Africa in Global History : : A Handbook / / ed. by Toyin Falola, Mohammed Bashir Salau.

This handbook places emphasis on modern/contemporary times, and offers relevant sophisticated and comprehensive overviews. It aims to emphasize the religious, economic, political, cultural and social connections between Africa and the rest of the world and features comparisons as well as an interdis...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:De Gruyter Reference
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 431 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Human Origins, Early Societies and Migration to 1000 CE
  • Chapter 2 Africa in the Mediterranean World
  • Chapter 3 Tran-Saharan Networks to 1800
  • Chapter 4 Africa and the Indian Ocean World to 1800
  • Chapter 5 Africa and the Atlantic World, 1400–1860
  • Chapter 6 Africa and Europe in the Nineteenth Century: The “Legitimate Trade” Era and Christian Missionaries
  • Chapter 7 The European Conquest of Africa, 1879–1914
  • Chapter 8 Impact of African Colonial Experience 1914– 1940
  • Chapter 9 Africa and the World Wars
  • Chapter 10 Nationalism and Decolonization in Africa, 1918–1975
  • Chapter 11 South African Apartheid and Resistance: A Global History
  • Chapter 12 The Geopolitics and Geo-economics of Apartheid South Africa and the Cold War: A Global History
  • Chapter 13 Diseases and Medicines in African History
  • Chapter 14 Africa and the Globalization of Religion in the Contemporary Era
  • Chapter 15 Africa and the Cold War
  • Chapter 16 Africa and the USA
  • Chapter 17 Africa and China
  • Chapter 18 Foreign Aid to Africa Since 1940
  • Chapter 19 Globalization, African Popular Culture and Hip Hop: An Embedded History
  • Chapter 20 Contemporary Globalization and Africa
  • Select Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index