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The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth Century
Richard Reid, Princeton University Press, £30
IF YOU have a preference for a well researched book about a much neglected period of African history before the “scramble for Africa” written by a white academic, then The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth Century is for you.
The author, Richard Reid, is a professor of African history at the University of Oxford and a fellow at the university’s St Cross graduate college.
He is clearly extremely learned on African history, having written numerous books on modern Africa. His latest work innovatively uses a stretch of road in east Africa in what is now known as Tanzania to help him to paint a picture of events leading up to the feasting on African labour and resources that took place during what he terms the “long nineteenth century.”
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