Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004276904
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa provides scholarly, interdisciplinary analysis of the historical and contemporary relationships, links and networks between Scotland, Africa and the African diaspora. The book interrogates these links from a variety of perspectives – historical, political, economic, religious, diplomatic, and cultural – and assesses the mutual implications for past, present and future relationships. The socio-historical connection between Scotland and Africa is illuminated by the many who have shaped the history of African nationalism, education, health, and art in respective contexts of Africa, Britain, the Caribbean and the USA. The book contributes to the empirical, theoretical and methodological development of European African Studies, and thus fills a significant gap in information, interpretation and analysis of the specific historical and contemporary relationships between Scotland, Africa and the African diaspora. Contributors are: Afe Adogame, Andrew Lawrence, Esther Breitenbach, John McCracken, Markku Hokkanen, Olutayo Charles Adesina, Marika Sherwood, Caroline Bressey, Janice McLean, Everlyn Nicodemus, Kristian Romare, Oluwakemi Adesina, Elijah Obinna, Damaris Seleina Parsitau, Kweku Michael Okyerefo, Musa Gaiya and Jordan Rengshwat, Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Kenneth Ross, Magnus Echtler, and Geoff Palmer.
Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004276904
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa provides scholarly, interdisciplinary analysis of the historical and contemporary relationships, links and networks between Scotland, Africa and the African diaspora. The book interrogates these links from a variety of perspectives – historical, political, economic, religious, diplomatic, and cultural – and assesses the mutual implications for past, present and future relationships. The socio-historical connection between Scotland and Africa is illuminated by the many who have shaped the history of African nationalism, education, health, and art in respective contexts of Africa, Britain, the Caribbean and the USA. The book contributes to the empirical, theoretical and methodological development of European African Studies, and thus fills a significant gap in information, interpretation and analysis of the specific historical and contemporary relationships between Scotland, Africa and the African diaspora. Contributors are: Afe Adogame, Andrew Lawrence, Esther Breitenbach, John McCracken, Markku Hokkanen, Olutayo Charles Adesina, Marika Sherwood, Caroline Bressey, Janice McLean, Everlyn Nicodemus, Kristian Romare, Oluwakemi Adesina, Elijah Obinna, Damaris Seleina Parsitau, Kweku Michael Okyerefo, Musa Gaiya and Jordan Rengshwat, Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Kenneth Ross, Magnus Echtler, and Geoff Palmer.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004276904
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa provides scholarly, interdisciplinary analysis of the historical and contemporary relationships, links and networks between Scotland, Africa and the African diaspora. The book interrogates these links from a variety of perspectives – historical, political, economic, religious, diplomatic, and cultural – and assesses the mutual implications for past, present and future relationships. The socio-historical connection between Scotland and Africa is illuminated by the many who have shaped the history of African nationalism, education, health, and art in respective contexts of Africa, Britain, the Caribbean and the USA. The book contributes to the empirical, theoretical and methodological development of European African Studies, and thus fills a significant gap in information, interpretation and analysis of the specific historical and contemporary relationships between Scotland, Africa and the African diaspora. Contributors are: Afe Adogame, Andrew Lawrence, Esther Breitenbach, John McCracken, Markku Hokkanen, Olutayo Charles Adesina, Marika Sherwood, Caroline Bressey, Janice McLean, Everlyn Nicodemus, Kristian Romare, Oluwakemi Adesina, Elijah Obinna, Damaris Seleina Parsitau, Kweku Michael Okyerefo, Musa Gaiya and Jordan Rengshwat, Vicky Khasandi-Telewa, Kenneth Ross, Magnus Echtler, and Geoff Palmer.
The Scots in South Africa
Author: John MacDonald MacKenzie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719076084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This book is the first full-length study of the important role of the Scots in the patterns of White settlement in South Africa, where they were very active in such areas as exploration, botanical and scientific endeavour, military campaigns, the emergence of Christian missions, Western education, intellectual institutions, the professions as well as enterprise and technical developments, business, commerce and journalism.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719076084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This book is the first full-length study of the important role of the Scots in the patterns of White settlement in South Africa, where they were very active in such areas as exploration, botanical and scientific endeavour, military campaigns, the emergence of Christian missions, Western education, intellectual institutions, the professions as well as enterprise and technical developments, business, commerce and journalism.
