Africa's armies From honor to infamy : a history from 1791 to the present Robert B. Edgerton

Westview Press
Year of publishing: 2002
Place of publishing: Boulder, Colo
ISBN: 0813342775
Language: English

Prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, in which the continent of Africa was divided among the European imperialist powers, the native tribes had armies. Although little was known about them owing to a lack of written records, Edgerton (UCLA Sch. of Medicine) has filled in many of the gaps, interestingly and concisely documenting the history of the continent's conflicts. In an engaging text, he provides insight into pre-1885 military activity, continues through the period of European control to independence in the 1960s and 1970s, and concludes with the present state of arms on the continent. (The civil war in Nigeria during the late 1960s, leading to the Biafran misery, and Uganda's reign of terror led by Idi Amin are each covered in detail.) Despite traveling from the Zulu wars and early 19th-century massacres to the genocidal conflict in Rwanda and Burundi in 1994, the author is able to leave the reader on a hopeful note, citing some relatively positive changes in the last half decade that include a greater number of democratically elected officials and a move away from military governments. Suitable for academic libraries and public libraries with large African collections.

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