A. Adu Boahen (1932–2006)
Author of African Perspectives on Colonialism
About the Author
Works by A. Adu Boahen
General History of Africa. Volume 7 : Africa under colonial domination, 1880-1935 (Abridged) (1990) 84 copies
The Horizon history of Africa 4 copies
Africa In The Twentieth Century: The Adu Boahen Reader (Classic Authors and Texts on Africa) (2004) 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Boahen, A. Adu
- Legal name
- Boahen, Albert Kwadwo Adu
- Birthdate
- 1932-05-24
- Date of death
- 2006-05-24
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Ghana
School of Oriental and African Studies - Occupations
- historian
politician - Organizations
- University of Ghana
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences - Awards and honors
- Order of the Star of Ghana
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Birthplace
- Oseim, Ghana
- Place of death
- Accra, Ghana
- Associated Place (for map)
- Ghana
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Reviews
The best book I read in my undergraduate African Civilizations course. For a short book, it's completely packed with great information, some of which has been heard before in general history classes, most of which has not. The information is presented in a very nuanced fashion, including both sides of any arguments. The author's writing is fairly easy to read and absorb, and I'm hoping this text is widely used in courses on African history.
African Perspectives on Colonialism (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History, 15) by A. Adu Boahen
Great antidote to the Eurocentric academic idea that Africans were passive in colonialism, explaining how Africans opposed colonialism peacfully, rhetorically, and violently. Also good explanations on how European powers exploited the continent for its natural resources - although could have done with more detail on exactly how this was managed and administrated.
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- Works
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- Members
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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