Long Way Down
Author: Ewan McGregor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416577483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Eighteen countries. Five shock absorbers. Two bikers. One amazing adventure... After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. Inspired by their UNICEF visits to Africa, they knew they had to go back and experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. And so they set off on their 15,000-mile journey with two new BMWs loaded up for the trip. Their route took them from John O'Groats at the northernmost tip of Scotland to Cape Agulhas on the southernmost tip of South Africa. Along the way they rode some of the toughest terrain in the world -- and met some of the friendliest people. They rode their bikes right up to the pyramids in Egypt and visited Luke Skywalker's house in Tunisia. They met people who had triumphed over terrifying experiences -- former childhood soldiers in Uganda and children living amidst the minefields of Ethiopia. They had a close encounter with a family of gorillas in Rwanda and were nearly trampled by a herd of elephants in Botswana. Riding through spectacular scenery, often in extreme temperatures, Ewan and Charley faced their hardest challenges yet. With their trademark humor and honesty they tell their story -- the drama, the dangers and sheer exhilaration of riding together again, through a continent filled with magic and wonder.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416577483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Eighteen countries. Five shock absorbers. Two bikers. One amazing adventure... After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. Inspired by their UNICEF visits to Africa, they knew they had to go back and experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. And so they set off on their 15,000-mile journey with two new BMWs loaded up for the trip. Their route took them from John O'Groats at the northernmost tip of Scotland to Cape Agulhas on the southernmost tip of South Africa. Along the way they rode some of the toughest terrain in the world -- and met some of the friendliest people. They rode their bikes right up to the pyramids in Egypt and visited Luke Skywalker's house in Tunisia. They met people who had triumphed over terrifying experiences -- former childhood soldiers in Uganda and children living amidst the minefields of Ethiopia. They had a close encounter with a family of gorillas in Rwanda and were nearly trampled by a herd of elephants in Botswana. Riding through spectacular scenery, often in extreme temperatures, Ewan and Charley faced their hardest challenges yet. With their trademark humor and honesty they tell their story -- the drama, the dangers and sheer exhilaration of riding together again, through a continent filled with magic and wonder.
Private Law and Human Rights
Author: Daniel Visser
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748684190
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
A comparative investigation into the revolution in private law in the era of human rightsScotland and South Africa are mixed jurisdictions, combining features of common law and civil law traditions. Over the last decade a shared feature in both Scotland
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748684190
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
A comparative investigation into the revolution in private law in the era of human rightsScotland and South Africa are mixed jurisdictions, combining features of common law and civil law traditions. Over the last decade a shared feature in both Scotland
Malawi and Scotland Together in the Talking Place Since 1859
Author: Kenneth R. Ross
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9996027074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This pioneering and fascinating book is the first to tell the story of the remarkably enduring bonds between Malawi and Scotland from the time of David Livingstone to the flourishing cultural, economic and religious relationships of the present day. Why should there be any significant relationship between one small nation on Europe's north-western seaboard and another in the interior of Africa? How did it reach the stage where in 2012 Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in the Scottish Government, could describe Malawi as Scotland's "sister nation"? This book attempts an answer.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9996027074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This pioneering and fascinating book is the first to tell the story of the remarkably enduring bonds between Malawi and Scotland from the time of David Livingstone to the flourishing cultural, economic and religious relationships of the present day. Why should there be any significant relationship between one small nation on Europe's north-western seaboard and another in the interior of Africa? How did it reach the stage where in 2012 Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in the Scottish Government, could describe Malawi as Scotland's "sister nation"? This book attempts an answer.
Scotland and the British Empire
Author: John M. MacKenzie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199573247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Examines the key roles of Scots in central aspects of the Atlantic and imperial economies from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and demonstrates that an understanding of the relationship between Scotland and the British Empire is vital both for the understanding of the histories of that country and of many territories of the Empire.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199573247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Examines the key roles of Scots in central aspects of the Atlantic and imperial economies from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and demonstrates that an understanding of the relationship between Scotland and the British Empire is vital both for the understanding of the histories of that country and of many territories of the Empire.
The Last King of Scotland
Author: Giles Foden
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571246176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician? Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is both fascinated and appalled. As Uganda plunges into civil chaos he realises action is imperative - but which way should he jump?
