Tapestry of African Histories

With Longer Times and Wider Geopolitics
Herausgeber: Githuku, Nicholas K.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies African history through a geopolitically transcendent lens that brings African countries into conversation with other relevant histories both within and outside of the continent. The collection analyzes historical figures, struggles for independence and stability, social and economic development, and legal and human rights issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9781793623959
• ISBN-10: 1793623953
• Artikelnr.: 68536906

Autorenporträt

Nicholas K. Githuku is assistant professor of African History at CUNY, York College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Future of History: Transtemporal, Transnational across
Geographical Borders
Nicholas Kariuki Githuku
Chapter 1: On Writing Kenya's History
John Lonsdale
Chapter 2: From the Upper Delaware River to the Banks of the Monongahela
via Lake Victoria
Robert M. Maxon
Chapter 3: Myth and Reality in the Forging of a Kenyan National History:
Oginga Odinga's Heroism
Robert M. Maxon
Chapter 4: Daniel arap Moi: A Challenge for Historians
Robert M. Maxon
Chapter 5: Ainsworth after Dark: The Pied Piper of African Development in
Colonial Kenya, 1895-1920?
Okia Opolot
Chapter 6: Challenge to African Democracy: The Activism and Assassination
of Pio Gama Pinto
Godriver Odhiambo
Chapter 7: Eastlands, Nairobi: Memory, History, and Recovery
Betty Wambui
Chapter 8: Plagues and Pestilences in Late Nineteenth-Century Samburuland
George L. Simpson, Jr., and Peter Waweru
Chapter 9: The Evolution of Imperial Social Development Policy and Practice
in British Sudan: A Comparative Case