1st Edition

African Voices of the Global Past 1500 to the Present

By Trevor R. Getz Copyright 2014
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book focuses on retelling many of the important episodes in the global past (c.1500–present) from African points of view. It discusses the events and trends of global significance: the Atlantic slave system, the industrial revolution, World Wars I and II, and decolonization.

    Introduction -- Naming and Framing a Crime Against Humanity -- Prophetesses and “Native Capitalists” -- When Satiety and Avarice Marry, Hunger Is Born -- Isaac Fadoyebo at the Battle of Nyron -- Pathways to Decolonization -- Moroccan Feminism as Universal Feminism

    Biography

    R. Getz, Trevor