Colonial West Africa: Collected Essays

Originally published in 1978, this volume provides a selection of Michael Crowder's wrtings on the impact of colonial rule in West Africa and African reaction to it from the conquest to independence. Key themes include the impact of European culture on African culture
the resistance of Africans to European conquest
African reaction to colonial rule
the differences between French and British administrative, social and economic politices and the consequences of these differences for those subjected to them
the extent to which Africans accepted the new socio-political strucrrues imposed on them and the point at which they began to take control over them
and finally the importance or otherwise of the colonial period in African history as a whole.