Power in Colonial Africa: Confict and Discourse in Lesotho, 1870-1960 (Africa & the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture): Conflict and Discourse in ... and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture)

by ElizabethA.Eldredge (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $78.86

  Even in its heyday European rule of Africa had limits. Whether through complacency or denial, many colonial officials ignored the signs of African dissent. This work analyzes a panoply of archival and oral resources, and public and private actions to show how power may be exercised not only by rulers but also by the ruled.