The Race to Fashoda by David Levering Lewis

The Race to Fashoda by David Levering Lewis

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An account from 1870 onwards of attempts by Western powers to capture this fortress on the Nile. Largely based on unpublished documents it also aims to show the emergence of African independence.

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The Race to Fashoda by David Levering Lewis

The fortress of Fashoda is on an obscure junction of the Nile, but from 1870 onwards, because of its strategic position and the rise of European colonialism, it became the subject of conflict between the rival Western powers of Britain, France, Belgium, Germany and Italy. This is an account of those struggles based largely on unpublished documents and told from the perspective of the Africans themselves. It also aims to show how this conflict led to the African people's first battles for their independence and fostered the political tensions that helped to cause World War I.
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ISBN 13 9780747501138
ISBN 10 0747501130
Title The Race to Fashoda
Author David Levering Lewis
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1988-02-25
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.