Publisher description for The British intellectual engagement with Africa in the twentieth century / edited by Douglas Rimmer and Anthony Kirk-Greene.
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The founding of the African Society in 1901 marked the emergence of scholarly British interests in Africa. This book traces the subsequent evolution of a British Africanist community, particularly but not only in the universities of both the UK and Africa. The story of this intellectual engagement over the century is then told by leading Africanists from the standpoints of history, political science, social anthropology, physical geography, literature, and economic thought.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: South Africa Relations Great Britain, Great Britain Relations South Africa, South Africa Intellectual life 20th century, Great Britain Intellectual life 20th century