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African Voices of the Global Past
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African Voices of the Global Past book
1500 to the Present
African Voices of the Global Past
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African Voices of the Global Past book
1500 to the Present
Edited ByTrevor R. Getz
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 17 June 2019
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
Pages 240
eBook ISBN 9780429502507
Subjects Area Studies, Humanities
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Getz, T.R. (Ed.). (2014). African Voices of the Global Past: 1500 to the Present (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429502507
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
ByKwasi Konadu
chapter 2|30 pages
Prophetesses and “Native Capitalists”
African Voices of the Industrial Revolution, ca. 1760–1880
ByTrevor R. Getz
chapter 3|38 pages
When Satiety and Avarice Marry, Hunger Is Born
African Voices of the Colonial Era, ca. 1896–1945
ByTim Carmichael
chapter 4|32 pages
Isaac Fadoyebo at the Battle of Nyron
African Voices of the First and Second World Wars, ca. 1914–1945
BySaheed Aderinto
chapter 5|30 pages
Pathways to Decolonization
African Voices of the Fight for Independence, ca. 1880–1994
ByPeter Adebayo
chapter 6|36 pages
Moroccan Feminism as Universal Feminism
African Voices of the Feminist Struggle, ca. 1930–2000
ByOsire Glacier
