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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521389097
ISBN-13
9780521389099
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1007995
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Publication Name
Magomero : Portrait of an African Village
Language
English
Subject
Africa / General, Europe / Renaissance
Publication Year
1989
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Travel, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
"Magomero is not only beautifully written, but informed by a fine and appropriate sense of historical irony...in its historical perspective, its sensitivity to present local perceptions of the past, and above all for the manner in which it is written, it offers a model for the advancement of ethnography." Man, 'This is one of those very rare books that can be recommended with equal enthusiasm to the professional Africanist and the general reader. Beautifully written, with a novelist's feel for storytelling and a poet's sensitivity to people and place … Few other books I can think of so effectively capture the authentic flavor of an African community over an extended period of time. Certainly there is none that does it with such humour and grace.' John McCracken, The Journal of African History, 'A masterpiece of historical writing, incorporating a diverse array of oral and written sources. Beyond being definitive, it is also an engaging read.' Africana Journal, 'White's book, written with such grace and humanity, so rich in its detail, so searching in its insights, is a triumphant vindication of the importance of local, people's history.'The Natal Witness, 'A masterpiece of historical writing, incorporating a diverse array of oral and written sources. Beyond being definitive, it is also an engaging read.'Africana Journal, 'This is one of those very rare books that can be recommended with equal enthusiasm to the professional Africanist and the general reader. Beautifully written, with a novelist's feel for storytelling and a poet's sensitivity to people and place ... Few other books I can think of so effectively capture the authentic flavor of an African community over an extended period of time. Certainly there is none that does it with such humour and grace.' John McCracken, The Journal of African History, 'This is one of those very rare books that can be recommended with equal enthusiasm to the professional Africanist and the general reader. Beautifully written, with a novelist's feel for storytelling and a poet's sensitivity to people and place ... Few other books I can think of so effectively capture the authentic flavor of an African community over an extended period of time. Certainly there is none that does it with such humour and grace.'John McCracken, The Journal of African History, ‘This is one of those very rare books that can be recommended with equal enthusiasm to the professional Africanist and the general reader. Beautifully written, with a novelist’s feel for storytelling and a poet’s sensitivity to people and place … Few other books I can think of so effectively capture the authentic flavor of an African community over an extended period of time. Certainly there is none that does it with such humour and grace.’John McCracken, The Journal of African History, "Beautifully written, with a novelist's feel for story-telling and a poet's sensitivity to people and place...a work of meticulous scholarship...a major work of Malawian history, the most informative account to have been published on economic and social change in any part of the country." Journal of African History, "Landeg White's elegant book is something of a minor masterpiece and may well influence writing about Africa more than its size, or the importance of its subject, would suggest at first...this book is a model of how to treat weighty matters with a lightness of touch and a readability that are wholly admirable." American Historical Review, ‘White’s book, written with such grace and humanity, so rich in its detail, so searching in its insights, is a triumphant vindication of the importance of local, people’s history.’The Natal Witness, 'White's book, written with such grace and humanity, so rich in its detail, so searching in its insights, is a triumphant vindication of the importance of local, people's history.' The Natal Witness, ‘A masterpiece of historical writing, incorporating a diverse array of oral and written sources. Beyond being definitive, it is also an engaging read.’Africana Journal
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
List of figures; List of maps; Preface; Part I. The Mang'anja Village: 1. 1859-1863: one of the neatest we have ever seen; Part II. The Lomwe Village: 2. 1901-1915: this place is wonderful; 3. 1915-1945: my children's market is the graveyard; 4. 1945-1985: John Chilembwe will make everything shine; Sources; Index.
Synopsis
Magomero is a vivid historical portrait of a Malawian village from 1859 to the present day. It focuses on a region which saw historically important political activity, in the founding of a colony of freed slaves and the rising of an independent church movement against white estate owners. With the dual concerns of a Southern African specialist and a poet, Landeg White offers an 'inside' view of social, political and economic change in Malawi, seen through the lives of individuals: the ordinary men and women, whose situation and poverty have hitherto prevented recognition of their vital contribution to African history., An insider's view of African historians' principal concerns--the slave trade, Christian missions, colonialism, land alienation and nationalism--is presented through this personalized account of a Malawi village from 1859 to the present., Magomero is the history, since 1859, of a Malawian village. The region saw historically important political activity, in the founding of a colony of freed slaves and the rising of an independent church movement against white estate owners. Here Landeg White, offers an 'inside view' of social, political and economic change in Malawi.
LC Classification Number
DT865.M35W44 1987
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