African History

Based on religious ethnography, in-depth interviews and archival data, Indigeneity in African Religions explores the historical origins, worldviews...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination -- mummies and pyramids, curses...

'The benefit of teaching life skills is that I also changed. If I can make a difference in the life of just one child, I will be happy When we thin...

South Africa is a major player in African diplomacy. Its economic, diplomatic and military resources far outstrip those of other nations on the con...

In the long history of the British Empire there are few stories as singular as that of Margery Perham. From the moment she first set foot on Africa...

The ultimate and authoritative introduction to Songye culture, sculpture, masks, and iron forging This lavishly illustrated book brings a new appro...

The Eyes of the World focuses on the lives and experiences of Eastern Congolese people involved in extracting and transporting the minerals needed ...

In mid-1990s South Africa, apartheid ended, Nelson Mandela was elected president, and the countrys urban black youth developed kwaitoa form of elec...

How are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa? Rather than disappearing with the tide of modernity, as many expec...