African History

'We shall therefore confine our walk to Central London where people meet on business during the day, and to West London where they meet for pleasur...

The story of the First World War in Africa, an almost forgotten conflict that devastated an area five times the size of Germany and killed more tha...

Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting an...

The battle of Rorke's Drift is established in history as one of Britain's most incredible actions where approximately 155 defenders held off a Zulu...

struck White Man, I threw him down'' - this shout of triumph, taken from the vivid and dramatic praise poems of Chief Maama, a senior grandson of M...

This book is a detailed and original study of the creation of the province of Equatoria, located in present-day Southern Sudan. No detailed account...

Obelisks, originally associated with the sun cult, had their heyday between 2000 and 1500 BC, when they adorned the Niles banks and proclaimed the ...