My expectations were not high when I first started to read Aristide R. Zolberg’s “One-Party Government in the Ivory Coast.” Princeton University Press published the book in 1969. Every book I have ever read about Africa—or any subject—that an Ivy League university published during decolonization and the Cold War has been a disappointment. However, theContinue reading “Review: “One-Party Government in the Ivory Coast” – Aristide R. Zolberg”
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(OLDIE!) Review: “Sir George Goldie and the Making of Nigeria” – J. E. Flint
(This is an OLDIE – an old review from years ago! My views and opinions might have changed since then.) This book is a political biography of one of the most important and least known British colonialists, George Goldie. Born into a wealthy Manx family, Goldie “revived the chartered company as a method of acquiringContinue reading “(OLDIE!) Review: “Sir George Goldie and the Making of Nigeria” – J. E. Flint”
(OLDIE!) Review: “A History of Niger, 1850-1960” – Finn Fuglestad
(This is an OLDIE – an old review from years ago! My views and opinions might have changed since then.) A better title for Finn Fuglestad’s “A History of Niger: 1850-1960” would be “Niger: The French Weren’t That Bad,” since the Fuglestad’s seems intent on whitewashing French colonialism in Africa. An example of this pro-FrenchContinue reading “(OLDIE!) Review: “A History of Niger, 1850-1960” – Finn Fuglestad”
Review: “Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation: Eritrea and East Timor Compared” – Awet Tewelde Weldemichael
Professor Awet Tewelde Weldemichael’s “Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation: Eritrea and East Timor Compared” offers an excellent and unique analysis of Third World ‘secondary colonialism’ — when former colonial territories, namely Ethiopia and Indonesia, become themselves the colonizers, in this case of Eritrea and East Timor, respectively. Weldemichael’s primary object of investigation isContinue reading “Review: “Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation: Eritrea and East Timor Compared” – Awet Tewelde Weldemichael”
T. J. Petrowski 