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  • Angola

    A Modern Military History, 1961-2002

    by S. Weigert ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This study is the first comprehensive assessment of warfare in Angola to cover all three phases of the nation's modern history: the anti-colonial struggle, the Cold War phase, and the post-Cold War era. It also covers, in detail, the final phase of warfare in Angola, culminating in Jonas Savimbi's death and the signing of the Luena Accord ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • The African Exploration Anthology

    The Personal Accounts of the Early Explorers of Africa

    by David Livingstone, Richard Francis Burton, Henry Morton Stanley ...
    Series series Texts of Discovery
    In the latter half of the 19th Century a group of particularly intrepid explorers navigated their way into the interior of Africa, documenting what they saw, mapping the territory they crossed, and competing with one another to be the first to discover the fabled 'source of the Nile'.The dangers they faced in order to achieve their aims required incredible courage and endurance - from deadly ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Berber Government

    The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria

    by Hugh Roberts ...
    The Berber identity movement in North Africa was pioneered by the Kabyles of Algeria. But a preoccupation with identity and language has obscured the fact that Kabyle dissidence has been rooted in democratic aspirations inspired by the political traditions of Kabylia itself, a Berber-speaking region in the north of Algeria. The political organisation of pre-colonial Kabylia, from which these ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Origins of Pan-Africanism

    Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora

    by Marika Sherwood ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern British History
    Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora recounts the life story of the pioneering Henry Sylvester Williams, an unknown Trinidadian son of an immigrant carpenter in the late-19th and early 20th century. Williams, then a student in Britain, organized the African Association in 1897, and the first-ever Pan-African Conference in 1900. He is thus the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Recalling the Belgian Congo

    Conversations and Introspection

    by Marie-Bénédicte Dembour ...
    Series Book 9 - New Directions in Anthropology
    When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely held in present-day Belgium: these officers were not the "baddies" she had expected to meet.Exploring ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Colonization

    A Global History

    by Marc Ferro ...
    This is an extremely wide-ranging and interdisciplinary survey of colonization from its origins to the post-colonial world. Original and lively, it offers the student:* a wide focus featuring Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Japan and the USSR* an interpretation drawn from cultural and social history, with sections on myth, literature, film and philosophy* constant reference to ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Madagascar

    History of the Great Island

    by . Collection ...
    Madagascar, that some called the Great Britain of Africa, is one of the largest islands in the world. It is said to have been discovered by Europeans in the year 1506. By the Portuguese it was called the island of St. Lawrence, either in honour of its discoverer, Lawrence Almeida, or, as stated by early writers, in accordance with a custom prevailing among them, in honour of the saint on whose day ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • South Africa's 'Border War'

    Contested Narratives and Conflicting Memories

    by Professor Gary Baines ...
    Series series War, Culture and Society
    South Africa's 'Border War' provides a timely study of the 'war of words' waged by retired South African Defence Force (SADF) generals and other veterans against critics and detractors. The book explores the impact of the 'Border War' on South African culture and society during apartheid and in the new dispensation and discusses the lasting legacy or 'afterlife' of the war in great detail. It also ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • A Burning Hunger

    One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid

    by Lynda Schuster ...
    If the Mandelas were the generals in the fight for black liberation, the Mashininis were the foot soldiers. Theirs is a story of exile, imprisonment, torture, and loss, but also of dignity, courage, and strength in the face of appalling adversity. Originally published in Great Britain to critical acclaim, A Burning Hunger: One Family's Struggle Against Apartheid tells a deeply moving human story ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Lesotho

    by Scott Rosenberg, Richard F. Weisenfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Africa
    Although Lesotho is a small state never likely to be a major player in global affairs, its special interactions with South Africa make it a prototype for regional cooperation. Joint action by South Africa's and Botswana's military forces to end anarchy and preserve democracy in Lesotho serves as an important test case of regional peacekeeping in Africa.This reference provides comprehensive entries ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa

    From Honor to Respectability

    by Elisabeth McMahon ...
    Series series African Studies
    Examining the process of abolition on the island of Pemba off the East African coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island. By examining the social vulnerability of ex-slaves and the former slave-owning elite caused by the abolition order of 1897, this ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The History of Business in Africa

    Complex Discontinuity to Emerging Markets

    by Grietjie Verhoef ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive study of the history of African business. By analyzing the specificities of African business culture, as well as the dynamically changing African policy context, the author sheds new light on the development of African enterprises, markets and institutions. The book covers a wide range of historical studies, starting with the earliest exchange networks, the new ... Read more

    $116.09 USD