African History

This edited collection provides an in-depth analysis of the imperial, colonial, and postcolonial history of tobacco from 1780 to 1960, which was on...

This comprehensive military atlas covers every aspect of the Boer War in some 230 full-colour maps, diagrams and detailed ORBATs. Maps covering the...

The Concubine, Elechi Amadis most celebrated work of fiction, paints a picture of pre-colonial life in rural Eastern Nigeria and explores the bound...

Ghanas Foreign Policy: Kwame Nkrumahs Normative Legacy and Pan-Africanism examines Ghanas foreign policy in the post-independence era, focusing on ...

The Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency: The Philosophy of Toyin Falola by Serges Djoyou Kamga examines the experience of...

This is the first comprehensive exploration of African ethics covering everything from normative ethics and applied ethics, to meta-ethics and meth...

In 1978, Congolese inventor David Wabeladio Payi (19582013) proposed a new writing system, called Mandombe. Since then, Mandombe has grown and now ...

Shaped around the stories of one extended family, their friends, neighbours, and community, Pandemic Kinship provides an intimate portrait of every...

The ramifications of election violence in Zimbabwe are huge and ongoing, and the loss of lives in the quest for democratic rights might be regarded...

The interconnectedness between sport and colonialism has long been a matter of interest to sport historians. Consequently, a large number of schola...

Narrated by dozens of activists and everyday individuals, this book documents the unprecedented events that led to the collapse of dictatorial regi...

Despite Chaka being considered an African literary masterpiece, Thomas Mofolo has paradoxically been dismissed by critics as a mission boy who wrot...

The introduction of modern forestry in Tanzania during the German colonial period was accompanied by massive encroachments on the land use rights o...

This is an analytical history of the role Tigrinya-speakers have played and are still playing in the history of Ethiopia and Eritrea, from Tigray's...