Atlantic Bonds
Title | Atlantic Bonds PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa A. Lindsay |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2016-12-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 146963113X |
A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828–1893) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish that he should leave America to start a new life in Africa. Over the next forty years, Vaughan was taken captive, fought in African wars, built and rebuilt a livelihood, and led a revolt against white racism, finally becoming a successful merchant and the founder of a wealthy, educated, and politically active family. Tracing Vaughan's journey from South Carolina to Liberia to several parts of Yorubaland (present-day southwestern Nigeria), Lisa Lindsay documents this "free" man's struggle to find economic and political autonomy in an era when freedom was not clear and unhindered anywhere for people of African descent. In a tour de force of historical investigation on two continents, Lindsay tells a story of Vaughan's survival, prosperity, and activism against a seemingly endless series of obstacles. By following Vaughan's transatlantic journeys and comparing his experiences to those of his parents, contemporaries, and descendants in Nigeria and South Carolina, Lindsay reveals the expansive reach of slavery, the ambiguities of freedom, and the surprising ways that Africa, rather than America, offered new opportunities for people of African descent.
Loosing the Bonds
Title | Loosing the Bonds PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Massie |
Publisher | Nan A. Talese |
Pages | 970 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
In the aftermath of World War II, South Africa's white government decreed a brutal system of segregation at the very moment when the United states began wresting with the civil rights movement. In "Loosing the Bonds", Robert Massie recreates the passions and struggles of these years, deftly exposing the way politics and personalities, money and morality interact in modern America. 40 photos. National print ads, media.
The Bonds of Africa
Title | The Bonds of Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Owen Letcher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN |
The Bonds of Africa; Impressions of Travel and Sport from Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912...
Title | The Bonds of Africa; Impressions of Travel and Sport from Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912... PDF eBook |
Author | Owen Letcher |
Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2013-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781314851793 |
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The Bonds of Africa; Impressions of Travel and Sport From Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912
Title | The Bonds of Africa; Impressions of Travel and Sport From Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912 PDF eBook |
Author | Owen Letcher |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-07-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781019473887 |
This book is a collection of essays that offer vivid descriptions of life in Africa during a period of rapid change. Letcher writes poignantly about the people, animals, and landscapes he encountered, and reflects on the tensions between colonialism and indigenous culture. This book offers a unique window into a fascinating period of African history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Looting Africa
Title | Looting Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Bond |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2013-04-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1848137281 |
Despite the rhetoric, the people of Sub-Saharan Africa are become poorer. From Tony Blair's Africa Commission and the Make Poverty History campaign to the Hong Kong WTO meeting, Africa's gains have been mainly limited to public relations. The central problems remain exploitative debt and financial relationships with the North, phantom aid, unfair trade, distorted investment and the continent's brain/skills drain. Moreover, capitalism in most African countries has witnessed the emergence of excessively powerful ruling elites with incomes derived from financial-parasitical accumulation. Without overstressing the 'mistakes' of such elites, this book contextualises Africa's wealth outflow within a stagnant but volatile world economy.
Extracting Profit
Title | Extracting Profit PDF eBook |
Author | Lee Wengraf |
Publisher | Haymarket Books |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2018-02-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1608468763 |
Extracting profit explains why Africa, in the first decade and a half of the twenty-first century, has undergone an economic boom. This period of “Africa rising” did not lead to the creation of jobs but has instead fueled the growth of the extraction of natural resources and an increasingly-wealthy African ruling class.