African history

The Birth of Egypt explores the remarkable transformation of the Nile Valley from scattered prehistoric communities into one of the world's first great centralized civilizations.

';The West will begin to understand Africa when it realizes it's not talking to a childit's talking to its mother.

';The West will begin to understand Africa when it realizes it's not talking to a childit's talking to its mother.

At its core, African folklore embodies the soul of the continent, reflecting its diverse peoples, landscapes, and histories.

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative accountbased on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documentsof a group of Marine reservists during 1991's Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative accountbased on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documentsof a group of Marine reservists during 1991's Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Beyond the pyramids lies a country far more complex than most people imagine.

Take a trip back in time more than 5,000 years and discover the amazing world of Ancient Egypt!

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In 1830, France seized Algiers, but its armies did not yet control the country beyond the coast.

In 1622, the kingdom of Ndongo sent a woman to Luanda to negotiate with Portugal.

Die Sklavenrouten des Indischen Ozeans und des Mittelmeers haben tiefe Spuren hinterlassen, die bis heute in Kulturen, Sprachen und familiaren Erinnerungen fortwirken.

For centuries, the Gaetuli were reduced to a footnote in Roman history — the primitive nomads at the edge of the empire's maps, briefly troublesome, quickly forgotten.

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In 1896, Menelik II's army defeated an invading Italian force at Adwa, preserving Ethiopia's independence and making the emperor an enduring symbol of African resistance.

';What a strange, fascinating, and ultimately powerful account of one man's endurance of life as a POW during the American war in Vietnam.

As the western world fell into darkness, she dared defend the light.

This exceptional production, steeped in pregnant constructions,  is pregnant with Why Yoruba Should Be the 7th Official Language of the United Nations, while acting as the humble mouthpiece of the African languages.

For the people of Kemet, Heka represented something far more profound.

Das »Schwarze Frankreich« ist heute ein selbstbewusster Teil der französischen Gesellschaft, der über die Zukunft des Landes mitentscheidet.

Der transatlantische Sklavenhandel war keine historische Randnotiz, sondern das wirtschaftliche Fundament europäischer Kolonialreiche und amerikanischer Plantagenökonomien.

Stimmen, Lieder, Musik von Einheimischen in deutschen Kolonien – eingefangen auf Wachswalzen, aufbewahrt im Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv: Diesen bislang kaum beachteten Tonaufnahmen aus der deutschen Kolonialzeit widmet sich dieses E-Book.

Wie konnte ein unabhängiges afrikanisches Land im Zeitalter des aggressiven europäischen Imperialismus eine hochgerüstete, moderne Invasionsarmee vollständig und vernichtend schlagen?

'A definitive account of one of the most dramatic encounters in the whole history of Empire .

The first volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, author of 'The Grass is Singing' and 'The Golden Notebook', and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.

The Libyan's War: Mathos and the Truceless Fury of Carthage In 241 BC, a bankrupt Carthage tried to stiff twenty thousand veteran soldiers out of their wages, and nearly paid with its life.

In 1703, two Dutch galleons reach Cape Town.

One of the most powerful autobiographies ever written, a timeless testament to courage, resilience, and the pursuit of freedom.

A powerful firsthand account of resilience, injustice, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.

Seit Jahrtausenden ist der Nordwesten Afrikas, der Maghreb, eng mit Europa verbunden.

Long before the stone walls of Great Zimbabwe rose from the earth, a different empire commanded the vast wealth of southern Africa.

Seit Jahrtausenden ist der Nordwesten Afrikas, der Maghreb, eng mit Europa verbunden.

Mitten in der unerbittlichen südafrikanischen Savanne erheben sich gewaltige, elf Meter hohe Steinmauern ohne einen einzigen Tropfen Mörtel.

On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army attacked 1,700 British and colonial forces.

On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army attacked 1,700 British and colonial forces.

Wie konnte ein unabhängiges afrikanisches Land im Zeitalter des aggressiven europäischen Imperialismus eine hochgerüstete, moderne Invasionsarmee vollständig und vernichtend schlagen?

How is it legally and geographically possible that an 800-square-mile wedge of land sitting right between Egypt and Sudan is claimed by absolutely no sovereign nation on Earth?

'A historically insightful read'Financial Times 'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest'A thought-provoking analysis of Africa's relationship with economic imperialism' Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata, authors of It's A ContinentWe need to think differently about African economics.

A representative collection of eighty-one myths and folktales chosen from the oral tradition of the peoples of Africa south of the Sahara.

Who decides what counts as history?

Drawing on their extensive fieldwork in Zambia, the authors address these central concerns: the social origins and motivations of African entrepreneurs, and the determinants of their success; the impact of government policies on business growth; the relative performance of Zambians in business; and the effects of small business on Zambian society.

This book gives a detailed analysis of the causes of the revolution of January 1964 in Zanzibar, and provides a study of the process of modernization in a plural society.

Although historians today turn increasingly to oral tradition as a source of data on the history of non-literate peoples, Paul Irwin cautions them against uncritical use of such evidence.

This is an analysis of the powerful Islamic religious movement, initiated by Ibn Tumart among the Berber tribesmen of North Africa, which culminated in the creation of the huge Almohad empire in the twelfth century.

A study of the contribution made by Christian missionaries to the formation of Northern Rhodesia based on firsthand information and study by the author, who has visited nearly every mission station in Northern Rhodesia, consulted missionary diaries, journals, and records.

Making provocative use of the term apartheid,"e; Janet Abu-Lughod argues that French colonial policies in Moroccan cities effectively segregated Moroccans from Europeans.

Biafra's declaration of independence on May 30, 1967, precipitated a civil war with important implications for the territorial integrity of all newly independent African states.

The two decades that followed World War II witnessed the end of the great European empires in Asia and Africa.

Civilizing Women is a riveting exploration of the disparate worlds of British colonial officers and the Muslim Sudanese they sought to remake into modern imperial subjects.

Kenya's central highlands are the elevated portions of East Africa that European colonists entered from the beginning of the twentieth century to make Kenya a white settlement area.