Thorough overview of East Africa including chapters on geography and topography of the area, historical information from the Stone Age to the present and detailed information on the peoples and tribes that inhabit the region. Includes a comprehensive index.
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Informative but outdated,
This review is from: East Africa: An Introductory History (Paperback)
Knowing so little about East Africa, I learned much from this book. However, the style was pedestrian, and the book has not been updated since its original publication in 1994.
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THE PORTION OF THE CONTINENT known as East Africa comprises the present countries of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania (the mainland plus the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common roll elections, unofficial majority, settler agriculture, white highlands, lost counties, cash crop agriculture, mainland territories, settler farms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Africa, Lake Victoria, World War, Indian Ocean, Rift Valley, Early Iron Age, Closer Union, Seyyid Said, Stone Age, Colonial Office, Mau Mau, Highlands Nilotes, Southern Cushitic, Plains Nilotes, South Africa, United States, West Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Stream, Indirect Rule, Fort Jesus, Fort Smith, Maji Maji, United Nations, Amir Ali Bey New!
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THE PORTION OF THE CONTINENT known as East Africa comprises the present countries of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania (the mainland plus the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common roll elections, unofficial majority, settler agriculture, white highlands, lost counties, cash crop agriculture, mainland territories, settler farms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Africa, Lake Victoria, World War, Indian Ocean, Rift Valley, Early Iron Age, Closer Union, Seyyid Said, Stone Age, Colonial Office, Mau Mau, Highlands Nilotes, Southern Cushitic, Plains Nilotes, South Africa, United States, West Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Stream, Indirect Rule, Fort Jesus, Fort Smith, Maji Maji, United Nations, Amir Ali Bey New!
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- Tanzania: A Political Economy by Andrew Coulson on 5 pages
- The Making of Modern Uganda by Kenneth Ingham on page 173, page 208, and Back Matter
- A Political History of Uganda by Sam R. Karugire on page 246, page 281, and Back Matter
- History of East Africa: v. 1 by Roland Oliver on page 173, page 208, and Back Matter
- A History of East Africa by Kenneth Ingham on page 173, page 208, and Back Matter
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- The Indian Ocean in World History (Themes in World History) by Milo Kearney on page 8
- Uganda, 4th: The Bradt Travel Guide by Philip Briggs in Back Matter
- The Boers in East Africa: Ethnicity and Identity by Brian M. du Toit in Back Matter
- Baakisimba: Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda (Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations) by Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-Tamusuza in Back Matter
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