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Originally published in 1978, this book was distinctive in translating the work of French labour specialists and include......more

This work explores the long-term evolutionary implications of the "Mobility Imperative: " the foundational nature of mob......more

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Italy and the Islamic World tells the story of how Italian cities have been centres of international exchange for centur......more

Italy and the Islamic World tells the story of how Italian cities have been centres of international exchange for centur......more

During World War I, thousands of young African men conscripted to fight for France and Britain were captured and held as......more

With the introduction of wine to the Cape Colony, it became associated locally with social extremes: with the material t......more

Gathering Evidence (The Evidence of Things Not Said) is a collection of two diary cycles and two essays. The diaries are......more

Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the huma......more

In the wake of the Great Depression, economic recovery and nutritional improvement in Britain simultaneously occurred wi......more

This book provides an insightful analysis from complementary perspectives of the seven-decades-long contest and contesta......more

African Indians. Timely Entrance, Expansion and Settlement. Early Arrival, Early Arrival History and the Community. The ......more

Mountain life in Algeria, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human histor......more

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A captivating account of an interracial jazz opera that took apartheid South Africa by storm and marked a turning point ......more

Longlisted for South Africa’s 2022 Sunday Times Non-fiction Award Definitive and gripping narrative history of the Commu......more

Key book in Whiteness Studies that engages with the different ways in which the last white minority in Africa to give wa......more

While much attention has focused on society, culture, and the military during the Algerian War of Independence, Law, Ord......more

This volume addresses the nexus between the East African citizens and the integration agenda, with special focus on the ......more

Contemporary Wars and Conflicts over Land and Water in Africa highlights Africa’s tragedy of endless conflicts. Rich in ......more

Pentecostalism, Africa’s fastest-growing form of Christianity, has long been preoccupied with the business of banishing ......more

Pentecostalism, Africa’s fastest-growing form of Christianity, has long been preoccupied with the business of banishing ......more

The book "Rwanda’s Rise: Africa’s Leading Transformation Story" tells the riveting story of a country that has overcome ......more

This comprehensive Handbook provides chapter length surveys of the history of Christian missions and Christian churches ......more

Since independence from Great Britain in 1963, Kenya has survived five decades as a functioning nation-state, holding re......more

The Architecture of the Bight of Biafra challenges linear assumptions about agency, progress, and domination in colonial......more

A revealing account of the lives and work of Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims in sixteenth-century Rome, examining how this A......more

This book investigates how monuments have been used in Africa as tools of oppression and dominance, from the colonial pe......more

Even leaving aside the vast death and suffering that it wrought on indigenous populations, German ambitions to transform......more

In 1910 Isaiah Shembe was struggling. He had left his family and quit his job as a sanitation worker to become a Baptist......more

Despite peace agreements, demobilization, and reintegration processes, the end of war does not automatically or necessar......more

The political and military contest black nationalists in Rhodesia waged against the white minority governments of Winsto......more

Discover the 3 rules that every successful group follows that allows them to thrive & dominate even in societies where t......more

The Siege of Kimberley; Its Humorous and Social Side; Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902); Eighteen Weeks in Eighteen Chapters, i......more

The Siege of Mafeking (1900), is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human hi......more

This book explores pastoralist/ farmers’ approaches to environmental disaster management in East Africa, charting their ......more

This seminal collection, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym ’Publius, ’ was ......more

Discover Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, in this thematic encyclopedia that covers everything from geography an......more

DAVID DEFEATS GOLIATH is a proverbial walk down the mountains and valleys of our lives. It is filled with wise counsel f......more

This book provides a survey of the social reconstruction recommended by African intellectuals and subjects their ideas t......more

WINNER SAfA BOOK PRIZE 2023 The first full-length examination of the archaeology and history of the Namib Desert. This i......more

In-depth account of the Marikana massacre, based on the voices of the miners and their families themselves, from the bui......more

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Archaeology brings together contributions from a global community of leading scholars......more

This book explores anti-apartheid movements on university and college campuses across Africa and the US in 1970s and 198......more

In the heart of Mamelodi Township, a community forged by the harsh winds of forced relocation and apartheid-era hardship......more

Together with an in-depth account of the world food crisis, this book analyses how this global scheme largely failed....more

’A forensic, riveting account of a wondrous and principled advocate’ Philippe Sands ’Well-written, deeply researched and......more

This book provides the historical and political context for the security interventions in Mali over the past three decad......more

Acholi Intellectuals draws on the writings of homespun historians, interviews with elderly men and women who remember th......more

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This book of 100 essays written over the last three post-apartheid decades provides profiles of pan-African figures, mos......more

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Colonialism tends to arouse emotional debate, often based on incomplete knowledge of the facts and context. Colonial Con......more

This book analyses the British government’s use of cultural diplomacy in South Africa from 1960 to 1994. Previously, sch......more

Opération Crevette is a meticulously researched account of the political instability leading to private mercenary action......more

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For many centuries, the politics of Sudan has been characterised by racial dichotomy and identity crisis, specifically b......more

Now in its second edition, The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History has been updated to include recent scholarship, and......more

The opening section reviews the centuries long journeys of the Ibibio people from Usak Edet in the Cameroun valleys unti......more

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In the early sixties, South Africa’s colonial policies in Namibia served as a testing ground for many key features of it......more

Drawing on previously inaccessible and overlooked archival sources, The Herero Genocide undertakes a groundbreaking inve......more

The First Comprehensive Investigation into the First Uprising Against Slavery in British North America At 2 a.m. on Apri......more

The new edition of this comprehensive survey of African history provides an accessible overview of the continent’s narra......more

This book argues that civil wars in Africa stem from the contradictions and crises that have been generated by the post-......more

The new edition of this comprehensive survey of African history provides an accessible overview of the continent’s narra......more

The extraordinary Swahili poetry collection Sauti ya Dhiki (Voice of Agony) is a collection of prison poems composed by ......more

This book explores the archaeology of the Acacus massif and surrounding areas in southwestern Libya over approximately 2......more

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As the first book-length work on the history of Chinese presence in Nigeria, this book examines how Chinese migrants and......more

This book discusses the systematic expansion of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) across the continent of Afric......more

This book provides a contemporary overview of Boko Haram’s activities. Since Boko Haram emerged in 2002, media-driven na......more