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The coming of colonialism to Subsaharan Africa generated many forces that historians often describe in abstract terms: peasantization, leadership, nationalism and even colonialism. Such terms often hide or overwhelm the individual experiences of those who, in some way, contributed to the development and demise of colonial Africa. These 'agents' of empire - intellectuals and peasants, chiefs and ex-slaves, nationalists and colonial officials - symbolise the ambiguities of and limitations on colonial power. Agency and Action in Colonial Africa attempts to capture their role.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Reviews
'This collection is a fine tribute to John Flint, the Dalhousie University historian, whose wide-ranging research on the history of colonialism in Africa has done much to challenge established thinking. The book shows how Flint's ways of understanding the colonial era have been influential in the work of his students and colleagues. Presenting the results of research on all parts of sub-Saharan Africa, Agency and Action reveals the complexities and ambiguities of the colonial era through the lives and careers of a diverse group of colonial agents and subjects. In different ways, each of these chapters follows the approach of Flint himself by showing how individual ambitions, beliefs and actions were both shaped by and makers of the colonial experience.' - Alan Jeeves, President, Canadian Association of African Studies
'...an important book...the essays are all of a quality to rival those in the top journal...' - Toyin Falola, African Studies Review
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
MYRON ECHENBERG Lecturer, Department of African History, McGill University, Montreal
CATHERINE HIGGS Author
ALLISTER HINDS Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Mona
ACKSON KANDUZA Lecturer, Department of History, University of Swaziland
MARTIN KLEIN Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
ANN MCDOUGALL Professor of African History, University of Alberta, Edmonto
APOLLOS NWAUWA Lecturer, Rhode Island College, Providence
JOEY POWER Professor of History, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto
PHIL ZACHERNUK Associate Professor, Dalhousie University
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agency and Action in Colonial Africa
Book Subtitle: Essays for John E. Flint
Editors: Chris Youé, Tim Stapleton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288485
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-77885-2Published: 18 June 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28848-5Published: 17 June 2001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 219
Topics: African History, Modern History, Asian History