The search for Africa
Subtitle: history, culture, politics
By: Basil Davidson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books, Random House
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780812922783
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-359) and index.
Table of contents: title: Thinking about Africa; title: Claims.; title: The search for Africa's past; title: Africa and the invention of racism; title: Rescuing Africa's history; title: Africanism and its meanings; title: Antipathies.; title: Race and resistance; title: The roots of antiapartheid; title: South Africa : a system of legalized servitude; title: African saga; title: Pluralism in colonial African societies; title: Sympathies.; title: African peasants and revolution; title: Voices from the front; title: The legacy of Amilcar Cabral; title: Debates.; title: Nationalism and its ambiguities; title: Nationalism and Africa's self-transformation; title: The politics of restitution; title: Southern Africa : progress or disaster?; title: Arguments.; title: The ancient world and Africa : whose roots?; title: The curse of Columbus