African History

First published in 1977, A History of Rhodesia is a history of the origins and course of modern European occupation of Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia ...

Historians have long grappled with the question of how Islamic civilization - so clearly dominant during the medieval period - could fall completel...

The end of apartheid has triggered massive illegal immigration into South Africa from all parts of Africa and beyond. Along with urbanization and i...

Africa has been and currently is the site of numerous conflicts and crises. Authors previously wrote of these as specifically African problems or t...

Why has democracy failed to reduce corruption in Kenya? Framing the challenge in game theoretical terms, Dominic Burbidge examines how mutual expec...

Bringing the study of early modern Christianity into dialogue with Atlantic history, this collection provides a longue durée investigation of women...

In his study of the Tangier expatriate community, Michael K. Walonen analyzes the representations of French and Spanish Colonial North Africa by Pa...

In his study of the Tangier expatriate community, Michael K. Walonen analyzes the representations of French and Spanish Colonial North Africa by Pa...

In his study of the Tangier expatriate community, Michael K. Walonen analyzes the representations of French and Spanish Colonial North Africa by Pa...

This book traces the career of pioneering South African plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Jack Penn, from its beginnings during the Second World ...

'Excellent.' Evening Standard'Unforgettable.' Observer'Magnificent.' Daily TelegraphA twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in co...

Displacing and Displaying the Objects of Others is a thought-provoking collection that brings together a diverse range of contributions inspired b...

Focuses on the lives and labour of the men and women who work in Nairobi's publicly operated, privately owned minibus taxis, matatu. How can mass...

For the first time, the 92-metre frieze of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, one of the largest historical narratives in marble, has been made ...

First published in 1956, Epitaph to Indirect Rule compares the old order of colonial government, represented by the Indirect Rule system, with the ...

Rwanda has been the subject of much research following the genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group in 1994. Moving beyond recent histories which ex...