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571246176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician? Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is both fascinated and appalled. As Uganda plunges into civil chaos he realises action is imperative - but which way should he jump?
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Author: David Livingstone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
"Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, authored by David Livingstone, is a ... travel narrative that documents the extraordinary journeys of the Scottish explorer and missionary across Southern Africa during the 19th century ... David Livingstone's book chronicles his efforts to combine his missionary work with extensive explorations of the African continent. Through vivid descriptions and firsthand accounts, he shares his encounters with diverse African cultures, wildlife, and landscapes. Livingstone's exploration of the Zambezi River and his discovery of the Victoria Falls are among the notable highlights detailed in the book. Livingstone's narrative also delves into the harsh realities of the African slave trade and his dedication to ending this brutal practice. He provides insights into the challenges he faced, including navigating treacherous terrain and fostering relationships with local communities. The book captures Livingstone's deep respect for African cultures and his commitment to understanding and improving the lives of the people he encountered"--From Boswell Book Company website.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
"Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, authored by David Livingstone, is a ... travel narrative that documents the extraordinary journeys of the Scottish explorer and missionary across Southern Africa during the 19th century ... David Livingstone's book chronicles his efforts to combine his missionary work with extensive explorations of the African continent. Through vivid descriptions and firsthand accounts, he shares his encounters with diverse African cultures, wildlife, and landscapes. Livingstone's exploration of the Zambezi River and his discovery of the Victoria Falls are among the notable highlights detailed in the book. Livingstone's narrative also delves into the harsh realities of the African slave trade and his dedication to ending this brutal practice. He provides insights into the challenges he faced, including navigating treacherous terrain and fostering relationships with local communities. The book captures Livingstone's deep respect for African cultures and his commitment to understanding and improving the lives of the people he encountered"--From Boswell Book Company website.
Negotiating the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1959-1964
Author: Peter Docking
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030880915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book examines conferences and commissions held for British colonial territories in East and Central Africa in the early 1960s. Until 1960, the British and colonial governments regularly employed hard methods of colonial management in East and Central Africa, such as instituting states of emergency and imprisoning political leaders. A series of events at the end of the 1950s made hard measures no longer feasible, including criticism from the United Nations. As a result, softer measures became more prevalent, and the use of constitutional conferences and commissions became an increasingly important tool for the British government in seeking to manage colonial affairs. During the period 1960-64, a staggering sixteen conferences and ten constitutional commissions were held for British colonies in East and Central Africa. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed overview of how the British sought to make use of these events to control and manage the pace of change. The author also demonstrates how commissions and conferences helped shape politics and African popular opinion in the early 1960s. Whilst giving the British government temporary respite, conferences and commissions ultimately accelerated the decolonisation process by transferring more power to African political parties and engendering softer perceptions on both sides. Presenting both British and African perspectives, this book offers an innovative exploration into the way that these episodes played an important part in the decolonisation of Africa. It shows that far from being dry and technical events, conferences and commissions were occasions of drama that tell us much about how the British government and those in Africa engaged with the last days of empire.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030880915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book examines conferences and commissions held for British colonial territories in East and Central Africa in the early 1960s. Until 1960, the British and colonial governments regularly employed hard methods of colonial management in East and Central Africa, such as instituting states of emergency and imprisoning political leaders. A series of events at the end of the 1950s made hard measures no longer feasible, including criticism from the United Nations. As a result, softer measures became more prevalent, and the use of constitutional conferences and commissions became an increasingly important tool for the British government in seeking to manage colonial affairs. During the period 1960-64, a staggering sixteen conferences and ten constitutional commissions were held for British colonies in East and Central Africa. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed overview of how the British sought to make use of these events to control and manage the pace of change. The author also demonstrates how commissions and conferences helped shape politics and African popular opinion in the early 1960s. Whilst giving the British government temporary respite, conferences and commissions ultimately accelerated the decolonisation process by transferring more power to African political parties and engendering softer perceptions on both sides. Presenting both British and African perspectives, this book offers an innovative exploration into the way that these episodes played an important part in the decolonisation of Africa. It shows that far from being dry and technical events, conferences and commissions were occasions of drama that tell us much about how the British government and those in Africa engaged with the last days of empire.
The Palgrave Handbook of Christianity in Africa from Apostolic Times to the Present
Author: Andrew Eugene Barnes
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031482700
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031482700
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description