Download or read book East Africa written by W.E.F. Ward and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Africa (1971) examines the century from 1870 that saw the emergence of East Africa from an ancient isolation into the modern world. This survey pays attention to the social and economic as well as the political history of this transition, and takes pains to understand the ideas and motives of the various groups who make up the population of East Africa. It closely examines the African peoples’ struggle for economic as well as political independence from their colonisers.