Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps......Page 8
Preface to the American Edition......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Note on the Transcription of Proper Nouns......Page 20
The Perils of Rainfall Variations......Page 24
Population Growth and Decline......Page 29
Greater Demographic Disparities......Page 32
Greater Mobility......Page 34
The Inflow of Foreigners......Page 35
A Harsh Environment......Page 36
2. Political and Warlike Islam: The Maghreb and West Africa\rBefore the Colonial Conquest......Page 39
The Maghreb Before the Conquest......Page 40
The Western Sudan at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century......Page 47
A Major Focus: Trans-Saharan Trade......Page 57
Jihad and the Religious Islam of Conquest......Page 68
Adrift Under Western Pressure: Samori......Page 88
Modernity as an Option: Egypt......Page 91
At the Crossroads of Worlds: Ethiopia......Page 96
Old-Style Colonization: Zanzibar......Page 106
In the Margins Between Worlds: Rabīh......Page 118
The Reformism of the Coastal Empires......Page 130
The Peoples of the Interior......Page 139
5. The Meeting of Cultures: Southern Africa......Page 156
Upheaval at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century......Page 157
Shaka and the Zulu Revolution: Revision of an Analysis......Page 162
Lesotho: Colonized Bastion......Page 164
The English, the Africans, and the Boers: The Genesis of Segregation......Page 168
6. Colonial Intervention......Page 177
The Beginnings of Colonial Imperialism in Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 179
The Genesis of Colonial Government......Page 187
The End of Colonial Conquests......Page 189
Resistance......Page 193
Algeria, from Revolt to Colonization......Page 196
Slavery: A Mode of Production That Had Become Dominant......Page 206
Christianity: The Missionary Factor in Changing Mentalities......Page 228
Economic and Social Changes: Systems of Production and Lifestyles......Page 253
New Social Players: Gender Relations, Urbanization......Page 268
Culture and the Arts......Page 279
Conclusion\r......Page 289
Notes\r......Page 292
Bibliography\r......Page 302
Chronology: Europeans in Africa\r......Page 314
Index\r......Page 320
About the Author\r......Page 334