Honour in African History

By:

John Iliffe

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Paperback / softback

Series:

African Studies

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This is the first published account of the role played by ideas of honour in African history from the fourteenth century to the present day. It argues that appreciation of these ideas is essential to an understanding of past and present African behaviour. Before European conquest, many African men cultivated heroic honour, others admired the civic virtues of the patriarchal householder, and women honoured one another for industry, endurance, and devotion to their families. These values both conflicted and blended with Islamic and Christian teachings. Colonial conquest fragmented heroic cultures, but inherited ideas of honour found new expression in regimental loyalty, respectability, professionalism, working-class masculinity, the changing gender relationships of the colonial order, and the nationalist movements which overthrew that order. Today, the same inherited notions obstruct democracy, inspire resistance to tyranny, and motivate the defence of dignity in the face of AIDS.

Author Biography:

John Iliffe is Professor of African History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John s College. He is the author of several book on Africa, including The African Poor: A History (Cambridge, 1987) and Africans: The History of a Continent (Cambridge, 1995). The African Poor was awarded the Herskovits Prize of the African Studies Association of the United States.

Release date Australia

December 6th, 2004

Author

John Iliffe

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

5 maps

Pages

430

Series

African Studies

Dimensions

152x229x24

ISBN-13

9780521546850

Product ID

2160182

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