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Black Star

Black Star

Basil Davidson

Routledge
2019
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This book provides a balanced view about a charismatic leader, Kwame Nkrumah during an exciting period of history in Ghana. It discusses the failure of Nkrumah's means and abilities to meet the challenge of his aims from the standpoint of Ghana's welfare.
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Black Star

Black Star

Basil Davidson

Routledge
2021
nidottu
This book provides a balanced view about a charismatic leader, Kwame Nkrumah during an exciting period of history in Ghana. It discusses the failure of Nkrumah's means and abilities to meet the challenge of his aims from the standpoint of Ghana's welfare.
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Modern Africa

Modern Africa

Basil Davidson

Routledge
1994
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Basil Davidson's famous book -- now updated in a welcome Third Edition -- reviews the social and political history of Africa in the twentieth century. It takes the reader from the colonial era through the liberation movements to independence and beyond. It faces squarely the disappointments and breakdowns that have dulled the early successes of the post-colonial era; yet, for all the sorrows and uncertainties of Africa today, Basil Davidson shows how much has been achieved since decolonization, and the mood of his new final chapter is hopeful and buoyant.
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West Africa before the Colonial Era

West Africa before the Colonial Era

Basil Davidson

Longman
1998
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This is a survey of pre-colonial West Africa, written by the internationally respected author and journalist, Basil Davidson. He takes as his starting point his successful textA History of West Africa 1000-1800, but he has reworked his new text specially for a wider international readership. In the process he offers a fascinating introduction to the rich societies and cultures of Africa before the coming of the Europeans.
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Africa in History

Africa in History

Basil Davidson

Simon Schuster
1995
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Prior to the original publication of Africa in History, the history and development of Africa had been measured by the European concept of civilization, applying a Eurocentric approach to African art and literature. Basil Davidson's landmark work presents the inner growth of Africa and its worldwide significance, the internal dynamic of its old civilizations and their links with Asia, Europe and America, as well as the development of specific areas, tribes and cultures. From accounts of the days of the green Sahara and the great iron age, the earliest Portuguese colonization, the coming of slavery and the subsequent legacy of violence and mistrust, the growth of Islam in the north and the cults of the Congo, the sophistication of art and architecture, and the pattern behind social and tribal mores, the entire picture of the continent emerges. This revised edition reflects the recent astonishing changes in South Africa, including the release of Nelson Mandela
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African Genius

African Genius

Basil Davidson

Ohio University Press
2005
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The African Genius presents the ideas, social systems, religions, moral values, arts, and metaphysics of a range of African peoples. Basil Davidson points toward the Africa that might emerge from an ancient civilization that was overlaid and battered by colonialism, then torn apart by the upheaval of colonialism's dismantlement. Davidson disputes the notion that Africa gained under colonialism by entering the modern world. He sees, instead, an ancient order replaced by modern dysfunction. Davidson's depiction of the sophisticated "native genius" that has carried Africans through centuries of change is vital to an understanding of modern Africa as well.
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The Black Man's Burden

The Black Man's Burden

Basil Davidson

James Currey
1992
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Basil Davidson is the most effective popularizer of African history and archaeology outside Africa and certainly the best trusted in Africa itself. - Roland Oliver in THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS Basil Davidson on the nation-state in Africa and its huge disappointments, its relationship to the colonial years and the parallels with events in Eastern Europe. North America: Times/Random House
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The Search for Africa

The Search for Africa

Basil Davidson

James Currey
1994
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The collection gathers together the questions and answers that have come out of the author's lifelong fascination with Africa. These essays and articles, written between 1953 and 1993, explore the development of an African historiography and, in that context, the author's own development. People who have been involved all their lives with Africa willbe reminded of how many times Basil Davidson has given them new insights. People who approach the study of Africa for the first time will find this collection opens out their perceptions. North America: Times/Random House
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The Lost Cities of Africa

The Lost Cities of Africa

Basil Davidson

James Currey
1987
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Africa and Africans south of the Sahara in the 1500 years or so before the colonial period began. The aim of this book is to present what is now known and what seems reasonable to believe about some leading aspects and achievements of African life and civilization during the pre-colonial period, and thus to contribute to an understanding of Africa today. North America: Times/Random House
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The African Slave Trade

