African history

This book explores the significance of alcohol in the Middle East and Maghreb as a powerful catalyst of social and political division.

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This volume examines how African indigenous popular music is deployed in democracy, politics and for social crusades by African artists.

This book is an ambitious integration of ecological, archaeological, anthropological land use sciences, drawing on human geography, demography and economics of development across the East Africa region.

In the last 30 years, Delhi, the capital of India, has displaced over 1.

The SADF in the Border War 1966-1989 offers the first comprehensive analysis of the South African Defense Force's role in the Border War in Namibia and Angola since the end of this conflict in 1989.

A new history of twentieth-century North Africa, that gives voice to the musicians who defined an era and the vibrant recording industry that carried their popular sounds from the colonial period through decolonization.

“Black Hawks Rising” tells the story of the formation and deployment of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in March 2007.

In 1961, Portugal found itself fighting a war to retain its colonial possessions and preserve the remnants of its Empire.

This is the first book in the English language to offer an analysis of a conflict that, in so many ways, raised the curtain on the Great War.

When the Boer Republics invaded Natal in 1899, the invaders could have been driven out with casualties measured in hundreds.

In Guinea's capital city of Conakry, dance is everywhere.

This book is a philosopher's view into the chaotic postcolony of Zimbabwe, delving into Robert Mugabe's Will to Power.

This book shows how a stormy parliamentary debate over the sale of German properties in Nigeria on 8 November 1916 began the process which brought down Asquith and made Lloyd George prime minister.

This book uses money as a lens through which to analyze the social and economic impact of colonialism on African societies and institutions.

A groundbreaking history that puts early and medieval West Africa in a global contextPick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa?

A comprehensive history of one of the world's deadliest jihadist groupsBoko Haram is one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups.

For some, the idea of an Islamic state serves to fulfill aspirations for cultural sovereignty and new forms of ethical political practice.

After invading Tunisia in 1881, the French installed a protectorate in which they shared power with the Tunisian ruling dynasty and, due to the dynasty's treaties with other European powers, with some of their imperial rivals.

Since the late 20th century, postcolonial Africa has faced various crises, from political and economic instability to public health and environmental emergencies, to inter-tribal conflicts.

For over a century, plant specialists worldwide have sought to transform healing plants in African countries into pharmaceuticals.

Kenya has a long and complex history that began thousands of years ago.

The influx of African migrants into Europe in recent years has raised important issues about changing labor economies, new technologies of border control, and the effects of armed conflict.

During the apartheid era, thousands of South African political activists, militants, and refugees fled arrest by crossing into neighbouring southern African countries.

Not just a method of crime control or individual punishment in Britain's African territories, the death penalty was an integral aspect of colonial networks of power and violence.

Not just a method of crime control or individual punishment in Britain's African territories, the death penalty was an integral aspect of colonial networks of power and violence.

There are numerous different democratic systems in Africa, from the Igbo institutions that date back to the 15th century to Western-style democracy introduced by colonial powers.

There are numerous different democratic systems in Africa, from the Igbo institutions that date back to the 15th century to Western-style democracy introduced by colonial powers.

Local Government in West Africa (1964) examines colonial and independent local government in Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone.

East Africa (1971) examines the century from 1870 that saw the emergence of East Africa from an ancient isolation into the modern world.

Government in West Africa (1968) examines the practical working of modern government and the constitutional history of West Africa.

During the first six decades of the twentieth century, when the majority of present-day Kenya was under the control of the British Empire, many secular newspapers emerged as the products of tensions between Asian and European immigrants, the British administration, and the African petite bourgeoisie.

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.

How an Unprepared, Undertrained Group of Maine National Guard Troops Went to Abu Ghraib to Fix the IrreparableThe prison at Abu Ghraib was still a relatively unknown part of Americas War on Terror whenwith no special training and their gear lost somewhere between the United States and Baghdadthe 152nd Field Artillery Battalion of the Maine National Guard was sent there to serve as guards in February 2004.

Discover what it was like to be amidst the action as a military photographer during the Vietnam War.

A history of this dramatic and risky amphibious invasion, with photos included.

Discover what it was like to be amidst the action as a military photographer during the Vietnam War.

How superpower interests and Cold War politics exacerbated a war in Africa that left millions dead or displaced.

A history of this dramatic and risky amphibious invasion, with photos included.

The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (1894) is an important work of in-depth research into one of the principal indigenous communities of West Africa.

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy employs a criminological lens to explore how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations from the 16th century to present day piracy off the coast of Somalia.

A major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there.

The Turning Point in Africa (1982) is a significant study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-war years to the strategy of decolonization inaugurated after the Second World War.

This book explores the role of social movements in the Southern African liberation struggle, through the lens of two 'everyday communists'.

In the wake of the Great Depression, economic recovery and nutritional improvement in Britain simultaneously occurred with their decline in British Africa.

Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a military powerhouse of that continent until our days.

The North African campaign was one of the hardest fought episodes of the Second World War, yet the vital part played by the Italian Army - and in particular, its Folgore Parachute Division on behalf of the Axis Alliance - is frequently overlooked.

This book describes the career of an English aristocrat, Christopher Bethell, who arrives in southern Africa in 1878 as the classic "e;remittance"e; man, despatched to the colonies to avoid a scandal at home.

Immerse yourself in Africa's vast and intricate story and discover Africa s true place in world history, written and authenticated by experts of African heritage.

Initially, the 1960s was a time of understandable optimism.