West Africa Under Colonial Rule
West Africa Under Colonial Rule

Author: Michael Crowder

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-07-07

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1000958116

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Originally published in 1968, this book became the standard work on the colonial period in the vast and varied areas of the coast and hinterland of West Africa. It is a comprehensive survey of the domination of West Africa by the British and the French, which challenges the accepted view of the colonialists that their rule was generally beneficial. Penetrating descriptions of the colonial economic system are given, and the quality of colonial administration is analysed, as well as the impact of two World Wars.

West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army (1860-1960)
West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army (1860-1960)

Author: Timothy Stapleton

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1648250254

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"West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army, 1860-1960 explores the history of Britain's West African colonial army based in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia placing it within a broader social context and emphasizing, as far as possible, the experience of the ordinary soldier. The aim is not to describe the many battles and campaigns fought by this force but to look at the development of the West African colonial army as an institution over the course of about a century. In pursuing this goal, it is sometimes useful to employ the lens of military culture defined differently by scholars but essentially meaning a set of shared ideas and behaviors that inform daily life in the military. While other locally recruited colonial militaries in Africa have attracted considerable attention from historians as they served as an essential pillar supporting European rule, this book represents the first comprehensive scholarly study of Britain's West African army which was the largest such British-led force south of the Sahara. The study is based on extensive archival research conducted in nine archives located in five countries"--

The Image of Africa
The Image of Africa

Author: Philip D. Curtin

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780299830250

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In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtain sought to discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780 1850. "

Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa
Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa

Author: Andrew W.M. Smith

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1911307746

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Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of ‘late colonial shift’ after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explore the crucial historical moments in which change was negotiated, compromises were made, and debates were staged. Three core themes guide the analysis: development, contingency and entanglement. The chapters consider the ways in which decolonization was governed and moderated by concerns about development and profit. A complementary focus on contingency allows deeper consideration of how colonial powers planned for ‘colonial futures’, and how divergent voices greeted the end of empire. Thinking about entanglements likewise stresses both the connections that existed between the British and French empires in Africa, and those that endured beyond the formal transfer of power.

Industrialisation and the British Colonial State
Industrialisation and the British Colonial State

Author: Lawrence Butler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1136307923

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Taking colonial policy towards West Africa as a case study, Butler shows that, during the 1940s, the Colonial Office evolved a policy of encouraging colonial industry as part of a broad programme of development intended to prepare colonies for independence.

Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995
Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995

Author: Joy Damousi

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2022-03-08

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1526159546

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This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth century to the role of NGOs balancing humanitarianism and human rights in the late twentieth century. Contributors explore the trade-offs between humane concern and the altered context of colonial and postcolonial realpolitik. They also showcase an array of methodologies and sources with which to explore the relationship between humanitarianism and colonialism. These range from the biography of material objects to interviews as well as more conventional archival enquiry. They also include work with and for Indigenous people whose family histories have been defined in large part by ‘humanitarian’ interventions.

The Acquisition of Africa (1870-1914)
The Acquisition of Africa (1870-1914)

Author: Mieke van der Linden

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-10-05

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9004321195

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Over recent decades, the responsibility for the past actions of the European colonial powers in relation to their former colonies has been subject to a lively debate. In this book, the question of the responsibility under international law of former colonial States is addressed. Such a legal responsibility would presuppose the violation of the international law that was applicable at the time of colonization. In the ‘Scramble for Africa’ during the Age of New Imperialism (1870-1914), European States and non-State actors mainly used cession and protectorate treaties to acquire territorial sovereignty (imperium) and property rights over land (dominium). The question is raised whether Europeans did or did not on a systematic scale breach these treaties in the context of the acquisition of territory and the expansion of empire, mainly through extending sovereignty rights and, subsequently, intervening in the internal affairs of African political entities.

Money in Africa
Money in Africa

Author: Catherine Eagleton

Publisher: British Museum Research Public

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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Featuring 12 papers from the 'Money in Africa' conference held at the British Museum, this volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to consider the role that money and trade plays in our understanding of African history. Ranging from the 10th century ad to the present day, the chapters cover the pre-colonial and colonial currencies of Africa, including copper, cowry shells, beads, manillas and gin; and coins, counterfeiting, banking and the symbolism of money in modern Africa.

British Policy Towards West Africa
British Policy Towards West Africa

Author: Colin Walter Newbury

Publisher: Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 694

ISBN-13:

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This second volume of official documents continues the survey of British relations with West African societies during the period of international partition, expansion into the interior, and the consolidation of the four colonial states formed under British rule before 1914.