The Rise of an African Middle Class: Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965

Book Description
" . . . the most important book to date on the origins and activities of the African elite in Southern Rhodesia . . . ." --John Higginson In this fine-grained history, Michael O. West focuses on how the unintended consequences of colonialism led to the creation of an African middle class in Zimbabwe. Tracing Africans' quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions.


About the Author
Michael West is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is co-editor (with William Martin) of Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa.


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Author Biography: Michael West is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is co-editor (with William Martin) of Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa.


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