African history

This volume focuses on the cultural memory and mediation of the 1964 Zanzibar revolution, analyzing it,s continuing reverberations in everyday life.

Today, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has gained international recognition and is widely used to complement the conventional methods of resolving disputes through courts of law.

In over forty portraits, African writers present extraordinary people from their continent: portraits of the women and men whom they admire, people who have changed and enriched life in Africa.

This edited volume is about the rekindled investment in the figure of the first president Julius K.

From Goatherd to Governor is Edwin Mtei's autobiography.

This book presents a study of the life history of Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari (c.

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Bulozi under the Luyana Kings is a study of the Lozi Kingdom in Western Zambia in the pre-colonial period.

While Northern Rhodesia was preparing for independence as the Republic of Zambia in 1964, impoverished villages in the remote north east of the country were divided by a bitter conflict fuelled by apparently irreconcilable political and religious convictions.

Singing for Freedom is a lively, personal record of the author's experiences as a radio-communications expert during the Zambian independence struggle.

In this collection of essays the author discusses questions of definition and explores the complex issues of national integration, identity, language, belonging, and national unity.

The birth of a new nation is an exciting time.

This is a story about a house with a history and about the people who lived or worked there.

Bulozi under the Luyana Kings is a study of the Lozi Kingdom in Western Zambia in the pre-colonial period.

Using original sources the author weaves a number of themes into the sad personal story of Uganda's first president in his last exile, 1966-1969.

The late 1690 and early 70s may be remembered as the years of the great bank and other armed robberies in Kenya.

Very few countries hide or obscure the significance of their most important historical achievements.

,It is my duty to take the message of revolt to other[s].

Kenya's War of Independence restores Kenya,s stolen history to its rightful place, stripped of colonial interpretations.

It is due to the success of the trade union movement in the national liberation movement that the colonial government suppressed prominent trade unions and attacked TU leaders like Makhan Singh, Fred Kubai, Pio Gama Pinto and Bildad Kaggia.

This book looks at the third pillar of resistance to British colonialism , people,s resistance, the others being Mau Mau and radical trade union movement.

African historians documented the histories of their tribal people and have not investigated the role of slavery and colonialism in the shaping of the African personality; or how the two evils have in some way or other contributed to the slow economic growth of Africa.

The Raging Storm: A Reporter,s Inside Account of the Northern Uganda War, 1986-2005 is a highly personal and inside account of the northern Uganda war by a young woman whose early encounter with the conflict was as an on-the-ground war correspondent.

The concepts of democracy and good governance have been at the centre of criticism of governments all over the world.

Rwanda: Rebuilding of a Nation is a story that takes the reader through a sweeping panorama of Rwanda,s history, from its recent past as a nearfailed state to its present as a beacon of hope and successful innovations.

This new and revised edition of ,A Concise History of South Sudan, was revised by Avelino Androga Said, Yosa Wawa, Anne Farren and Anders Breidlid.

This book is a pacesetter in matters of mining and the environment in Africa from multidisciplinary and spatio-temporal perspectives.

This book explores how policies of decentralisation and community participation adopted in Cameroon in 1996 have played out on the ground since 2004.