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Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Author: L. H. Gann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521078597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564

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A comprehensive study of recent African history, examining the political, social, and economic effects of colonialism.

Author: Arthur Keppel-Jones
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 077356103X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 693

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The British South Africa Company and the irregularity of its financial and political operations are dealt with in detail. Keppel-Jones also discusses the development in the midst of the indigenous population of an alien white society and state, from their crude beginnings to their emergence in a form still recognizable today. The reader is led to conclude that by 1902 Southern Rhodesia was already set on the road that would lead to the upheavals of the second half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the racial consciousness and prejudice of the white society and addresses an important question: why did the imperial government grant a royal charter to the BSA Company? The facts show conclusively that the imperial government had little interest in Central Africa or care for its fate except when foreign competition appeared. Keppel-Jones also reveals the important role played by black troops employed by the Company in suppressing the rebellions of 1896-7. For opposite reasons, neither blacks nor whites have been willing to recognize this; on the other hand the habit of the 'men-on-the-spot' of making and carrying out decisions without regard to their superiors in London is a commonplace of imperial history. One of the main themes of the book is the tension between the unofficial imperialists, straining at the leash, and the Colonial Office, struggling to hold them back. Rhodes and Rhodesia is based on extensive use of public records, mainly in the Public Record Office, London, and the National Archives of Zimbabwe, of collections of private papers, and of contemporary published works.

Author: Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers
ISBN: 9036101360
Category : Ndebele (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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Author: Barrie Reynolds
Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
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Category : Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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Author: Frederick Selous
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1571574581
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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A must-purchase for all lovers of Selous! This second book on Selous, edited by Africana expert Dr. James Casada, completes the work on the lost writings by Selous begun in Africa's Greatest Hunter. Read Selous’s incomparable descriptions of African game, from antelope to elephant, and his descriptions of hunting caribou in Newfoundland. Though Selous spent years hunting alone in Africa, he always retained his gift for friendship. In the second part of this volume, some of Selous’s friends shed light on the great hunter. Included are essays by Theodore Roosevelt and the great journalist W. T. Stead, who gives a fascinating analysis of Selous’s entire life. Also included is an article published in 1896 in the Daily News that was written by a pushy journalist who hopped into a hansom cab occupied by Selous. The revealing conversation the journalist recorded as the two rode together through London is not to be missed! You will marvel at how the writings collected in this volume make Selous seem like flesh and blood. As in the other Selous book by Safari Press, this volume is extensively annotated by Dr. James Casada with comments and biographical notes.

Author: R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Author: Edward C. Tabler
Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Category : Barotseland (Northern Rhodesia)
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
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Category : Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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