informative study of the informal economy in Kenya.
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Ethnicity And Conflict In The Horn Of Africa

by John Markakis

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 Exposes the subtle and ambiguous role ethnicity can play in social conflict.
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Being Maasai - Ethnicity And Identity In East Africa

by Richard (Customer) Waller

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 A multi-disciplinary approach to studying ethnicity in Africa.
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Zanzibar Under Colonial Rule

by Abdul Sheriff e Ed (Royalty Account) Ferguson

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 Follows on from the period covered in Abdul Sheriff's acclaimed Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar.
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Swahili Origins - Swahili Culture And The Shungwaya Phenomenon

by James De Vere Allen e John Middleton

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 James de Vere Allen, who was curator at Lamu Museum, set out to give modern Swahili evidence of their shared history during a period of eight centuries.
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Siaya - The Historical Anthropology Of An African Landscape

by D.W. Cohen e E.S.Atieno (Author) Odhiambo

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 A book written both for and about the Luo.
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Slaves, Spices And Ivory In Zanzibar - Integration Of An East African Commercial Empire Into The World Economy, 1770-1873

by Abdul Sheriff

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 Abdul Sheriff analyses the early stages of the underdevelopment of East Africa.
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