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  • Historical Dictionary of Liberia

    by Elwood D. Dunn, Amos J. Beyan, Carl Patrick Burrowes ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Africa
    Originally formed to harbor freed slaves and Americans returning to Africa, Liberia once was a land of hope. That was shattered by a long Civil War that shook its very foundation. Today's Liberia is glimpsed in this second edition.Building on the first edition, this updated volume focuses on the personalities, from the founders of Liberia, to the soldiers who are responsible simultaneously for ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

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  • The Idealist

    Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty

    by Nina Munk ...
    **NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYBloomberg • Forbes • The SpectatorRecipient of Foreign Policy's 2013 Albie Award**A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs's ambitious quest to end global poverty"The poor you will always have with you," to cite the Gospel of Matthew 26:11. Jeffrey Sachs—celebrated economist, special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and author of the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mukiwa

    A White Boy in Africa

    by Peter Godwin ...
    Mukiwa opens with Peter Godwin, six years old, describing the murder of his neighbor by African guerillas, in 1964, pre-war Rhodesia. Godwin's parents are liberal whites, his mother a governement-employed doctor, his father an engineer. Through his innocent, young eyes, the story of the beginning of the end of white rule in Africa unfolds. The memoir follows Godwin's personal journey from the eve ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Cleopatra

    Last Queen of Egypt

    by Joyce Tyldesley ...
    The Romans regarded her as "fatale monstrum" -- a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really?We almost feel that we know Cleopatra, but our distorted image of a self-destructive beauty does no justice to Cleopatra's true genius. In Cleopatra, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Primary Accounts of the Ancient Civilizations of North Africa

    by Herodotus, Procopius & Strabo ...
    Primary Accounts of the Ancient Civilizations of North Africa is a collection of accounts about African civilizations written by some of the oldest and most prominent historians of antiquity, including Herodotus, also known as the Father of History, who lived in the 5th century B.C. (c.484 BC c.425 BC) and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Land is Ours

    Black Lawyers and the Birth of Constitutionalism in South Africa

    by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi ...
    The Land Is Ours tells the story of South Africa’s first black lawyers, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an age of aggressive colonial expansion, land dispossession and forced labour, these men believed in a constitutional system that respected individual rights and freedoms, and they used the law as an instrument against injustice.The book follows the lives, ideas and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Ancient Black Hebrews and Arabs

    by Anu M'Bantu and Gert Muller ...
    The evidence from the Bible describes the ancient Hebrews as being Afro-haired and Black. Abraham, Jacob, David and Solomon were Black. Pictures of the ancient Hebrews show this part of Biblical record to be accurate. These pictures are presented here! Most people do not know that the original Arabs of ancient times were Black. This book quotes ancient authorities and the ancient Arabs themselves ... Read more

    $2.85 USD

  • Money, Real Quick: The Story of M-PESA

    by Tonny K. Omwansa ...
    This book tells a tale of innovation, disruption, and transformation.Mobile money, e-money, e-float, e-wallets, mobile banking, however you characterize it, is not just a cool app. Its a killer app, the first for mobile phones in the developing world. Its also a disruptive innovation that threatens incumbent businesses and is sparking new business formation and entrepreneurship.Nowhere is this ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Imagining Serengeti

    A History of Landscape Memory in Tanzania from Earliest Times to the Present

    by Jan Bender Shetler ...
    Series series New African Histories
    Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as safari grounds—as the land of expansive, unpopulated game reserves untouched by civilization and preserved in their original pristine state by the tireless efforts of contemporary conservationists. With prose that is elegant in its simplicity and ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Into the House of the Ancestors

    Inside the New Africa

    by Karl Maier ...
    Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity . . .INTO THE HOUSE OF THE ANCESTORS"Rich . . . fascinating." --The New York Times Book Review"A master of eyewitness description and of the telling interview, [Maier] has unearthed Africa's hidden heroes and heroines." --Financial Times"Maier has written a sensitive and complex narrative. . . . ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Zimbabwe

    by Alois S. Mlambo ...
    The first single-volume history of Zimbabwe with detailed coverage from pre-colonial times to the present, this book examines Zimbabwe's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates historical factors and trends to recent developments in the country. Zimbabwe is a country with a rich history, dating from the early San hunter-gatherer societies. The ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Freedom Burning

    Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain

    by Richard Huzzey ...
    After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority over other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress the slave trade, while the Royal Navy enforced abolition worldwide and an anxious public debated the true ... Read more

    $28.49 USD