Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980Routledge, 2015 M03 24 - 262 pages Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 tells the stories of the intertwined lives of African and British peoples over more than three centuries. In seven chapters and an epilogue, Myles Osborne and Susan Kingsley Kent explore the characters that comprised the British presence in Africa: the slave traders and slaves, missionaries and explorers, imperialists and miners, farmers, settlers, lawyers, chiefs, prophets, intellectuals, politicians, and soldiers of all colors. The authors show that the oft-told narrative of a monolithic imperial power ruling inexorably over passive African victims no longer stands scrutiny; rather, at every turn, Africans and Britons interacted with one another in a complex set of relationships that involved as much cooperation and negotiation as resistance and force, whether during the era of the slave trade, the world wars, or the period of decolonization. The British presence provoked a wide range of responses, reactions, and transformations in various aspects of African life; but at the same time, the experience of empire in Africa – and its ultimate collapse – also compelled the British to view themselves and their empire in new ways. Written by an Africanist and a historian of imperial Britain and illustrated with maps and photographs, Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 provides a uniquely rich perspective for understanding both African and British history. |
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... reproduce the images in this book, and Hugh Masekela and Semopa Entertainment for permission to reproduce lyrics from the song “Stimela.” Introduction Africans and Britons In 1890, a Kikuyu leader named xii Acknowledgments.
... leader named Waiyaki wa Hinga provided shelter and provisions to an appreciative Captain Frederick Lugard. Waiyaki was a ... leaders too. It bode well for British-Kikuyu relations. Just two years later, after a series of attacks by IBEAC ...
... leader of a vast horde of Kikuyu over whom he possessed complete political authority. But Lugard was wrong on two scores. First, Waiyaki's father – Hinga – was born to Maasai parents; Waiyaki and his mother had fled to a Kikuyu village ...
... and therefore lacking in proper leadership, because few men seemed to demonstrate greater trappings of wealth than others. Back L. Victoria N A M I B Cape Verde home, of course, their country was run by prominent men. 6 Africans and ...
... leaders did exist, but they did not distinguish themselves with material goods. Instead, they demonstrated their wealth and power through their ability to control large numbers of people, and therefore resources: the richest men were ...
Contents
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2 Missionaries merchants and explorers 1840s1880s | 41 |
3 The scramble for Africa 1870s1890s | 74 |
4 Violence negotiation and consolidating British rule 1890s1914 | 106 |
5 Africans in the white mans wars 19141945 | 135 |
6 The road to independence 19451960 | 168 |
7 Independence for Africans and Britons 1960s1970s | 199 |
The legacy of colonialism | 228 |
Index | 241 |
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