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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Historian

Name
  
John Iliffe

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Born
  
1 May 1939 (age 86) (
1939-05-01
)

Known for
  
Books on History of Africa

Books
  
Africans, A modern history of Tanganyika, The African AIDS epidemic, Obasanjo - Nigeria and the, The African poor

John Iliffe (born 1 May 1939) is a British historian, specialising in the History of Africa. Iliffe is professor at St John's College, Cambridge. He was awarded the 1988 Herskovits Prize for The African Poor: A History

Notable works

  • Africans : The history of a continent
  • Tanganyika under German rule, 1905-1912
  • The African Poor : A History
  • East African doctors : a history of the modern profession
  • A Modern History of Tanganyika
  • Honour in African history
  • Famine in Zimbabwe, 1890-1960
  • The emergence of African capitalism
  • Obasanjo, Nigeria and the world
  • A History : The African AIDS Epidemic

    • References

    John Iliffe (historian) Wikipedia
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