The Africa Program:Acadamic Conferences

CONFERENCES

In 1999, the Africa Program convened an international conference on black business in Africa and the United States at UTA. The conference brought together scholars and business executives from Africa, Europe and the United States who offered multidisciplinary perspectives on the history, growth and changing dynamics of black business in both Africa and the United States, as well as transatlantic black business between the United States and Africa.

In 2002, the proceedings of this conference were published by the University of Rochester Press in a volume titled “ Black Business and Economic Power,” co-edited by Alusine Jalloh and Toyin Falola.

Black Business and Economic Power
Edited by Alusine Jalloh and Toyin Falola

This is the first collection on historical and contemporary black business in Africa and the American diaspora, as well as transatlantic business between the United States and Africa. The contributors, all internationally recognized in their fields, provide African and non-African perspectives on various aspects of the black business experience. The first section of this book examines the history of business in Africa, with emphases on indigenous practices, regional commerce, and the linkages between Africa and other parts of the world. The second section looks at the creation of modern entrepreneur management practices. The third and final section deals with the various aspects of contemporary black business in the United States. This book seeks to inform readers and stimulate further research on black business in, as well as between, Africa and the African diaspora in America. Alusine Jalloh is associate professor of history and founding director of the Africa Program at the University of Texas at Arlington. Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Contents

1		Indigenous Values and the Organization of Informal Sector Business in West Africa C. Magbaily Fyle
2		The Development of Entrepreneurship in Africa: Southeastern Nigeria during the Era of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Joseph Inikori
3		Trade, Transportation, and Expanding Economic Networks: Saharan Caravan Commerce in the Era of European Expansion, 1500-1900 Ralph Austen
4		African Business in Nineteenth-Century West Africa Gareth M. Austin
5		Money, Credit, and Banking in Colonial and Postcolonial West Africa Akanmu G. Adebayo
6		The Impact of British Colonialism on the Development of African Business in Colonial Nigeria Ayodeji Olukoju
7		African Businesswomen in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa: A Comparative Survey Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
8		The State and Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Post-Independence Africa John M. Mbaku
10		The Intersection of Religion and Business Behavior in Africa Nimi Wariboko
11		African Muslim Business in Postcolonial West Africa Alusine Jalloh
12		Survival, Innovation, and Success in Time of Trouble: What Prospects for Central African Entrepreneurs? Janet MacGaffey
13		The Challenge of Indigenization, Affirmative Action, and Black Empowerment in Zimbabwe and South Africa Scott Taylor
14		Gender and the Range of Entrepreneurial Strategies: The "Typical" and the "New" Women Entrepreneurs Anita Spring
15		"Where Did All Our Customers Go?": Historic Black-Owned Businesses and the African American Consumer Market Robert E. Weems
16		The Impact of Economic Culture on the Business Success of African American Entrepreneurs Bessie House-Soremekun
17		The Impact of Criminal Activity on Black Business Success: Implications for Public Policy Bessie House-Soremekun
18		Patterns of African American Female Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship in Ten Southern Cities, 1880-1930 John N. Ingham
19		Oprah Winfrey, The Tycoon: Contextualizing the Economics of Race, Class, and Gender in Black Business History in Post-Civil Rights America Julia E. K. Walker
20		The African Union Company of the 1920s and Its Black Business Activities in Africa and the United States Maceo Crenshaw Dailey Jr.
21		Neocolonialism in the African Diaspora? Black American Business Competition in South Africa Julia E. K. Walker
22		The Development of Black Capitalism in South Africa and the United States Okechukwu C. Iheduru

Reviews
[This book] highlights with rare clarity black peoples' attempt to acquire wealth through entrepreneurship in a world often hostile to them. H-AFRICA
This collection of essays is a thought-provoking contribution to the economic histories of both African and African American societies...it is the first major work to offer representative contributions from both camps. As such, it is likely to earn deserved recognition for bringing these historiographies into closer proximity, an idea long overdue. This is the beginning to what will no doubt be an extremely fruitful dialog. AFRICAN HISTORY, Vol 45-2004
[This book] highlights with rare clarity black people's attempt to acquire wealth through entrepreneurship in a world often hostile to them...the book addresses issues not just dear to black people, but relevant to anyone interested in understanding economic and business relationships in a changing socioeconomic environment. H-NET REVIEWS

628 pages
Size: 9 x 6 in
ISBN: 158046114X
Binding: Hardback
First published: 2002
Price: 75.00 USD / 50.00 GBP
Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora