Author: John CarmichaelPublisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
African Eldorado
Author: John CarmichaelPublisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Seeking El Dorado
Author: Lawrence B. de GraafPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
From the 18th century, African Americans, like many others, have migrated to California to seek fortunes or, often, the more modest goals of being able to find work, own a home, and raise a family relatively free of discrimination. Not only their search but also its outcome is covered in Seeking El Dorado. Whether they settled in major cities or smaller towns, African Americans created institutions and organizations—churches, social clubs, literary societies, fraternal orders, civil rights organizations—that embodied the legacy of their past and the values they shared. Blacks came in search of the same jobs as other Americans, but the search often proved frustrating. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, African American leadership in the state consistently focused on achieving racial justice. The essays in this book speak of triumph and hardship, success, discrimination, and disappointment. Seeking El Dorado is a major contribution to black history and the history of the American West and will be of interest to both scholars and general readers.
An African Eldorado, the Belgian Congo
Author: Thomas Alexander BarnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A Failed Eldorado
Author: Priscilla M. ShilaroPublisher: Rlpg/Galleys
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This work explores Britain's attempt to take land from the Bantu-Luyia peoples of Western Kenya for gold mining following the discovery of gold in the North Kavirondo (NK) reserve in 1931.
Eldorado Red
Author: Donald GoinesPublisher: Holloway House Publishing
ISBN: 9780870679964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"Tragic revenge is the theme when a crime kingpin is betrayed by his own son."--Cover.
El Dorado in West Africa
Author: Raymond E. DumettPublisher:
ISBN: 9780821411971
Category : Capitalism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all its dimensions - land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is textured with unexpected ironies and paradoxes. Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom of 1875-1900 against the background of colonial capitalism. Through the use of field interviews, he also brings to light the expansion of a parallel "African gold-mining frontier, " which outpaced the expatriate mining sector.
African Glory
Author: John Coleman De Graft-JohnsonPublisher: Black Classic Press
ISBN: 9780933121034
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
First published in 1954, a time when few books on African history were written from an African perspective. An intimate history of Africa and its ancient civilizations, the book opposed the stereotyped and often racist histories of Africa. Today, a half century after its initial publication, African Glory still provides a vivid and dynamic connection to the African past.
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa,
Author: Hugh MurrayHistorical account of discoveries and travels in Africa, enlarged and completed by H. Murray
Author: John LeydenCrafting Identity in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Author: Elizabeth MacGonaglePublisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 9781580462570
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Crosses conventional theoretical, temporal, and geographical boundaries to show how the Ndau of southeast Africa actively shaped their own identity over a four-hundred-year period.