NEW BOOK: Daily Life in Colonial Africa by Toyin Falola

Description

Discover how European colonization across the many regions in Africa dramatically altered the continent and the daily lived experiences of its peoples.

Daily Life in Colonial Africa explores nine facets of daily life in the European-colonized African continent, such as domestic, economic, political, and religious life. Examples of everyday people-farmers forced to switch to cash crops, people of faith melding native traditions and European Christian doctrine on beliefs about the afterlife, storytellers using allegory to discreetly challenge colonial rule-show how colonialization impacted every aspect of life for Africa’s indigenous people, as well as how they adapted to new ways of life while maintaining their cultural roots. Alongside the main text, helpful additional resources such as a timeline of the colonization of Africa and a glossary of terms provide useful context for understanding what life in this period of history was truly like for the many different people and groups affected by Africa’s colonization.

Daily Life in Colonial Africa By Toyin Falola

Product details: Published Aug 08 2024; Format Hardback; Edition 1st; Extent 280; ISBN 9781440881169

Imprint Bloomsbury Academic; Dimensions 9 x 6 inches; Series Daily Life through History; Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Timeline; Glossary; 1. Domestic Life; 2. Economic Life; 3. Intellectual Life; 4. Material Life; 5. Political Life; 6. Recreational Life; 7. New Forms of Songs; 8. Religious Life; 9. Resistance to Colonialism; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has received over 30 lifetime career awards and 14 honorary doctorates. He has written extensively on Nigeria and Africa, including his latest book with Bloomsbury, Daily Life in Colonial Africa (2024).

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/daily-life-in-colonial-africa-9781440881169/

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