African history

While challenging traditional postcolonial accounts, Gabay places racial anxiety at the heart of imaginaries of Africa and international order.

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.

A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.

Examines the emergence and development of Islamic spaces in contemporary Africa that are responding to the continent''s increasingly global character.

Offers an examination of an African middle class, demonstrating how it is both bound to the state and alienated from it.

An innovative account of the first nuclear programme in independent Africa, centring on the promises and perils of atomic research in Ghana.

A comprehensive synthesis of the ideal of freedom in African culture from a pan-African perspective after independence.

Explains how autocrats compete in unfair elections in Africa and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of modern authoritarianism.

An essential biographical record of General Solomon Mujuru, one of the most controversial figures within the history of African liberation politics.

While challenging traditional postcolonial accounts, Gabay places racial anxiety at the heart of imaginaries of Africa and international order.

A history of colonial Africa and of the African diaspora examining the experiences and identities of ''liberated'' Africans in Sierra Leone.

Combining manuscript analysis with digital tools to show how people and books worked together to build a religious tradition in North Africa.

A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.

A re-examination of the historical development of urban identity and community along the Swahili Coast.

The Element examines the role of Ravan Press and oppositional print culture in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.

A novel, far-reaching analysis of contemporary history and politics in East Africa, focusing on the crisis in the region''s postcolonial political order.

Using a wealth of court records, Colonizing Consent shows how rape cases were caught up in, and helped shape, the major political debates in colonial South Africa.

Based on interviews with the notorious armed rebel group, the LRA, this study explores why efforts at contemporary peacemaking so often fail.

The first study to use Jomo Kenyatta''s political biography and presidency as a basis for examining the colonial and postcolonial history of Kenya.

This unique history highlights South Africa''s complex and dynamic attempt to build a developmental state; an attempt that ultimately faltered.

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The Element examines the role of Ravan Press and oppositional print culture in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

A study of the emergence of new forms of reading in English in African cities.

An innovative account of the first nuclear programme in independent Africa, centring on the promises and perils of atomic research in Ghana.

Using a wealth of court records, Colonizing Consent shows how rape cases were caught up in, and helped shape, the major political debates in colonial South Africa.

A new account of economic performance and state development in African countries across the long twentieth century.

A novel, far-reaching analysis of contemporary history and politics in East Africa, focusing on the crisis in the region''s postcolonial political order.

Based on interviews with the notorious armed rebel group, the LRA, this study explores why efforts at contemporary peacemaking so often fail.

Combining manuscript analysis with digital tools to show how people and books worked together to build a religious tradition in North Africa.

Examines the emergence and development of Islamic spaces in contemporary Africa that are responding to the continent''s increasingly global character.

A comprehensive synthesis of the ideal of freedom in African culture from a pan-African perspective after independence.

Reveals the neglected history of decolonisation and violence in Burundi through the political language of truth, citizenship and violence.

Reveals the neglected history of decolonisation and violence in Burundi through the political language of truth, citizenship and violence.

Captures the essential political, cultural, social, and economic developments that shaped the black experience.

A unique and forward-thinking book that sheds new light on the origins, dynamics, and cosmopolitan culture of the Kongo Kingdom from a cross-disciplinary perspective.

A new account of economic performance and state development in African countries across the long twentieth century.

An essential biographical record of General Solomon Mujuru, one of the most controversial figures within the history of African liberation politics.

Captures the essential political, cultural, social, and economic developments that shaped the black experience.

A re-examination of the historical development of urban identity and community along the Swahili Coast.

An innovative and insightful exploration of varieties of English in contemporary South Africa.

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

Through a new historical approach based on human-environment interaction, Campbell explores Africa''s relations with the Indian Ocean world from the early times to 1900.

Explains how autocrats compete in unfair elections in Africa and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of modern authoritarianism.

Through a new historical approach based on human-environment interaction, Campbell explores Africa''s relations with the Indian Ocean world from the early times to 1900.

A history of decolonisation and independence, this text helps students understand how Africa''s global position has emerged since 1940.

Offers an examination of an African middle class, demonstrating how it is both bound to the state and alienated from it.

Questions if voters would vote differently if it were illegal to discriminate in voting?

An examination of families and schools in South Africa, revealing how the marketisation of schooling works to uphold the privilege of whiteness.