Peoples and Empires in African History: Essays in Memory of Michael Crowder.

The Historian | June 22, 1995| | Copyright

This festschrift in honor of the late Michael Crowder contains thirteen essays reflecting the breadth of Crowder's interests and his influence on a generation of Africanists. The editors' introduction gives a brief, lucid summary of Crowder's career and defines the central theme of the volume, an exploration of the interplay and tensions between local history and imperial rule in precolonial and colonial Africa. All the contributors were colleagues of Michael Crowder, whose academic and publishing career unfolded in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, London, and Botswana. They have paid ...

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