African history

When Mike Burton became the principal of All Saints College in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, little did he know about the journey on which he was embarking.

Sierra Leone was founded, albeit under British control, with the highest hopes of being a refuge for liberated Africans and freed slaves.

An exhaustive volume of leading scholarship in the field of Black Canadian history, Unsettling the Great White North highlights the diverse experiences of persons of African descent within the chronicles of Canada's past.

In Histories of Dirt Stephanie Newell traces the ways in which urban spaces and urban dwellers come to be regarded as dirty, as exemplified in colonial and postcolonial Lagos.

In the aftermath of apartheid, South Africa undertook an ambitious revision of its intellectual property system.

City of Extremes is a powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994.

In Africa no European country has had an influence as Britain.

First published in 1975, The Rhodesian Problem presents a documentary record of Rhodesia from the establishment of the Crown colony in 1923 to the illegal declaration of independence in 1965 and the post-independence efforts for a settlement of the conflict.

Free Libya!

This book is a comprehensive investigation, discussion, and analysis of the origins and development of the first civil war in the Sudan, which occurred between 1955 and1972.

Bureaucracy and Race overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion.

The postwar government of South Africa, led by H.

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How did rivers contribute to the economic and political development of modern Africa?

This book traces Christianity''s change from European imperialism''s moral foundation to a voice of political and social change during decolonization.

First Published in 1971.

A pillar of African American literature, Richard Wright is one of the most celebrated and controversial authors in American history.

Egypt's Liberal Experiment: 1922-1936 invites readers to delve into Egypt's transitional years, when it grappled with the influences of colonial rule, nationalism, and burgeoning self-governance.

This is the third volume of Robert A.

This book explores the role of aggression in primate social systems and its implications for human behavior.

Compares how two different political regimes shaped the structure and performance of the agrarian economy in Egypt.

65 Years of Friendship tells the heartrending story of a remarkable friendship between two remarkable men: world-renowned human-rights lawyer George Bizos, and Nelson Mandela.

In the 1970s, the United States faced challenges on a number of fronts.

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

Africa has been and currently is the site of numerous conflicts and crises.

Explores Africa in the late twentieth century, focusing on the logic of political order and the foundations of the state.

Spanning more than two millennia, Reflections of Osiris opens a small window into a timeless world, capturing the flavor of life in ancient Egypt through vivid profiles of eleven actual people and the god Osiris.

Fugard's toughest and most moving political play.

First Published in 1968.

In Mozambique, where more than half of the national health care budget comes from foreign donors, NGOs and global health research projects have facilitated a dramatic expansion of medical services.

This is an exciting, comprehensive compilation of letters, petitions, songs, poems, cartoons and a fatwa composed by Malawis foremost martyrs and struggle heroes.

Writing more than one hundred years ago, African American scholar W.

Explores the history of Britain's colonial army in West Africa, especially the experiences of ordinary soldiers recruited in the region.

The ten essays published in this volume were written over the space of a decade, but they were conceived from the start as a coherent whole, presenting Peiresc's study of discrete languages and literatures of the Near East and North Africa.

An exploration of how Senegal has decolonised its cultural heritage sites since independence, many of which are remnants of the French empire.

The core of the book is Oliver's account of his research travels throughout tropical Africa from the 1940s to the 1980s; his efforts to train and foster African graduate students to teach in African universities; his role in establishing conferences and journals to bring together the work of historians and archaeologists from Europe and Africa; his encounters with political and religious leaders, scholars, soldiers, and storytellers; and the political and economic upheavals of the continent that he witnessed.

An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africa's biggest country and worried the world.

A detailed examination of the role of two critical non-state groups in the Liberian Civil War peace process - the diaspora and the religious - that provides key insights for policymakers and NGOs into the roles that civil societyactors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking.

'This extraordinary collection is a game-changer.

In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War.

Change in Contemporary South Africa examines the intricate and often contradictory realities of South Africa during a period of significant political and social tension.

Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the vibrant tradition of writing African languages using the modified Arabic script ('Ajami) alongside the rise of the Muridiyya Sufi order in Senegal.

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

Nigeria: Background to Nationalism offers a compelling exploration of the historical and social forces that shaped Nigerias journey toward independence.

The story of a mysterious southern Illinois treasure cave and its proof of the presence of Africans in North America long before Columbus.

Originally published in 1976 Race and Suicide in South Africa synthesises the two dimensions of suicide: the personal and the social phenomenon.

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