ABSTRACT
This book focuses on retelling many of the important episodes in the global past (c.1500–present) from African points of view. It discusses the events and trends of global significance: the Atlantic slave system, the industrial revolution, World Wars I and II, and decolonization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|38 pages
Naming and Framing a Crime Against Humanity
African Voices of the Transatlantic Slave System, ca.1500–1900
chapter 2|30 pages
Prophetesses and “Native Capitalists”
African Voices of the Industrial Revolution, ca. 1760–1880
chapter 3|38 pages
When Satiety and Avarice Marry, Hunger Is Born
African Voices of the Colonial Era, ca. 1896–1945
chapter 4|32 pages
Isaac Fadoyebo at the Battle of Nyron
African Voices of the First and Second World Wars, ca. 1914–1945
chapter 5|30 pages
Pathways to Decolonization
African Voices of the Fight for Independence, ca. 1880–1994
chapter 6|36 pages
Moroccan Feminism as Universal Feminism
African Voices of the Feminist Struggle, ca. 1930–2000
