African History

Youth, Pentecostalism, and Popular Music in Rwanda offers fascinating insight into the lived experiences of young people in Rwanda through ethnogra...

For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the Am...

This book takes a critical macro-level political sociological perspective to understanding South African politics and society. Applying systemic ra...

*Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize* Gripping and profoundly moving DAMON GALGUT ...

First published in 1951 Black Sunrise deals with the life and times of Mulai Ismail, Emperor of Morocco (1646-1727). From the accounts of ambassado...

Does the election of more and more women into political offices mean that womens interests will be better protected? This question forms the backgr...

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. Gen...

Now in its sixty-seventh edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geopolitical and economic information for this important worl...

This new study offers a fresh interpretation of apartheid South Africa. Emerging out of the author's long-standing interests in the history of raci...

Burning the veil draws upon sources from newly-opened archives, exploring the emancipation of Muslim women from the veil, seclusion and perceived m...

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. Gen...