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Poison and Medicine
An historical view of ethnic conflict in Nigeria. A study of links between interethnic conflict and processes of reconciliation in the ethnically charged setting of Kano, northern …
Making the Town
A social history of a West African urban community during colonialism. The focus is centered on town politics and the ways in which the Ga political action shaped Accra's …
Violence and Memory
The long-view on more recent events in Zimbabwe's history. Violence has powerfully shaped the history of Matabeleland from the 1890s to the 1980s, and silence has surrounded the …
Colonial Lessons
Reveals how the African intelligentsia shaped their own lives under colonial rule. This work shows how mission-educated Africans negotiated new identities for themselves and their …
History and Memory in the Age of Enslavement
Brings Madagascar into the history of the African slave trade. This text explores how incorporation into global mercantile networks compelled people of highland Madagascar to …
Soldiers in Zimbabwe's Liberation War
These two companion volumes on Soldiers and Society give new perspectives on Zimbabwe's liberation struggle. This work is an attempt to look at some of the realities of Zimbabwe's …
Making Ethnic Ways
Ethnic identities as evolving categories in Kenya. This history of the Taita people during the 20th century focuses on their gradual adoption of a novel ethnic identity. The author …
Chiefs Know Their Boundaries
Relates issues of land tenure and entitlement to the history of power in the region. This text explores the changes and continuities in the ways people have made and exercised …
Are We Not Also Men?
Terence Ranger collected a range of sources, including the archive of Thompson's papers, the National Archives and oral interviews. This work provides a collective biography of …
Society in Zimbabwe's Liberation War
These two companion volumes on Soldiers and Society give new perspectives on Zimbabwe's liberation struggle. This work examines people's beliefs, ideas and experiences both during …
Women of Phokeng
Oral testimony is given central place in this unique telling of South Africa's history. Using oral accounts of their personal histories, this book recounts the lives and …
Gender and the Making of a South African Bantustan
How did an odd assortment of often unconnected spaces become Ciskei in the 1940s and 1950s? The author uses the prism of gender to displace the universal male subject of mainstream …