The study of intellectual history in Africa is in its infancy. We know very little about what Africa's thinkers made of their times. Recasting the Past brings one field of intellectual endeavor into view. The book takes its place alongside a small but growing literature that highlights how, in autobiographies, historical writing, fiction, and other literary genres, African writers intervened creatively in their political world.
The past has already been worked over by the African interpreters that the present volume brings into view. African brokers-pastors, journalists,...
The study of intellectual history in Africa is in its infancy. We know very little about what Africa's thinkers made of their times. Recasting ...
The study of intellectual history in Africa is in its infancy. We know very little about what Africa's thinkers made of their times. Recasting the Past brings one field of intellectual endeavor into view. The book takes its place alongside a small but growing literature that highlights how, in autobiographies, historical writing, fiction, and other literary genres, African writers intervened creatively in their political world. The past has already been worked over by the African interpreters that the present volume brings into view. African brokers-pastors, journalists,...
The study of intellectual history in Africa is in its infancy. We know very little about what Africa's thinkers made of their times. Recasting the ...
This book transforms our contemporary understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917-1983), the first openly nationalist African politician in Northern Rhodesia and, later, the leader of parliamentary opposition during Zambia's multi-party First Republic.
This book transforms our contemporary understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry...
Robinson M. Nabulyato Giacomo Macola Bizeck J. Phiri
Robinson Mwaakwe Nabulyato (1916-2004) was one of the fathers of African nationalism in colonial Zambia and the longest serving Speaker of the country's National Assembly after independence (1969-1988; 1991-1998). In this posthumous book, he presents an informative autobiographical account and an incisive analysis of the politics of post-colonial Africa.
Robinson Mwaakwe Nabulyato (1916-2004) was one of the fathers of African nationalism in colonial Zambia and the longest serving Speaker of the country...
Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in the nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In answering this question, The Gun in Central Africa offers a thorough reassessment of the history of firearms in central Africa. Marrying the insights of Africanist historiography with those of consumption and science and technology studies, Giacomo Macola approaches the subject from a culturally sensitive perspective that encompasses both the practical and the symbolic attributes of firearms. Informed by the view that the power of objects extends beyond their immediate...
Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in the nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In answering this question, ...
Examining the history of warfare and political development through a technological lens, Macola relates the study of military technology to the history of gender.
Examining the history of warfare and political development through a technological lens, Macola relates the study of military technology to the histor...
