Full Description
Focussing on the problems of change and resistance to change that mark the African sub-continent, this book examines Africa's place in the world from earliest times. It considers the nature of its peoples in their prehistoric development, the ways in which their cultures were oriented, and the ways in which these cultures guided their reactions to European ideas. It also assesses the human responses to industrial, technological and economic changes and the re-discovery by the Africans of African culture.
Originally published in 1962.
Contents
1. The World Setting2. The People and Their Past3. The Base Line of Change: Food-Gathering and Herding Peoples4. The Base Line of Change: Agricultural Peoples5. The Incomers6. The Land7. The Book8. The School9. The City10. Toward Self-Government11. Politics and Polarities12. Economic Change13. Rediscovery and Integration: Religion and the Arts14. Rediscovery and Integration: The Search for Values
