African History
Emergence of African history
To ask whether Africa has a history may seem to be politically incorrect at first. However, one does not really think of the history of the American continent in a holistic fashion. Rather one thinks of North American, Southern American, and Canadian history as fairly separate entities. Why does not one think of Africa in similar terms? The concept of 'African History,' is thus tied to the European historical perspective and paradigm of Africa as a 'dark' or pagan continent, uniform in its cultural texture, even though the African continent spans a range of languages, tribes, cultures, and ethnic groups. The number of these divisions is in fact far more ...
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of missionary efforts, to be subject to economic exploitation, and the other unfortunate legacies of colonialism creates a solidarity, an 'Africa' even if none existed before the colonial legacy fused a notion of 'Africa' into being in the historical imagination. Moreover, because of this colonial legacy, even African nationalists of varying stripes, including pan-Africans as well as those who stress Islamic or native regional efforts in establishing independence from Europe and the European worldview, have found unities that existed in African history, even before the colonial period.
Spread of Islam Contributed to Determining African History through Writing
Although this fact is occasionally forgotten, African history is also Islamic history. Nasser's standing up to Britain during the Sudan crisis is only one example of this fact, as is conversely the Moroccan dominance and dependence upon European tourism for its industry in the mid-20th century, despite its expressed ...
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