Precolonial Black Africa
Precolonial Black Africa

Author: Cheikh Anta Diop

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1613747454

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This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civilization.

Pre-colonial Africa in Colonial African Narratives
Pre-colonial Africa in Colonial African Narratives

Author: Donald R. Wehrs

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780754660880

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Donald Wehrs explores pioneering narrative representations of pre-colonial African history and society in texts by Casely Hayford, Alhaji Sir Abubaker Tafawa Balewa, Paul Hazoumé, D.O. Fagunwa, Amos Tutuola, and Chinua Achebe. By highlighting the role of pre-colonial political economies and articulations of state power on colonial-era considerations of ethical and political issues, his book supplements recent work on the importance of indigenous contexts and discourses in situating colonial-era narratives.

Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa
Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa

Author: Lokangaka Losambe

Publisher: New Africa Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781919876061

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In this collection of essays written from different critical perspectives, African playwrights demonstrate through their art that they are not only witnesses, but also consciences, of their societies.

An Economic History of Tropical Africa: The pre-colonial period
An Economic History of Tropical Africa: The pre-colonial period

Author: Zbigniew A. Konczacki

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0714629197

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These articles cover: early agricultural development; history of agricultural crops; patterns of land use and tenure; introduction and use of metals; economic and technological aspects of the Iron Age; patterns of trade; trade routes and centres; and media of exchange.

Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa
Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa

Author: Klas Rönnbäck

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1317222164

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Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönnbäck reconstructs the living standards of the population at a time when the Atlantic slave trade brought money and men into the area, enriching our understanding of West African economic development.