Africa Under Colonial Domination, 1880-1935

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Africa under colonial domination, 1880-1935

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Africa, which is one of the continents with the largest geographies in the world, also has multicultural sociological structures, very diverse economic incomes and multidimensional political developments. Besides, it has pioneered a historical process. In the historical process, Africa may be discussed under three stages. These stages are in order the precolonial stage, the colonial stage and stages that have been experienced since independence up to now. Among these, the second and third stages have led Africa to turn into a challenging and complicated situation. This is because, in these periods, the continent was introduced to the phenomenon of colonialism that led to violent conflicts. While these conflicts led to identity-based violence in societies, they led to military coup attempts in governments. In this context, the article discusses the main reasons for the military coup attempt in Gabon and investigates the effects of the political practices in the country on socio-economic structures.Keywords: African Continent, Independence Movements, Gabon and Military Coups.

African Perspectives on Colonialism are the texts of the James S. Schouler Lectures, delivered by Prof. A. Adu Boahen at Johns Hopkins University in 1985 and revised for publication. What makes the lectures, and the book, noteworthy, is both the distinction of the author--ADU Boahen is Professor of History at the University of Ghana (Legon) and the President of the UNESCO International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa--and the theme he argues--an "African" view of colonial history. I have no quarrel with Boahen the scholar or with his choice of theme: he is a distinguished historian, and Vol. VII of the General History of Africa (VII: Africa Under Colonial Domination 1880-1935 [Berkeley and Paris: Heinemann, U California P, UNESCO, 1985]), which he edited and from which he largely drew for the lectures, is a fine work. (More accurately, the lectures are an extended reprise of his concluding chapter.) Indeed, if one sought someone to write a genuinely "African-centered" history of this subject, one could not choose better than Boahen. I do take issue with the way he makes his argument and the claim that he is presenting a set of African perspectives on colonialism, as distinguished from "the Euro-centric point of view" (vii) of most historians of Africa. 041b061a72