Honour in African history

Author:John Iliffe

Summary:This is the first published account of the role played by ideas of honour in African history from the fourteenth century to the present day. It argues that appreciation of these ideas is essential to an understanding of past and present African behaviour.

Print Book, English, 2005

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005

Series:

African studies series, 107

Genre:History

Physical Description:xxiv, 404 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9780521837859, 9780521546850, 9780521837859, 0521837855, 0521546850

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1166746886

Subjects:

Africa

History

Honneur Afrique Histoire

Honor

Honor Africa History

Contents:

1. The comparative history of honour; Part I. Hero and Householder: 2. Men on horseback; 3. Honour and Islam; 4. Christian Ethiopia; 5. Honour, rank, and warfare among the Yoruba; 6. Honour and the state in West and Central Africa; 7. Honour without the state; 8. The honour of the slave; 9. Praise and slander in southern Africa; 10. Ekitiibwa and martyrdom; Part II. Fragmentation and Mutation: 11. The deaths of heroes; 12. Honour in defeat; 13. The honour of the mercenary; 14. Respectability; 15. Honour and gender; 16. Urbanisation and masculinity; 17. Honour, race, and nation; 18. Political honour; 19. To live in dignity; 20. Concluding questions.