African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization

Frontcover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Introduction - Toyin Falola and R. Joseph Parrott and Danielle Porter Sanchez

PART 1. ATLANTIC OCEAN ISLANDS
The Canaries to Africa: The Atlantic Strategy of \"To Be or Not To Be\" - Germán Santana Pérez
Sugar, Cocoa, and Oil: Economic Success and Failure in São Tomé and Príncipe from the 16th to the 21st Century - Gerhard Seibert
The Bijagos of Canhabac Island (Guinea-Bissau) - Joshua Bernard Forrest
An Island in the Middle of Everywhere: Bioko under Colonial Domination - Enrique N. Okenve
Cursing in Bioko and Annobón: Repeating Islands that Don\'t Repeat - Michael Ugarte
African Ports and Islands during the Second World War - Ashley Jackson
\"Nos lingua, nos kultura, nos identidadi\": Postcolonial Language Planning and Promotion in Cabo Verde and the Cape Verdean Diaspora - Carla D. Martin

PART 2. INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
Africa\'s Indian Ocean Islands, Near and Distant - Edward A. Alpers
Monsoon Metropolis: Migration, Mobility, and Mediation in the Western Indian Ocean - William Bissell
The Mascarenes, Indian Ocean Africa, and Global Labor Migration during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - Richard B. Allen
The Island as Nexus: Zanzibar in the Nineteenth Century - Jeremy Prestholdt
Slavery and Post-Slavery in Madagascar: An Overview - Denis Regnier and Dominique Somda
The Comoros: Strategies of Islandness in the Indian Ocean - Iain Walker
Gendered Pioneers from Mayotte: An Ethnographic Perspective on Travel and Transformation in the Western Indian Ocean - Michael Lambek

Notes on Contributors
Index......Page 432