Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present

Frederick Cooper's latest book on the history of decolonization and independence in Africa helps students understand the historical process from which Africa's current position in the world has emerged. Bridging the divide between colonial and post-colonial history, it shows what political independence did and did not signify and how men and women, peasants and workers, religious leaders and local leaders sought to refashion the way they lived, worked, and interacted with each other.

• A Man of the People
• The Joys of Motherhood: A Novel
• African Perspectives on Colonialism (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History)
• The Decolonization of Africa
• Anthills of the Savannah
• Historical Problems of Imperial Africa (Problems in African History)
• Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform (New Approaches to African History)
• Africa, vol. 4: The End of Colonial Rule: Nationalism and Decolonization
• So Long a Letter
• States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second Edition (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)