African history

Nelson Mandela traces the complete life of one of the most influential and admired leaders of the 20th century.

Two kings fought the largest chariot battle their world had ever seen.

Have you ever wondered about the profound dimensions and hidden wisdom behind the situations Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) faced throughout his life?

For nine extraordinary days, a kingdom lived with its dead king.

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The siege of Kimberley unfolds as a historical account of the Anglo Boer War, focusing on the town of Kimberley during its prolonged siege and the shifting rhythms of life under military pressure.

From the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth century, a wide network of English-speaking men, women, and children took up residence in the Ottoman Maghrebi regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.

The Battle of Hastings is probably the best-known and perhaps the most significant battle in English history.

Navigating Cultural Memory examines how a master narrative of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi evolved into a hegemonic narrative both in Rwanda and globally.

Navigating Cultural Memory examines how a master narrative of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi evolved into a hegemonic narrative both in Rwanda and globally.

On 4 October 1943, two trainee RAF pilots, Walter Adamson and Gordon Edwards, took off from Kumalo in Zimbabwe.

Waterloo has, perhaps, a greater claim to have left its mark on Europe than any single battle before it, yet, even after two hundred years, there is confusion about how the battle ended.

On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army decimated the British camp at Isandlwana.

With sharp intellect and warm humor, Lionel Morrison tells the story of the struggle for freedom in South Africa and beyond, revealing the intimate experience of grand geopolitical shiftsApartheid in South Africa was arbitrary and ferocious-its end is widely celebrated.

Of Revelation and Revolution is at once a highly imaginative, richly detailed history of colonialism, Christianity, and consciousness in South Africa, and a theoretically challenging consideration of the most difficult questions posed by the nature of social experience.

In Africa, conflicts between protected areas for fauna and flora and space for their surrounding human populations continue despite years spent trying to find an accommodation between the needs of both parties.

In Africa, conflicts between protected areas for fauna and flora and space for their surrounding human populations continue despite years spent trying to find an accommodation between the needs of both parties.

In 1977, Johnson's best selling How Long Will South Africa Survive?

In 1977, Johnson's best selling How Long Will South Africa Survive?

When we think of Ethiopia we tend to think in cliches: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the Falasha Jews, the epic reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, the Communist Revolution, famine and civil war.

When we think of Ethiopia we tend to think in cliches: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the Falasha Jews, the epic reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, the Communist Revolution, famine and civil war.

Northern Africa is dominated by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.

Northern Africa is dominated by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.

The East African group Al Shabaab is one of the century's most successful violent jihadist movements.

In its last decades, the apartheid regime was confronted with an existential threat.

Guinea is rich, both materially and culturally, with the world's largest bauxite reserves, gold, diamonds and iron ore.

Guinea is rich, both materially and culturally, with the world's largest bauxite reserves, gold, diamonds and iron ore.

Simultaneous to the rise of industrial capitalism, agriculture - still the mainstay of most human communities around the globe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - underwent dramatic changes.

Simultaneous to the rise of industrial capitalism, agriculture - still the mainstay of most human communities around the globe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - underwent dramatic changes.

In this latest instalment of the series A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers delve into the fascinating world of Africana Philosophy.

In this latest instalment of the series A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers delve into the fascinating world of Africana Philosophy.

Solidarity and Pressure is the first full-length study of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement (IAAM).

Solidarity and Pressure is the first full-length study of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement (IAAM).

The first combined history of two of the great Islamic empires of the 10th-13th centuriesAfrican invaders of Spain?

The first combined history of two of the great Islamic empires of the 10th-13th centuriesAfrican invaders of Spain?

In July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan achieved independence, concluding what had been Africa's longest running civil war.

In July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan achieved independence, concluding what had been Africa's longest running civil war.

Of Revelation and Revolution is at once a highly imaginative, richly detailed history of colonialism, Christianity, and consciousness in South Africa, and a theoretically challenging consideration of the most difficult questions posed by the nature of social experience.

In 1876 Lakota and Cheyenne warriors annihilated Custers Seventh Cavalry at Little Bighorn.

In this collaborative work, three leading historians explore one of the most significant areas of inquiry in modern historiography the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived.

German Colonialism Revisited brings together military historians, art historians, literary scholars, cultural theorists, and linguists to address a range of issues surrounding colonized African, Asian, and Oceanic people's creative reactions to and interactions with German colonialism.

Much of the South African government's response to crime-especially in Johannesburg-has been to rely increasingly on technology.

Much of the South African government's response to crime-especially in Johannesburg-has been to rely increasingly on technology.

German Colonialism Revisited brings together military historians, art historians, literary scholars, cultural theorists, and linguists to address a range of issues surrounding colonized African, Asian, and Oceanic people's creative reactions to and interactions with German colonialism.

Unsettled History examines South African society and the construction and presentation of its public pasts, from Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990 to South Africa's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (R).

Unsettled History examines South African society and the construction and presentation of its public pasts, from Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990 to South Africa's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (R).

In this collaborative work, three leading historians explore one of the most significant areas of inquiry in modern historiography the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived.

After the turn of the twentieth century, schools played a pivotal role in the construction of French West Africa.

After the turn of the twentieth century, schools played a pivotal role in the construction of French West Africa.