African History

This much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multi-lingual newspaper, Abantu-Batho. Founded in 1912 by African Nation...

The account of what happened in Rwanda on 22nd April 1995 when a group of Australian UN peacekeepers were forced to watch helplessly while over 4,0...

Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant s...

Traces the consequences of agricultural development in western Kenya in the 1950s and 1960s After more than fifty years of development, why have i...

Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, popul...

Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, popul...

'The peace had been desecrated. I knew because people spoke in low tones and laughter dried up. Outside, things unfolded without grace or colour, e...

The Brief History series introduces readers to the dramatic events, notable people, and special customs and traditions that have shaped many of the...

A new history of the 1976 Soweto Uprising and the events leading to it in the preceding decade, that will transform our understanding of the histor...

No chapter in Egypt's contemporary history has been more turbulent and unpredictable than the past three years. In a very short period of time, the...

With an introduction by author Anne Enright.Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award, a story of civil war and a family's unbreakable bond.How...

Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born the fifth child of his father's third wife, in a family that includes twenty-four children born to four different mother...

Examines state-middle class reciprocities in the making, persistence and failure of the Egyptian social contract Foregrounds the social history of...

Examines state-middle class reciprocities in the making, persistence and failure of the Egyptian social contract Foregrounds the social history of...

In Insignificant Things Matthew Francis Rarey traces the history of the African-associated amulets that enslaved and other marginalized people carr...

In Insignificant Things Matthew Francis Rarey traces the history of the African-associated amulets that enslaved and other marginalized people carr...

In Insignificant Things Matthew Francis Rarey traces the history of the African-associated amulets that enslaved and other marginalized people carr...

This book is based on the years field work originally undertaken by Dr. Omondi with a number of sex workers and their clients and other stakeholder...

This book examines the political and economic philosophy of Chief Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo and his concepts of democratic socialism (Libera...

Making provocative use of the term apartheid, Janet Abu-Lughod argues that French colonial policies in Moroccan cities effectively segregated Moroc...

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