John Iliffe (historian)

John Iliffe (born 1 May 1939) is a British historian, specialising in the history of Africa and especially Tanzania. He 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
• Cattle Rancher
• 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
• The African AIDS Epidemic: A History

External links[]

• Page at St John's College, Cambridge
• Biography by the Society of Old Framlinghamians

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