Angela Thompsell Angela Thompsell. Professor of British and African History Education Ph.D., History, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor M.A., History, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor B.A./B.S, History and Zoology, University of Florida Introduction Associate Professor of History at the College at Brockport, State University of New YorkResearch areas: British imperialism in Africa; economic and cultural impact of big-game hunting; history of environmentalism, science, gender, and empirePublished author of Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire Experience Angela Thompsell, Ph.D. is a former writer for ThoughtCo who contributed articles on African history, ecology, culture, and current events. Angela works as an Associate Professor of History at the College at Brockport, State University of New York. She teaches courses in African, British, and World History. Her book, Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire, examines British big-game hunting in Africa at the turn of the 20th century, when Europe was conquering much of Africa. The aim of the book was to illuminate the role of hunters in constructing colonial power and to understand how hunting — especially the safari — shaped British and American perceptions of what Africa should be.Researching and writing Hunting Africa was pivotal for Angela in knitting together her broader interests in the histories of environmentalism, science, gender, and empire. Education Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Master of Arts (M.A.) in History at the University of Michigan, Ann ArborBachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History, and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Zoology at the University of Florida, GainesvilleAwards and PublicationsBurkina Faso: Key Facts and History (South African History Online, 2016)Review of Hunting Africa (H-Empire–Humanities and Social Services Online, 2016)Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) ThoughtCo and Dotdash Meredith ThoughtCo, a Dotdash Meredith brand, is an award-winning reference site offering education content created by experts. ThoughtCo reaches 13 million readers each month. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines. Read more from Angela Thompsell Alphabetical List of All African Countries Why Was Africa Called the Dark Continent? Eritrea Today African Traders of Enslaved People A Brief History of Poaching in Africa The Quest for the Nile European Exploration of Africa Prominent African Americans in Africa South Africa's Extension of University Education Act of 1959 Who Are Africa's Nobel Prize Winners? Grand Apartheid in South Africa A Brief History of Ghana Since Independence The Colonial Names of African States Get the Definition of Ubuntu, a Nguni Word with Several Meanings The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act Socialism in Africa and African Socialism The Challenges African States Faced at Independence Ongoing UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa Timeline of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Five Things You Don't Know About Africa South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s History of the Second Congo War The Second Congo War Past United Nations Missions in Africa