UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. VI, Abridged Edition: Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880sJ. F. Ade Ajayi Volume VI of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. Volume VI covers the period from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the onset of the European "scramble" for colonial territory in the 1880s. In spite of a growing European commercial, religious, and political presence during the first three quarters of the century, outside influences were felt indirectly by most African societies, and they made a number of culturally distinctive attempts to modernize, expand, and develop. These are detailed in four thematic chapters, twenty-three chapters detailing developments in specific areas, and two concluding chapters tracing the African diaspora and assessing the state of the Continent's political, economic, and cultural development on the eve of the European conquest. |
Contents
Africa and the worldeconomy | 10 |
New trends and processes in Africa in the nineteenth | 21 |
The abolition of the slave trade | 27 |
The Mfecane and the rise of new African states | 39 |
The impact of the Mfecane on the Cape Colony | 50 |
The British Boers and Africans in South Africa | 59 |
The countries of the Zambezi basin | 68 |
The East African coast and hinterland 180045 | 79 |
Morocco from the beginning of the nineteenth century to 1880 | 189 |
New patterns of European intervention in the Maghrib | 199 |
The Sahara in the nineteenth century | 209 |
The nineteenthcentury Islamic revolutions in West Africa | 218 |
The Sokoto caliphate and Borno | 225 |
Massina and the Torodbe Tukuloor empire until 1878 | 239 |
States and peoples of Senegambia and Upper Guinea | 252 |
States and peoples of the Niger Bend and the Volta | 262 |
The East African coast and hinterland 184580 | 88 |
Peoples and states of the Great Lakes region | 100 |
The Congo Basin and Angola | 112 |
The renaissance of Egypt 180581 | 129 |
The Sudan in the nineteenth century | 140 |
Ethiopia and Somalia | 150 |
Madagascar 180080 | 164 |
Algeria Tunisia and Libya | 176 |
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Page v - African continent's past and the factors that explain it, as well as a fairer understanding of its cultural heritage and its contribution to the general progress of mankind. The History should thus contribute to improved international co-operation and stronger solidarity among peoples in their aspirations to justice, progress and peace. This is, at least, my most cherished hope. It remains for me to express my deep gratitude to the members of the International Scientific Committee, the Rapporteur,...