African Perspectives on Colonialism

A. Adu Boahen was a professor at The University of Ghana, historian, and politician. He is also the author of Topics in West African History, 2nd Edition and Ghana: Evolution and Change in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

• PrefaceChapter 1. The Eve of the Colonial Conquest and OccupationChapter 2. The Imposition of the Colonial System: Initiatives and ResponsesChapter 3. The Operation of the Colonial SystemChapter 4. The Colonial ImpactNotesBibliographyIndex

Contradict[s] the extraordinary myth that Africa 'has no history..'Boahen is one of the pioneers in the school of African historiography. Times Literary Supplement Here is the story from the other side; it serves as a needed corrective to the ubiquitous Eurocentric point of view. Choice