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THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF AFRICAN COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL HISTORY Edited by Martin S. Shanguhyia and Toyin Falola The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History Martin S. Shanguhyia · Toyin Falola Editors The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History Editors Martin S. Shanguhyia Toyin Falola History Department, Maxwell School of University of Texas at Austin Citizenship and Public Affairs Austin, TX, USA Syracuse University Syracuse, NY, USA ISBN 978-1-137-59425-9 ISBN 978-1-137-59426-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59426-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017950403 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: ilbusca/Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America, Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A. A cknowledgements This book is the result of unlimited effort from various individuals and insti- tutions. The topics and themes came from an enriching brainstorming and back-and-forth communication and conversation between Toyin Falola and Martin Shanguhyia. Most important, we are grateful to the contributors to this volume who were willing to share some perspectives on how certain top- ics have been essential to the development of modern African history. They spent their invaluable time making endless revisions to their chapters under time constraints. Our constant communications and conversations were more rewarding than an inconvenience to all involved. We would also like to thank Amy Katherine Burnette, then a Dissertation Fellow at the Humanities Center at Syracuse University, and Thomas Jefferson West III, a doctoral can- didate in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Syracuse University, for the endless hours they spend editing the chapters. Special thanks also to the History Department at Syracuse University for subsidizing funds for editorial services. We also wish to acknowledge Jamie DeAngelo for her expertise in producing the maps. v vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Map 1 Africa on the eve of European scramble and partition, circa 1880 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii Map 2 Colonial Africa, circa 1914 viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Map 3 Modern Africa: Countries that have experienced military rule ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix Map 4 Modern Africa: Countries that have experienced political conflict c ontents 1 Introduction 1 Martin S. Shanguhyia and Toyin Falola Part I Colonial Africa 2 Colonialism and the African Environment 43 Martin S. Shanguhyia 3 Colonial Administrations and the Africans 81 Toyin Falola and Chukwuemeka Agbo 4 Slavery in the Colonial State and After 103 Paul E. Lovejoy 5 Africans and the Colonial Economy 123 Moses E. Ochonu 6 African Women in Colonial Economies 145 Judith A. Byfield 7 Colonialism and African Womanhood 171 Gloria Chuku 8 Administration, Economy, and Society in the Portuguese African Empire (1900–1975) 213 Philip J. Havik xi
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