African History

Exploring the entwined histories of British royal visits to Southern Africa in the twentieth century, this book analyses the clashing voices of dis...

This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representati...

Disintegrating Empire examines the entangled histories of three threads of decolonization: the French welfare state, family migration from Algeria,...

First published in 1981, Libya: A Modern History traces the history of Libya from 1900 to 1980, showing how its first monarchic constitution was mo...

A rip-roaring lost worlds thriller written in the early 1900s by a pioneering black writer of black fiction. The story of Reuel is fuelled by love,...

Boereverneuker, -s, kwaksalwer, bedrieër; ook spottend vir prokureur gebruik. Hulle is sjarmant, galant, elegant, belese, berese, gelowig, bedagsaa...

The interpretation of the Bible is intricately interwoven with the history of and rhetoric of European colonization. During the modern era, the tra...

China and East Africa: Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows marks the culmination of a new round of archaeological and historical research on the re...

Kwame Nkrumahs Political Kingdom and Pan-Africanism ReInterpreted, 1909-1972 provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader ...

The end of apartheid brought South Africa into the global media environment. Outside companies invested in the nation's newspapers while South Afri...

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures is a study on the use of humor and comedy in African literary texts across the twentieth century. Despit...

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures is a study on the use of humor and comedy in African literary texts across the twentieth century. Despit...

This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It looks at how the Soviet Union...

This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It looks at how the Soviet Union...

The importance of youth's substantive participation for the realization of inclusive reconciliation practices has rarely been acknowledged. Agency ...

Part literary history, part cultural study, Grounds of Engagement examines the relationships and exchanges between black South African and African ...

Though many historians of colonial Africa are familiar with petitions preserved in archives, few have looked at what this genre of letter writing t...

The first major history of photography from coastal East AfricaThe ports of the Swahili coastZanzibar and Mombasa among themhave long been dynamic ...

Magical realism has deep roots across many African languages and regions. This book explores African magical realism from a transregional and inclu...

This book presents a re-engagement with oral histories as a way of documenting, understanding, and discussing experiences of work and economic life...

This volume examines past as well as contemporary Maghrebean texts, and explores new trajectories for Maghrebean literature and art. It sways betwe...

In this groundbreaking work, the essayist and critic Adewale Maja-Pearce delivers a mordant verdict on Nigeria's crisis of democracy. A mosaic of e...

'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest A thought-provok...

'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest A thought-provok...

The Black Populations of France is a study of Black peoples and their history in France and the French Empire during the modern era, from the eight...

Between HIV Prevention and LGBTI Rights investigates the transformative impacts of global development's sexual rights agenda on queer politics and ...

Between HIV Prevention and LGBTI Rights investigates the transformative impacts of global development's sexual rights agenda on queer politics and ...