UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. VI: Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s

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J. F. Ade Ajayi, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
University of California Press, Dec 7, 1989 - History - 861 pages
Africa at the beginning of the nineteenth century : issues and prospects / J.F.A. Ajayi -- Africa and the world-economy / I. Wallerstein -- New trends and processes in Africa in the nineteenth century / A.A. Boahen -- The abolition of the slave trade / S. Daget -- The Mfecane and the rise of new African states / L.D. Ngcongco -- The impact of the Mfecane on the Cape Colony / E.K. Mashingaidze -- The British, Boers and Africans in south Africa, 1850-80 / N. Bhebe -- The countries of the Zambezi basin / A.F. Isaacman -- The East African coast and hinterland, 1800-45 / A.I. Salim -- The East African coast and hinterland, 1845-80 / I.N. Kimambo -- Peoples and states of the Great Lakes region / D.W. Cohen -- The Congo Basin and Angola / J.L. Vellut -- The renaissance of Egypt, 1805-81 / A. Abdel-Malek -- The Sudan in the nineteenth century / H.A. Ibrahim -- Ethiopia and Somalia / R. Pankhurst -- Madagascar 1800-80 / P.M. Mutibwa -- New trends in the Maghrib : Algeria, Tunisia and Libya / M.H. Cherif -- Morocco from the beginning of the nineteenth century to 1880 / A. Laroui -- New patterns of European intervention in the Maghrib / N. Ivanov -- The Sahara in the nineteenth century / S. Baier -- The nineteenth-century Islamic revolutions in West Africa / A. Batran -- The Sokoto caliphate and Borno / M. Last -- Massina and the Torodbe (Tukuloor) empire until 1878 / M. Ly-Tall -- States and peoples of Senegambia and Upper Guinea / Y. Person -- States and peoples of the Niger Bend and the Volta / K. Arhin and J. Ki-Zerbo -- Dahomey, Yorubaland, Borgu and Benin in the nineteenth century / A.I. Asiwaju -- The Niger delta and the Cameroon region / E.J. Alagoa -- The African diaspora / F.W. Knight -- Conclusion : Africa on the eve of the European conquest / J.F.A. Ajayi.
 

Contents

Africa and the worldeconomy
23
New trends and processes in Africa
41
The abolition of the slave trade
64
The Mfecane and the rise of new African states
90
The impact of the Mfecane on the Cape Colony
124
The British Boers and Africans in South Africa 185080
144
The countries of the Zambezi basin
179
The East African coast and hinterland 180045
211
New patterns of European intervention in the Maghrib
497
The Sahara in the nineteenth century
515
The nineteenthcentury Islamic revolutions in West Africa
537
The Sokoto caliphate and Borno
555
Massina and the Torodbe Tukuloor empire until 1878
600
States and peoples of Senegambia and Upper Guinea 636
637
States and peoples of the Niger Bend and the Volta
662
Dahomey Yorubaland Borgu and Benin in the nineteenth
699

The Congo Basin and Angola
294
The renaissance of Egypt 180581 325
324
The Sudan in the nineteenth century 356
359
Madagascar 180080
412
Algeria Tunisia and Libya
448
Morocco from the beginning of the nineteenth century
478
The Niger delta and the Cameroon region
724
The African diaspora
749
Africa on the eve of the European conquest
773
Members of the International Scientific Committee for the drafting of
792
Index
833
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