African history

The first comprehensive examination of the Catholic Churchs role in the genocide against the Tutsi and its attempts at reconciliationFrom April to July 1994, more than a million people were killed during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

The World and a Very Small Place in Africa is a fascinating look at how contacts with the wider world have affected how people have lived in Niumi, a small and little-known region at the mouth of West Africa's Gambia River, for over a thousand years.

The World and a Very Small Place in Africa is a fascinating look at how contacts with the wider world have affected how people have lived in Niumi, a small and little-known region at the mouth of West Africa's Gambia River, for over a thousand years.

This volume examines diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and South Africa from 1986 to 1990, when deadlock gave way to the first stages in the unwinding of apartheid.

This volume examines diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and South Africa from 1986 to 1990, when deadlock gave way to the first stages in the unwinding of apartheid.

This book focuses on retelling many of the important episodes in the global past (c.

Democratization in South Africa has been accompanied by continuing and even deepening economic inequalities.

This book focuses on retelling many of the important episodes in the global past (c.

Democratization in South Africa has been accompanied by continuing and even deepening economic inequalities.

Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed into a form of money in various societies for a long span of time.

Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed into a form of money in various societies for a long span of time.

As a field of research, settler colonial studies has developed dynamically in recent years.

As a field of research, settler colonial studies has developed dynamically in recent years.

Amidst a catastrophic civil war that began in 1983 and ended in 2005, many Dinka people in Sudan repudiated their inherited religious beliefs and embraced a vibrant Anglican faith.

This book offers an up-to-date, comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the multifaceted and evolving experiences of human rights in Sierra Leone between the years 1787 and 2016.

This book offers an up-to-date, comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the multifaceted and evolving experiences of human rights in Sierra Leone between the years 1787 and 2016.

This book is the first study of displaced Mozambican men, women, and children-from refugees and asylum seekers to liberation leaders, students, and migrant workers-during the war for independence from Portugal (1964-1974).

This book is the first study of displaced Mozambican men, women, and children-from refugees and asylum seekers to liberation leaders, students, and migrant workers-during the war for independence from Portugal (1964-1974).

This book offers an insightful analysis of presidential policy towards Rhodesia during the UDI era of 1965-1979.

This book offers an insightful analysis of presidential policy towards Rhodesia during the UDI era of 1965-1979.

First published in 1998, this book is an exposition of the law of defamation as it applies in those countries (excluding South Africa).

First published in 1998, this book is an exposition of the law of defamation as it applies in those countries (excluding South Africa).

This book investigates Afrikaner anticommunism in South Africa in the twentieth century, focusing on the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC).

First published in 1997, this is the first of two volumes.

First published in 1997, this is the first of two volumes.

This book studies the relationship between photography and history in colonial Southern Africa, using a series of encounters with Southern African photographic archives to reflect on photography as a distinct historical form.

This book studies the relationship between photography and history in colonial Southern Africa, using a series of encounters with Southern African photographic archives to reflect on photography as a distinct historical form.

Modern international criminal law typically traces its origins to the twentieth-century Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, excluding the slave trade and abolition.

Modern international criminal law typically traces its origins to the twentieth-century Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, excluding the slave trade and abolition.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1991.

The field of history is founded on the interrogation of written documents from the past.

The field of history is founded on the interrogation of written documents from the past.

Architectural relics of nineteenth and twentieth-century colonialism dot cityscapes throughout our globalizing world, just as built traces of colonialism remain embedded within the urban fabric of many European capitals.

Architectural relics of nineteenth and twentieth-century colonialism dot cityscapes throughout our globalizing world, just as built traces of colonialism remain embedded within the urban fabric of many European capitals.

This Variorum volume is a collection of articles dealing with Egypt under the Fatimids, originally published in diverse journals and books between 1984 and 2013.

This Variorum volume is a collection of articles dealing with Egypt under the Fatimids, originally published in diverse journals and books between 1984 and 2013.

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1995 and 1999, is a collection of works by leading academics on African American Literature.

The 16th century bronze plaques from the kingdom of Benin are among the most recognized masterpieces of African art, and yet many details of their commission and installation in the palace in Benin City, Nigeria, are little understood.

This pioneering and celebrated work was the first, and remains the standard, account of the economic history of the huge area conventionally known as West Africa.

This pioneering and celebrated work was the first, and remains the standard, account of the economic history of the huge area conventionally known as West Africa.

Rhodesia's illegal Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965 is an act that not only shaped regional politics but also had a profound effect on Britain's attempt to retreat from its empire.

Rhodesia's illegal Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965 is an act that not only shaped regional politics but also had a profound effect on Britain's attempt to retreat from its empire.

Published in 1967: Sudanese Memoirs is a foremost contribution to the ethnological and historical literature of Western Africa.

Published in 1967: Sudanese Memoirs is a foremost contribution to the ethnological and historical literature of Western Africa.

Africa finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century.

This volume deals with the manifold ways in which histories are debated and indeed historicity and historiography themselves are interrogated via the narrative modes of the truth commissions.

Africa finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century.