African history

Long on the margins of both scholarly and policy concerns, the countries of the West African Sahel have recently attracted world attention, primarily as a key battleground in the global 'war on terror'.

Long on the margins of both scholarly and policy concerns, the countries of the West African Sahel have recently attracted world attention, primarily as a key battleground in the global 'war on terror'.

Kenya is one of the most politically dynamic and influential countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenya is one of the most politically dynamic and influential countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as royal cities of New Kingdom Egypt (c.

This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the intra-urban distribution of high-status goods, and their production or role as a marker of the nature of the settlements known as royal cities of New Kingdom Egypt (c.

West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba seeks to explain how a series of historical events that occurred in West Africa from the mid-1790s - including Afonja's rebellion, the Owu wars, the Fulani-led jihad, and the migrations to Egbaland - had an impact upon life in cities and plantations in western Cuba and Bahia.

This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.

This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.

Present Imperfect asks how South African writers have responded to the end of apartheid, to the hopes that attended the birth of the 'new' nation in 1994, and to the inevitable disappointments that have followed.

Present Imperfect asks how South African writers have responded to the end of apartheid, to the hopes that attended the birth of the 'new' nation in 1994, and to the inevitable disappointments that have followed.

Studies of liminality have a long history in anthropology.

The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History represents an invaluable tool for historians and others in the field of African studies.

The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History represents an invaluable tool for historians and others in the field of African studies.

The study of primate ecology and conservation has advanced rapidly in recent years.

The study of primate ecology and conservation has advanced rapidly in recent years.

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Middle-Eastern and North African History critically examines the defining processes and structures of historical developments in North Africa and the Middle East over the past two centuries.

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Middle-Eastern and North African History critically examines the defining processes and structures of historical developments in North Africa and the Middle East over the past two centuries.

Imperial Justice explores the imperial control of judicial governance and the adjudication of colonial difference in British Africa.

Imperial Justice explores the imperial control of judicial governance and the adjudication of colonial difference in British Africa.

How much did the British Empire cost, and how did Britain pay for it?

Africa has the longest and arguably the most diverse archaeological record of any of the continents.

Africa has the longest and arguably the most diverse archaeological record of any of the continents.

Primate Sexuality provides an authoritative and comprehensive synthesis of current research on the evolution and physiological control of sexual behaviour in the primates - prosimians, monkeys, apes, and human beings.

The Killer Trail tells the tale of one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa', a real life story of insane violence in the heart of an exotic continent that eerily prefigures fictional accounts such as The Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now.

On 21 March 1960 several hundred black Africans were injured and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, protesting against the Apartheid regime's racist 'pass' laws.

Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany.

On 21 March 1960 several hundred black Africans were injured and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, protesting against the Apartheid regime's racist 'pass' laws.

Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany.

From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa.

Northeast Africa has one of the richest histories in the world, and yet also one of the most violent.

'Censorship may have to do with literature', Nadine Gordimer once said, 'but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.

An innovative examination of the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped twentieth-century South Africa.

The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only up-to-date, single-volume history of ancient Egypt available in English.

The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only up-to-date, single-volume history of ancient Egypt available in English.

An innovative examination of the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped twentieth-century South Africa.

From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela, the first African politician to acquire a world following, remains in the 21st century an iconic figure.

Hieroglyphs were far more than a language.

The complex world of Egyptian myth is clearly illuminated in this fascinating new approach to ancient Egypt.

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented.

This book describes one of our closest relatives, the orangutan, and the only extant great ape in Asia.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a number of British women left home to follow a call to the African mission field.

The Killer Trail tells the tale of one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa', a real life story of insane violence in the heart of an exotic continent that eerily prefigures fictional accounts such as The Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now.

'Censorship may have to do with literature', Nadine Gordimer once said, 'but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.

This book completes a trilogy by the anthropologist Wendy James.

Possidius, the bishop of Calama, was a life-long friend of St.

This book is a pioneering and comprehensive study of the environmental history of Southern Malawi.

The papyri of Egypt offer a rich and complex picture of this important Roman province and provide an unparalleled insight into how a Roman province actually worked.

Unlike humans, who came down from the trees and developed bipedal locomotion, chimpanzees have remained in the original habitat of our ancestors: the tropical rainforests of Africa.