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The Royal Navy and the Slavers, first published in 1969, examines
not only the Royal Navy’s 60-year campaign to eradicate slavery,
but also the British Government’s diplomatic pressure on other
countries to discontinue the slave trade. It analyses Captain’s
logs and despatches, and their evidence at trials of the men they
captured, as well as looking at the messages from British
ambassadors and consuls around the world.
East Africa (1971) examines the century from 1870 that saw the
emergence of East Africa from an ancient isolation into the modern
world. This survey pays attention to the social and economic as
well as the political history of this transition, and takes pains
to understand the ideas and motives of the various groups who make
up the population of East Africa. It closely examines the African
peoples’ struggle for economic as well as political independence
from their colonisers.
Government in West Africa (1968) examines the practical working of
modern government and the constitutional history of West Africa. It
looks at various political thinkers and their application to the
issues of civil government in West Africa; modern constitutional
struggles on the continent; and problems associated with different
political systems in the region.
A History of Ghana (1958) uses both European archives and
considerable research among African traditional histories to
examine the history of the Gold Coast and Ghana. The African
histories are particularly important, as many village traditions,
and more so those of larger towns, have traditions that date back
hundreds of years, and whose accuracy can be tallied with those of
their neighbours. Accounts from Western sources do not shy away
from detailing British mistakes in government, and the resulting
book is an even-handed history with much under-read research direct
from African sources.
Emergent Africa (1967) expertly compresses the story of European
penetration into the Africa of 1800. Its fragmentation into
colonies and their emergence as independent nations into a terse,
clear narrative. It describes the first European explorations, the
‘Scramble for Africa’, the world wars, the achievement of
independence, and modern problems such as apartheid and one-party
rule.
The World Today (1974) examines the world of the late twentieth
century and its roots – the disintegration of the old world is
analysed in the expansion and subsequent decline of
nineteenth-century imperialism, and the attempts by the League of
Nations and United Nations to bring about a new order on
international cooperation.
The Royal Navy and the Slavers, first published in 1969, examines
not only the Royal Navy's 60-year campaign to eradicate slavery,
but also the British Government's diplomatic pressure on other
countries to discontinue the slave trade. It analyses Captain's
logs and despatches, and their evidence at trials of the men they
captured, as well as looking at the messages from British
ambassadors and consuls around the world.
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