African history

A Synopsis of the Bura ProjectThe three major rationale for writing this book are primarily to: through the study of African language family groups trace the origin of the tribe to a more specific location rather than the diffused response of from the East; secondly to investigate why and how the word Pabir/Babur came on the scene referring to a separate ethnic group different or the same as the Bura and thirdly to document some of the vanishing Bura cultural practices and deeds.

Faced with the total onslaught by its enemies, in 1979, Apartheid South Africa established Vlakplaas lit.

The Crimean War has been called 'the last great war to be fought without the help of modern resources of science'.

The name Nigeria was coined in Lokoja by Flora Shaw, the future wife of Baron Lugard, a British colonial administrator, while gazing out at the river Niger.

This book gives an intimate look into the history of an African American National Historic Site that was located in Bordentown, New Jersey.

Have you ever thought about what you want to be when you grow up?

Sounds of Sirens: Essays in African Politics & Culture critically examines the political and cultural landscape of the putatively primal continent since the advent of the post-colonial era.

man no be God is a story of a willing and driven Canadian doctor who spent his life immersed in the wonderful, complex and interesting lives of the people of western Cameroon.

Des Kaisers Platz an der Sonne: die Kolonie TogoDie deutschen Kolonien (offiziell Schutzgebiete genannt) wurden vom Deutschen Reich ab den 1880er Jahren erworben und es bestand aus den überseeischen Kolonien, Dependenzen und Territorien des Deutschen Reiches.

Des Kaisers Platz an der Sonne: die Kolonie KamerunDie deutschen Kolonien (offiziell Schutzgebiete genannt) wurden vom Deutschen Reich ab den 1880er Jahren erworben und es bestand aus den überseeischen Kolonien, Dependenzen und Territorien des Deutschen Reiches.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

The first major encounter between the British Army and Zulu Kingdom, and one of Britain's greatest military disasters.

THIS small volume contains some of the letters I have received during the last thirty years or more from well-known big-game hunters and field-naturalists, many of whom have now passed away.

Of all the great kingdoms that flourished in Africa, the Kongo is one of the most famous.

Africa is a big but very magical place.

Obedient and humble, Aunty Mully walked off her family farm with no possessions and narrow academic knowledge.

A powerful report on the aftereffects of the genocide in Rwanda-and on the near impossibility of reconciliation between survivors and killersIn two acclaimed previous works, the noted French journalist Jean Hatzfeld offered a profound, harrowing witness to the unimaginable pain and horror in the mass killings of one group of people by another.

THE following pages contain my memories of many years spent in the African bush, where I did little else than hunt game and study their habits and tracks.

Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises, postmenopausal women-the Mothers-make a ritual appeal to their innate moral authority.

Zimbabwe is known for its rich culture and traditions.

This book is about the history of an African clothing material known as Kente cloth.

This book is written mainly from my experience since my arrival in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s.

The South Sudan Skills Story is an account about manpower and education development in South Sudan, a narrative that includes efforts exerted in attainment of the much-needed workforce for fuelling the countrys economy, now fatally impacted by the ongoing internal strife.

How do people whose entire way of life has been destroyed and who witnessed horrible abuses against loved ones construct a new future?

Is your child constantly asking you about things they see on TV?

The independence of Mozambique in 1975 and its decolonisation process attracted worldwide attention as a successful example of inational unityi.

Twilight of the Bwanas is a new look at the colonial period of East Africas history.

Twenty Years of Education Transformation in Gauteng 1994 to 2014: An Independent Review presents a collection of 15 important essays on different aspects of education in Gauteng since the advent of democracy in 1994.

A new assessment of Jan Smuts's military leadership through examination of his World War I campaigning, demonstrating that he was a gifted general, conversant with the craft of maneuver warfare, and a command style steeped in the experiences of his time as a Boer general.

The Licit Life of Capitalism is both an account of a specific capitalist project-U.

The contributors to Affective Trajectories examine the mutual and highly complex entwinements between religion and affect in urban Africa in the early twenty-first century.

Dr Jacob Chikuhwa continues with his academic analysis of both the political and economic developments in Zimbabwe.