African history

The Benin City Pilgrimage Stations tells the individual stories of fourteen iconic Benin City landmarks.

This book covers the contributions of various international organisations, governments and their peoples, and solidarity organisations to the liberation struggle in South Africa.

In South Africa, the decade of 1980-1990 not only saw the mobilisation of the popular masses, but also the marked escalation of the armed struggle inside the country, initiated and waged by the African National Congress (ANC).

Ethiopia is one of the world's oldest countries; its Rift Valley may be the location where the ancestors of humankind originated more than four million years ago.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was not just a world-historical event in its own right, but also struck powerful blows against racism and imperialism, and so inspired many black radicals internationally.

Of all the great kingdoms that flourished in Africa, the Kongo is one of the most famous.

Die große Menge der Afrikawerke, welche in den letzten Jahren auf dem deutschen Büchermarkte erschienen sind, ließ auffallender Weise immer noch eine eigentliche Geschichte des Ostafrikanischen Aufstandes und seiner Niederwerfung vermissen.

The interconnectedness between sport and colonialism has long been a matter of interest to sport historians.

The interconnectedness between sport and colonialism has long been a matter of interest to sport historians.

This book presents a detailed study of the political journalism of Ruth First - an independent thinker and a headstrong journalist who stood her ground in a male-dominated liberation movement.

Revealing Portugal's counterinsurgent spying on Muslims during Mozambique's liberation struggle, this book uses archival and field work to study Muslim responses to counterinsurgency and armed nationalism that led to Mozambique's freedom from colonial rule.

The impact of a changing environment on human society and, conversely, the impact of man's activities upon the environment are important and contentious subjects today.

This book, the first of two volumes, focuses on the conceptualization of Indigenous Knowledge and Curriculum, Ethiopian/African Philosophy and the possibilities of Indigenization/Africanization of African Education.

This book, the first of two volumes, focuses on the conceptualization of Indigenous Knowledge and Curriculum, Ethiopian/African Philosophy and the possibilities of Indigenization/Africanization of African Education.

This book covers the contributions of various international organisations, governments and their peoples, and solidarity organisations to the liberation struggle in South Africa.

Domestic service has long been one of the largest forms of urban employment across southern Africa.

Muslims from the region that is now Nigeria have been undertaking the Hajj for hundreds of years.

Based on archives from governments, parties, organisations and individuals, this book investigates the relationship between the British left and Algerian liberation movements during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962).

Winner, ASLE-UKI Critical Book Prize, 2025 Finalist, Ecocritical Book Award, 2025, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Longlisted, Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing, 2025 As climate crisis ensues, a transition away from fossil fuels becomes urgent.

Here, Daniel Zisenwine looks at Tunisia under the rule of Ben Ali, from 1987 when he rose to power until the 2011 protests that led to his downfall.

Winner, ASLE-UKI Critical Book Prize, 2025 Finalist, Ecocritical Book Award, 2025, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Longlisted, Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing, 2025 As climate crisis ensues, a transition away from fossil fuels becomes urgent.