African History

One of the most momentous events in the Arab uprisings that swept across the Middle East in 2011 was the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. As...

It has been called a Noble Possession, abused as A Nest of Corsairs and extolled as The Pearl of the Mediterranean. This city of Tripoli, one of th...

Nairobi's Eastleigh estate has undergone pro- found change over the past two decades. Previously a quiet residential zone, the arrival of vast numb...

David Livingstone rose from being a factory boy to become an African explorer and a hero of the Victorian age. This volume of essays, rich in new s...

On 25 January 2011, tens of thousands of Egyptians came out on the streets to protest against emergency rule and police brutality. Eighteen days la...

Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose insurgency is a major security threat...

The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series interested in a r...

Responding to the changes that have swept across North Africa since the first edition of this book was published, Erik Jensen sheds new light on th...

The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in modern history. Formed a...

Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.Learn about Timbuktu, in this clear and authoritative introduction to the place considered to be one of ...

The history of the Islamic faith in Africa spans fourteen centuries. This book provides a detailed mapping of the cultural, political, geographic a...

In 1878, H.M. High Commissioner for Southern Africa and the Lieut. General Commanding H.M. Forces, clandestinely conspired to invade the Zulu Kingd...

The Needs of Others is set in the UN in 1994, where diplomats learn of violence in Rwanda. Representing UN ambassadors, human rights organisations,...

This two-volume survey of ancient Egypt explores all the main sites, temples and tombs, and investigates how mythology and religion underpinned thi...

From the early nineteenth century through to the 1960s, the Greeks formed the largest, most economically powerful, and geographically and socially ...

There is still a great fascination with the British Empire. Opinions vary widely about Great Britains imperial past, and about the extraordinary ch...

Congo is one of the most complex countries in the world, yet it is the most overlooked. It is one of the wealthiest in Africa as a result of its na...

In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, within a hundr...

Through both World Wars, young African conscripts from Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, the Congo and elsewhere found themselves fighting for their colon...

This book evaluates the development of the Rhodesian Air Force during the Second Chimurenga or Bush War (1966-1980). Airpower in irregular confl...

Written by two senior scholars, A History of Africa introduces students to the history of the world's second largest continent. While it is not pos...