African history

Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt offers a stimulating overview of the study of ancient Egyptian religion by examining research drawn from beyond the customary boundaries of Egyptology and shedding new light on entrenched assumptions.

Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt offers a stimulating overview of the study of ancient Egyptian religion by examining research drawn from beyond the customary boundaries of Egyptology and shedding new light on entrenched assumptions.

Shedding light on the historical origins of violence, trafficking, piracy and civil unrest in Somalia, Yemen and Djibouti.

Shedding light on the historical origins of violence, trafficking, piracy and civil unrest in Somalia, Yemen and Djibouti.

A unique comparative study between four secessionist states in postcolonial Africa, and their struggles to obtain sovereign recognition.

Shari''a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari''a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

Shari''a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari''a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

A unique comparative study between four secessionist states in postcolonial Africa, and their struggles to obtain sovereign recognition.

A history of the cross-border Central African copperbelt, integrating the region''s social history with knowledge production about it.

Offers the first analysis of international courts'' archives and of how these constitute the international community as a particular reality.

White working-class experiences of South Africa''s transition provide a reinterpretation of how class colours race in the era of neoliberalism.

White working-class experiences of South Africa''s transition provide a reinterpretation of how class colours race in the era of neoliberalism.

Early Christian asceticism emphasized renunciation of family, while Egyptian monks in late antiquity cared for children.

An innovative three hundred year exploration of the social and political contexts of science and the scientific imagination in South Africa.

An innovative three hundred year exploration of the social and political contexts of science and the scientific imagination in South Africa.

Offers the first analysis of international courts'' archives and of how these constitute the international community as a particular reality.

Offering nuanced insights into violence, humanitarian protection, gender relations, and coping of refugees in a Ugandan refugee camp.

Offering nuanced insights into violence, humanitarian protection, gender relations, and coping of refugees in a Ugandan refugee camp.

Examining online and in-person public discussion in Kenya, this book sheds fresh light on the role of public discussion and social media in politics.

Examining online and in-person public discussion in Kenya, this book sheds fresh light on the role of public discussion and social media in politics.

An historical and empirical study of science in Africa, bringing to light connections between science, policy and development.

Demonstrates the importance of the first interim governments in shaping the trajectory of political transition in Tunisia and Libya after the 2011 uprisings.

An exploration of the diversity and complexity of ''everyday'' lived religion among Muslims in a zongo community in Ghana.

An historical and empirical study of science in Africa, bringing to light connections between science, policy and development.

Demonstrates the importance of the first interim governments in shaping the trajectory of political transition in Tunisia and Libya after the 2011 uprisings.

An exploration of the diversity and complexity of ''everyday'' lived religion among Muslims in a zongo community in Ghana.

An accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 with comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region.

In the languages of their own reading spaces, South Africans achieved a unique ethos of improvement.

In the languages of their own reading spaces, South Africans achieved a unique ethos of improvement.

Examining constitutional rules and power-sharing in Africa reveals how some dictatorships become institutionalized, rule-based systems.

An accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 with comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region.

Based on rich oral histories, this is an engaging study of citizenship construction and practice in Liberia, Africa''s first black republic.

Kananoja demonstrates how medical interaction in early modern Atlantic Africa was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange between Africans and Europeans.

Kananoja demonstrates how medical interaction in early modern Atlantic Africa was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange between Africans and Europeans.

Discussing an armed insurgency in Ethiopia (1963-1970), this study offers a new perspective for understanding relations between religion and ethnicity.

Discussing an armed insurgency in Ethiopia (1963-1970), this study offers a new perspective for understanding relations between religion and ethnicity.

Based on rich oral histories, this is an engaging study of citizenship construction and practice in Liberia, Africa''s first black republic.

A significant re-examination of the Tārīkh al-fattāsh, revealing it to be a crucial nineteenth-century source for history in West Africa.

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.

Explores historical and contemporary imperatives to (re)translate African literature which argues that translation is not a metaphor.

Examines twenty years of French military interventions in Chad and Hissène Habré''s rise to power between 1960 and 1982.

Explores historical and contemporary imperatives to (re)translate African literature which argues that translation is not a metaphor.

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

A significant re-examination of the Tārīkh al-fattāsh, revealing it to be a crucial nineteenth-century source for history in West Africa.

Examines twenty years of French military interventions in Chad and Hissène Habré''s rise to power between 1960 and 1982.

Reveals how the crisis of Zimbabwe''s cholera outbreak of 2008–9 had profound implications for political institutions and citizenship.

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

The first ethnographic and historical study of raiding in the Central African Republic.

Reveals how the crisis of Zimbabwe''s cholera outbreak of 2008–9 had profound implications for political institutions and citizenship.