Africa: The Struggle For Independence; Author: Wepman, Dennis; Hardback; Book

Author: Wepman, Dennis
World History Library; Hardback; Book; 15 B&w Photographs, Map
128 pages
Published: April 1994
Facts on File Inc
ISBN: 0816028206

Drawing on the latest scholarship, each volume in the World History Library set explores important eras and events, explaining not only what happened but why. Coverage begins by presenting the political, economic, and social background of the country or region at the start of the period. The engaging, clearly written narrative then goes on to describe critical events and themes.Africa: The Struggle for Independence brings together the numerous heroic struggles for freedom that resulted in the redrawing of borders within the continent of Africa, from a mass of European colonies and territories to new, independent nations.This text provides a history of the fight against European colonization of Africa. It describes the way in which European nations, hungry for slaves and the vast pool of natural resources the continent promised, subsumed the native nations to their control and standards.