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...

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

The largely unknown story of the British presence in pre-Independence Senegal. The British were initially lured to the region by the prospect of tr...

A detailed history with fascinating insights and a gorgeous visual reference, this book tours the sacred Egyptian sites, from the impressive mortua...

Exploring the entwined histories of British royal visits to Southern Africa in the twentieth century, this book analyses the clashing voices of dis...

This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representati...

Disintegrating Empire examines the entangled histories of three threads of decolonization: the French welfare state, family migration from Algeria,...

First published in 1981, Libya: A Modern History traces the history of Libya from 1900 to 1980, showing how its first monarchic constitution was mo...

A rip-roaring lost worlds thriller written in the early 1900s by a pioneering black writer of black fiction. The story of Reuel is fuelled by love,...

Boereverneuker, -s, kwaksalwer, bedrieër; ook spottend vir prokureur gebruik. Hulle is sjarmant, galant, elegant, belese, berese, gelowig, bedagsaa...

The interpretation of the Bible is intricately interwoven with the history of and rhetoric of European colonization. During the modern era, the tra...

China and East Africa: Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows marks the culmination of a new round of archaeological and historical research on the re...

Kwame Nkrumahs Political Kingdom and Pan-Africanism ReInterpreted, 1909-1972 provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader ...