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The End of Africanist Economic History? Considerations on Tiyambe Zeleza's A Modern Economic History of Africa, Vol. 1 The Nineteenth Century

The End of Africanist Economic History? Considerations on Tiyambe Zeleza's A Modern Economic... William G. Martin Lacking a pedigree in either African economics or history, it is with some trepidation that I pronounce upon Tiyambe Zeleza’s volume.’ This much, however, should be clear to anyone who picks up his text: it is a hallmark study. In over 400 densely packed pages Zeleza seeks-and succeeds-in both summarizing a generation of scholarship and at the same time demystifying the human achievements of Africa and Africans in the field. This alone will guarantee its place among scholars and students of Africa. Yet we should not be unaware of the social context and commitments within which the volume has been produced, a topic Zeleza has pursued in other venues:* a renaissance of continental scholarship and publishing. f For all these reasons A Modern Economic History o A a is a remarkable development. And yet, and yet: & due to its very success, both as an individual work and emblematic of collective continental endeavors, it may well mark the passing of African economic history as we have known it and as Zeleza reconstitutes it, within or without the African continent. My final comments thus explore the future beyond the volume, asking: can we ever imagine another http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East Duke University Press

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Publisher
Duke University Press
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Copyright 1996 by Duke University Press
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1089-201X
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1548-226X
DOI
10.1215/1089201X-16-1-125
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William G. Martin Lacking a pedigree in either African economics or history, it is with some trepidation that I pronounce upon Tiyambe Zeleza’s volume.’ This much, however, should be clear to anyone who picks up his text: it is a hallmark study. In over 400 densely packed pages Zeleza seeks-and succeeds-in both summarizing a generation of scholarship and at the same time demystifying the human achievements of Africa and Africans in the field. This alone will guarantee its place among scholars and students of Africa. Yet we should not be unaware of the social context and commitments within which the volume has been produced, a topic Zeleza has pursued in other venues:* a renaissance of continental scholarship and publishing. f For all these reasons A Modern Economic History o A a is a remarkable development. And yet, and yet: & due to its very success, both as an individual work and emblematic of collective continental endeavors, it may well mark the passing of African economic history as we have known it and as Zeleza reconstitutes it, within or without the African continent. My final comments thus explore the future beyond the volume, asking: can we ever imagine another

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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle EastDuke University Press

Published: Mar 1, 1996

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