Visions for Racial Equality - David Clement Scott Struggle for Justice in Nineteenth Century

A rich and innovative look at the rise and demise of a unique vision for racial equality in nineteenth-century Africa.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Among the wild Scotsmen; 3. Champagne and slaves; 4. The universal vernacular; 5. Frightful libel upon humanity; 6. Rhodes must not rise; 7. A future foreclosed; 8. Grief never wears out; 9. Liberal translations; 10. The rest is history.

About the author

Harri Englund is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. A Fellow of the British Academy, he has three decades of research experience in Southern and Central Africa. He is the author of From War to Peace on the Mozambique-Malawi Borderland (2002), Prisoners of Freedom: Human Rights and the African Poor (2006) which was awarded the Amaury Talbot Prize, Human Rights and African Airwaves: Mediating Equality on the Chichewa Radio (2011) and Gogo Breeze: Zambia's Radio Elder and the Voices of Free Speech (2018).

Product details

• Authors: Harri Englund, Harri (University of Cambridge) Englund, Englund Harri
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781009077057
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907705-7
• No. of pages: 325
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; HISTORY / Africa / General, African History