The African Slave Trade

Basil Davidson

James Currey
1961
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Examines the slave trade in three areas of Africa: the old Congo kingdoms, the city states of the East Coast, and parts of the Guinea coast. Basil Davidson states that by examining three important areas of Africa in the history of slavery 'against a general background of their time and circumstance' he was taking 'a fresh look at the oversea slave trade, the steady year-by-year export of African labour to the West Indies and the Americas that marked the greatest and most fateful migration - forced migration - in the history of man.' North America: Times/Random House
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The African Genius

The African Genius

Basil Davidson

James Currey
1969
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A general social and cultural history of Africa. Basil Davidson gives insights into the depth and sophistication of African cultural and social history in a way that is intelligible and accessible to the lay-reader. North America: Ohio U Press
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Scenes from the Anti-Nazi War

Scenes from the Anti-Nazi War

Basil Davidson

Monthly Review Press,U.S.
1980
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In this lively and instructive memoir of his experience with the anti-Nazi underground in Italy and Yugoslavia during World War II, Basil Davidson throws needed light on a much-neglected part of European history. Sent to the area as a representative of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), he is able to recount at first hand the intense determination of the revolutionary partisans, who hoped that their sacrifices would lead to a new society, and the equally determined policy of the Allies to suppress them.
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Modern Africa

Modern Africa

Basil Davidson

Routledge
2015
sidottu
Basil Davidson's famous book -- now updated in a welcome Third Edition -- reviews the social and political history of Africa in the twentieth century. It takes the reader from the colonial era through the liberation movements to independence and beyond. It faces squarely the disappointments and breakdowns that have dulled the early successes of the post-colonial era; yet, for all the sorrows and uncertainties of Africa today, Basil Davidson shows how much has been achieved since decolonization, and the mood of his new final chapter is hopeful and buoyant.
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West Africa before the Colonial Era

West Africa before the Colonial Era

Basil Davidson

Routledge
2016
sidottu
This is a survey of pre-colonial West Africa, written by the internationally respected author and journalist, Basil Davidson. He takes as his starting point his successful textA History of West Africa 1000-1800, but he has reworked his new text specially for a wider international readership. In the process he offers a fascinating introduction to the rich societies and cultures of Africa before the coming of the Europeans.
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The Lost Cities of Africa

The Lost Cities of Africa

Basil Davidson

Literary Licensing, LLC
2011
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The Lost Cities of Africa is a non-fiction book written by Basil Davidson. The book explores the history and culture of various ancient African civilizations that have been lost to time. Davidson takes readers on a journey through the continent, uncovering the mysteries of forgotten cities and empires. He delves into the complex societies of the Nok, the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, the Kingdom of Benin, and many more. The author provides detailed descriptions of the architecture, art, religion, and social structures of these lost cities, offering a glimpse into the rich history of Africa. The book also discusses the impact of European colonialism on these civilizations and how it led to the decline of many of these societies. Overall, The Lost Cities of Africa is a fascinating read for anyone interested in African history and culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Black Star

Black Star

Basil Davidson

James Currey
2007
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Basil Davidson's Black Star remains one of the most thoughtful and insightful views into the life and times of Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)'.- Emmanuel Akyeampong, from the book's new Foreword Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah seized opportunities to lead the countries of sub-Saharan Africa away from colonialism. In 1957, he became the first Prime Minister of Ghana. By the time he was overthrown in a coup in 1966 most African countries, outside the settler-dominated South, had also achieved independence. ' As a visionary Nkrumah was ahead of his times, with an astute understanding of colonialism that made the twin goals of socialism at home (Ghana) and African unity the abiding principles of his work and life.... Nkrumah's monumental role and place in modern Ghana's history mystifies him as a national hero; Black Star humanizes Nkrumah in important ways, and the reader gains a new understanding of a great man, but still a man.' - From the new Foreword by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Professor of History, Harvard University
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