African history

Die deutsche Kolonialzeit in Namibia war in der bildenden Kunst Namibias lange Zeit kein Thema.

Ein Reisebericht zwischen Roadtrip und Zeitreise: auf historischen Spuren durch AfrikaZwischen zwei Jobs fällt dem Journalisten Simon Riesche die Reiseerzählung eines Mannes in die Hände, der 1907 versuchte, als Erster Afrika mit einem Auto zu durchqueren.

Research into the history of Christian missions in the context of colonialism has focused primarily on missions as institutions and on the ways in which people were integrated into the economic, political and ideological spheres of imperial powers.

The height of colonial rule on the African continent saw two prominent religious leaders step to the fore: Desmond Tutu in South Africa, and Abel Muzorewa in Zimbabwe.

In this rich and multi-layered deconstruction of German colonial engagement with Islam, Jorg Haustein shows how imperial agents in Germany's largest colony wielded the knowledge category of Islam in a broad set of debates, ranging from race, language, and education to slavery, law, conflict, and war.

This book examines the history and impact of environmental change in Madagascar.

After seeing his mother and others die at the hands of the Confederates, Melvin is left searching for the best route to change society.

This account of the development of modern South African society seeks to establish the geographical and historical context in which change has taken place.

This account of the development of modern South African society seeks to establish the geographical and historical context in which change has taken place.

In this rich and multi-layered deconstruction of German colonial engagement with Islam, Jorg Haustein shows how imperial agents in Germany's largest colony wielded the knowledge category of Islam in a broad set of debates, ranging from race, language, and education to slavery, law, conflict, and war.

This book examines the history and impact of environmental change in Madagascar.

Originally published in 1982, this book covers the unique spatial structure of society which was South Africa under apartheid.

Originally published in 1982, this book covers the unique spatial structure of society which was South Africa under apartheid.

Few African countries have attracted the international attention that Ghana has.

An unprecedented analysis of how the liberation from colonial rule has threatened the Maghreb region of Africa and created political and social challenges that puts global security at risk.

Far too many Americans, of all races, are unaware of the pivotal role that people of African descent have played in shaping the US and the world.

Written lucidly and simply to serve as an introduction to the study of the African continent from a human population perspective, this book demonstrates important factors in the ebb and flow of group size and structure using the example of the fastest growing region in the world.

This narrative chronicles Libya's, and to a vast extent Muammar Gaddafi's, remarkable past, meteoric rise to prominence, and convoluted reign, and introduces potential scenarios that may play out in the near term.

This comprehensive analytical biography is the definitive work on the life and writings of history's most significant counterinsurgency doctrinaire, David Galula, elucidating the context for his reflections and examining the present and future applicability of his treatise for scholars and practitioners alike.

A bold study of the ancient Egyptian architect, high priest, and royal astronomer-and his influence as the true father of African civilization.

This narrative chronicles Libya's, and to a vast extent Muammar Gaddafi's, remarkable past, meteoric rise to prominence, and convoluted reign, and introduces potential scenarios that may play out in the near term.

Presenting a continent-wide comparative analysis of ethnic, political, and colonially based insurgencies, this text examines the causes, tactics, outcomes, and key individuals of African insurgent events and assesses a range of foreseeable outcomes in Africa's multiple regions of continuing political instability.

This book considers the work of the preeminent scholar on decoloniality, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, as a means of examining the development of decoloniality discourse and considering the future direction of the African knowledge economy.

This book considers the work of the preeminent scholar on decoloniality, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, as a means of examining the development of decoloniality discourse and considering the future direction of the African knowledge economy.

Brazils northeastern state of Bahia has built its economy around attracting international tourists to what is billed as the locus of Afro-Brazilian culture and the epicenter of Brazilian racial harmony.

For over a decade, the world has experienced an accelerating erosion of a language that took hundreds of years to emerge.

This study presents the history of the Market Photo Workshop (MPW) in Johannesburg and works produced by its new generation of photography students.

This study presents the history of the Market Photo Workshop (MPW) in Johannesburg and works produced by its new generation of photography students.

A new study that challenges previous interpretations of post-Roman North Africa.

The Making of a Pariah State takes the reader behind the flamboyance and apparent irrationality of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi to expose his attempt to impose national cohesion on the Arab, Muslim, and Third World elements under his leadership.

This study analyzes the establishment of an iron foundry in the interior 18th-century of Angola.

Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition.

This book explores Malawi's recent history in light of longer-term historical developments, contributing important new insights to debates about migration, citizenship, chieftaincy, language, cultural practice, anti-colonialism and nationalism.

This book examines African Latin Christianity from the fifth to the thirteenth century, exploring the complex interactions between local Christian communities and Vandals, Byzantines, and Arabs.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1882 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

In 1962 when Algeria finally obtained its independence from France after an eight-year guerilla war, it immediately embarked upon a second revolution aimed at destroying the colonial economic and social order.

Published in 1981, My Vision of Nigeria is a valuable contribution to the field of History.

First Published in 1965.

An insider's account of the negotiations which ended the Rhodesia conflict and of the British role in South Africa in the period leading up to the release of Nelson Mandela.

The lens of apartheid-era Jewish commemorations of the Holocaust in South Africa reveals the fascinating transformation of a diasporic community.

Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa.

The uprising in Libya in the spring of 2011 took the world by surprise.

Essays draw on quantitative and qualitative evidence to cast new light on slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as well as on the origins and development of the African diaspora.

Over the past two decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been at the centre of the deadliest series of conflicts since the Second World War, and now hosts the largest United Nations peacekeeping mission in the world.