African History

This book is a study of the challenges facing the Mano River Union (MRU) countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte dIvoire, with respect...

A new perspective on the dynamics of dynastic rule in the southernmost province of Egypt, from the Old Kingdom to the New KingdomThe First Upper E...

The Bari people, who settled on the banks of the White Nile, remained closed off from the outside world until the dawn of the 19th century. The ear...

The first monograph on the sinuous, exhilaratingly colorful and pattern-filled portraiture of Amoako Boafo Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo has built...

Examines the history of post-colonial Kenya's and Zambia's relations with the People's Republic of China from ideological, political, economic and ...

Weaving together thousands of archival fragments, this study explores a shared Black Atlantic world where the meanings of slavery and freedom were ...

Weaving together thousands of archival fragments, this study explores a shared Black Atlantic world where the meanings of slavery and freedom were ...

In Queens of Afrobeat, the women of Afrobeat musica unique blend of jazz, soul, highlife, and West African rhythmsare finally given the recognition...

Finalist, 2024 ASA Best Book Prize Moroccan Other-Archives investigates how histories of exclusion and silencing are written and rewritten in a po...

Finalist, 2024 ASA Best Book Prize Moroccan Other-Archives investigates how histories of exclusion and silencing are written and rewritten in a po...

Illustrated in colour and b&w with 248 illustrations. The second monograph devoted to the work of the Theban Desert Road Survey presents the ma...

Colonial Geography charts changes in conceptions of the relationship between people and landscapes in mainland Tanzania during the German colonial ...

The Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (DRC) played a key role in developing apartheid theology, syncretizing Reformed theology with race-based ...

This book is a short biography of the life of Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana the General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa. Set against t...

Youth, Pentecostalism, and Popular Music in Rwanda offers fascinating insight into the lived experiences of young people in Rwanda through ethnogra...

For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the Am...

This book takes a critical macro-level political sociological perspective to understanding South African politics and society. Applying systemic ra...

*Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize* Gripping and profoundly moving DAMON GALGUT ...

First published in 1951 Black Sunrise deals with the life and times of Mulai Ismail, Emperor of Morocco (1646-1727). From the accounts of ambassado...

Does the election of more and more women into political offices mean that womens interests will be better protected? This question forms the backgr...

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. Gen...

Now in its sixty-seventh edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geopolitical and economic information for this important worl...

This new study offers a fresh interpretation of apartheid South Africa. Emerging out of the author's long-standing interests in the history of raci...

Burning the veil draws upon sources from newly-opened archives, exploring the emancipation of Muslim women from the veil, seclusion and perceived m...

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. Gen...