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Written by two senior scholars, A History of Africa introduces
students to the history of the world's second largest continent.
While it is not possible to discuss every event that ever happened
in African history, the book comprises an historical narrative
emphasizing key trends and processes illustrated by detailed
examples. It represents a chronological and empirical history based
on scholarly research and reconstructions of Africa's past. As a
continental history, it seeks to cover all regions of Africa
including North Africa, a region often seen as culturally and
historically distinct. Furthermore, the narrative summarizes
changing views and academic debates concerning aspects of African
history. Richly illustrated with numerous maps and photographs, A
History of Africa is the most comprehensive story of the place all
humans call home. A History of Africa is available in a combined
print or eBook volume, or in split eBook volumes (Volume One: to
1880 and Volume Two: since 1870).
A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force
personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia [now
Zimbabwe]. Making use of archival documents, period newspapers, and
oral interviews, African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe,
1923-80 examines the ambiguous experience of black security
personnel, police, and soldiers in white-ruled Southern Rhodesia
(now Zimbabwe) from 1923 through independence and majority rule in
1980. Across the continent, European colonial rule could not have
been maintained without African participation in the police and
army. In Southern Rhodesia, lack of white manpower meant that
despite fear of mutiny, blacks played an increasingly prominent
role in law enforcement and military operations and from World War
II constituted a strong majority within theregular security forces.
Despite danger, Africans volunteered for the police and army during
colonial rule for a variety of reasons, including the prestige of
wearing a uniform, the possibility of excitement, family
traditions, material considerations, and patriotism. As black
police and soldiers were called upon to perform more specialized
tasks, they acquired greater education and some -- particularly
African police -- became part of the emerging westernized African
middle class. After retirement, career African police and soldiers
often continued to work in the security field, some becoming
prominent entrepreneurs or commercial farmers, and generally
composed a conservative, loyalist element in African society that
the government eventually mobilized to counter the growth of
African nationalism. Tim Stapleton here mines rich archival sources
to clarify the complicated dynamic and legacy of black military
personal who served during colonial rule in present-day Zimbabwe.
Timothy Stapleton is Professor of History at Trent University in
Ontario.
Explores the history of Britain's colonial army in West Africa,
especially the experiences of ordinary soldiers recruited in the
region. West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army explores
the complex and constantly changing experience of West African
soldiers under British command in Nigeria, the Gold Coast (now
Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia. Since cost and tropical
disease limited the deployment of British metropolitan troops to
the region, British colonial rule in West Africa depended heavily
on locally recruited soldiers and their families. This force became
Britain's largest colonial army in Sub-Saharan Africa. West African
Soldiers looks at the development of this colonial military from
the conquest era of the late nineteenth century to decolonization
in the 1950s. Rather than describing the many battles fought by
this army both regionally and overseas, and informed by the concept
of military culture, the book looks at the broad and overlapping
themes of identity, culture, daily life, and violence. Chapter
topics include the enslaved origins of the force, military
identities including the myth of martial races, religious life,
visual symbols like uniforms and insignia, health care related to
tropical and sexually transmitted diseases, the experience of army
wives, disciplinary flogging, mutiny, day-to-day violence committed
by troops, and the employment of former soldiers by the colonial
state. Based on archival research in five countries, the book
derives inspiration from previous work on ordinary African soldiers
in the British and German colonies of East Africa and in French
West Africa.
This book examines the causes, course and consequences of warfare
in twentieth century Africa, a period which spanned colonial
rebellions, both World Wars, and the decolonization process.
Timothy Stapleton contextualizes the essential debates and
controversies surrounding African conflict in the twentieth century
while providing insightful introductions to such conflicts as:
African rebellions against colonial regimes in the early twentieth
century, including the rebellion and infamous genocide of the
Herero and Nama people in present-day Namibia; The African fronts
of World War I and World War II, and the involvement of colonized
African peoples in these global conflicts; Conflict surrounding the
widespread decolonization of Africa in the 1950s and 1960s;
Rebellion and civil war in Africa during the Cold War, when
American and Soviet elements often intervened in efforts to turn
African battlegrounds into Cold War proxy conflicts; The Second
Congo Civil War, which is arguably the bloodiest conflict in any
region since World War II; Supported by a glossary, a who's who of
key figures, a timeline of major events, a rich bibliography, and a
set of documents which highlight the themes of the book, Africa:
War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century is the best available
resource for students and scholars seeking an introduction to
violent conflict in recent African history.
This edited volume focuses on aspects of the understudied theme of
African sea-power, including African navies and the engagement of
non-African navies with the continent. Africa possesses 48,000
kilometers of coastline, comprising 38 out of 54 of the continent's
states and several strategic choke points for international
shipping, such as the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Aden and the Cape of
Good Hope. Nevertheless, post-colonial Africa's small navies and
their relations with the navies of external powers have not
received much scholarly attention. Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa,
this collection attempts to address this neglect and stimulate
further research by offering original chapters related to
historical and contemporary themes around Africa's navies. The
historical chapters cover the origin of the Tanzanian, Ethiopian,
Nigerian and Ghana navies during the era of decolonization and the
Cold War, the asymmetrical naval campaign fought during the
Nigerian Civil War (1967-70), and the activities of the Soviet Navy
in supporting African states and movements fighting lingering
colonialism and white supremacy during the 1970s and 1980s.
Focusing on the contemporary situation, other chapters discuss the
engagement of the Indian Navy with Africa, the potential role of
the Angolan and Mozambican navies in the Southern African
Development Community (SADC), the transformation and development of
the post-apartheid South African Navy, and the challenges and
capabilities of African navies in the early twenty-first century.
The book concludes by discussing the question of whether African
coastal countries need navies. This book will be of much interest
to students of naval power, strategic studies, African politics and
International Relations.
This book examines the causes, course and consequences of warfare
in twentieth century Africa, a period which spanned colonial
rebellions, both World Wars, and the decolonization process.
Timothy Stapleton contextualizes the essential debates and
controversies surrounding African conflict in the twentieth century
while providing insightful introductions to such conflicts as:
African rebellions against colonial regimes in the early twentieth
century, including the rebellion and infamous genocide of the
Herero and Nama people in present-day Namibia; The African fronts
of World War I and World War II, and the involvement of colonized
African peoples in these global conflicts; Conflict surrounding the
widespread decolonization of Africa in the 1950s and 1960s;
Rebellion and civil war in Africa during the Cold War, when
American and Soviet elements often intervened in efforts to turn
African battlegrounds into Cold War proxy conflicts; The Second
Congo Civil War, which is arguably the bloodiest conflict in any
region since World War II; Supported by a glossary, a who's who of
key figures, a timeline of major events, a rich bibliography, and a
set of documents which highlight the themes of the book, Africa:
War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century is the best available
resource for students and scholars seeking an introduction to
violent conflict in recent African history.
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