Empire in Africa: Angola and Its Neighbors Volume 84

by David Birmingham

The dark years of European fascism left their indelible mark on Africa. As late as the 1970s, Angola was still ruled by white autocrats, whose dictatorship was eventually overthrown by black nationalists who had never experienced either the rule of law or participatory democracy. Empire in Africa takes the long view of history and asks whether the colonizing ventures of the Portuguese can bear comparison with those of the Mediterranean Ottomans or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896802485
• ISBN13: 9780896802483
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"