XI African History John Grace

11.01 f3.95), which provides an up-to-date guide to major twentieth-century themes. The older themes have been reworked both in general and in regional studies. J. Alexander, Voices and echoes: tales from colonial women (Quartet), provides a fresh look at empire from a new angle. More books on slavery continue to appear. P.E. Lovejoy, Transformations in slavery: a history of slavery in Africa (C. U.P. €25.00 pbk f7 .93 , takes a wide and scholarly look at the institution. J. Walvin, Slavery and the slave trade: a short illustrated history (Macmillan), also appeared. More interesting is R.D. Mahoney, IFK: Ordeal in Africa (OUP, f16.00), which looks at President Kennedy’s African policy.

11.02 West Africa One of the interesting books on West Africa goes back to colonial Nigeria. Sylvia Leith-Ross, Stepping-stones: memoirs of colonial Nigeria, 190760 (Owen, f10.95), is edited and introduced by M. Crowder and provides an insight into the mind of a woman who fell in love with Nigeria. R.O. Collins, Shadows in the grass: Britain in the southern Sudan 191854 (Yale U.P.), provides a more academic study of British colonialism. In a more contemporary vein E.W. Nafziger, The Economics of political instabiliry: the Nigerian-Biafran war (Westview, f 14.25). considers the civil war and its relationship to economic problems and foreign dependency. P. Chabal, Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary leadership and the People’s war (CUP, f22.50), is a useful entry into Guinea- Bissau, an area not widely known.

11.03 attention. R.I. Rotberg has edited Imperialism, colonialism and hunger: East and Central Africa (Heath. €26.45).

11.04 Central Africa There has been more interest in Central Africa recently. D. Birmingham and P. Martin have edited History of Central Africa (Longman, Vol 1, f7.95. Vol 2 €8.75). This useful work covers the history of the region from before the Iron Age to the 1980s and successfully brings together the whole region which was divided among four colonial powers. B. Munslow, Mozambique: rhe revoliition and its origin considers the most modern period of Mozambican history. Zimbabwe’s past is the subject of D. Caute, Under the skin: rhe death of whire Rhodesia (Allen Lane)..A.I. Astrow, Zimbabwe: a revolution that lost its way (Zed Press, f5.95). provides a critical examination of the most recent period of Zimbabwean history.

11.05 South Africa P. Wanvick. Black people and rhe South A fricori war 1899-1902 (CUP, f25.00). deals with a hitherto neglected topic. More recent events and their implications for the future are examined in R. Leonard, Soirrli Africa (rr war (Lawrence Hill. f7.95). and in T. Lodge. Black Politics in Sotrrh Africa sirice 1945 (Longman. f5.75).

General Most useful is B. Davidson, Modern Africa (Longman, pbk

East Africa Surprisingly few books on East Africa have come to my