African History

For two generations after independence, Americans viewed the Mediterranean as the new commercial frontier. From common sailors to wealthy merchants...

This book outlines how African language media is affected by politics, technology, culture, and the economy and how this media is creatively produc...

Unbounded Jews is the story of Denmark's (failed) engagement and exchange with Morocco in the 18th century. The story is told through two Jewish fa...

In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a ...

The war between Italy and the Ottoman Empire for possession of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania was a crucial event both for Italian domestic and foreign...

A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers For decades, African...

This work presents perspectives on post-apartheid dance in South Africa by South African authors. Beginning with an historical context for dance in...

The intention of this work is to present perspectives on post-apartheid dance in South Africa by South African authors. Beginning with an historica...

The HerStory Project is a stirring kaleidoscope of thirty-three exemplary women from different backgrounds, temperaments, passions, and achievement...

This comprehensive history of the Museum of London traces the ways that the relationship between Britain and its imperial past has changed over the...

A compelling account of South Africas post-Apartheid democracyAt a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won ...

This book provides an important critical analysis of the autobiographies of nine major leaders of national liberation movements in Africa. By exami...