African History

The hunter-gatherers of southern Africa known as 'Bushmen' or 'San' are not one single ethnic group, but several. They speak a diverse variety of l...

The hunter-gatherers of southern Africa known as 'Bushmen' or 'San' are not one single ethnic group, but several. They speak a diverse variety of l...

An illustrious African liberation fighter in the 1970s and, until his suspicious death in 2011, an important figure in Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU ...

There has been a long history of idealism concerning the potential of economic and political developments in Africa, the latest iteration of which ...

The ancient Sahara has often been treated as a periphery or barrier, but this agenda-setting book the final volume of the Trans-Saharan Archaeolog...

The Arab Uprisings of 2010 and 2011 had a profound effect on labor politics in the region, with trade unions mobilizing to an extent never before s...

Zulu Radio in South Africa is one of the most far-reaching and influential media in the region, currently attracting around 6.67 million listeners ...

Several thousand new civil society organisations were legally established in Tunisia following the 201011 uprising that forced the long-serving dic...

More Auspicious Shores chronicles the migration of Afro-Barbadians to Liberia. In 1865, 346 Afro-Barbadians fled a failed post-emancipation Caribbe...

Today, the cohesion of multi-ethnic societies is at risk across the globe. Throughout history, to the present day, African countries have been faci...

South Africa is renowned for its wildlife and environmental conservation in iconic national parks such as the Kruger, one of the world's first form...

From Slavery to Aid engages two major themes in African historiography, the slow death of slavery and the evolution of international development, a...

Over the last twenty years of neoliberal reform, the power supply in Dar es Salaam, Tanzanias metropolis, has become less reliable even as its impo...

A deeply felt and engaging personal account of Zimbabwe's political awakening by one of its best-known historians. I did not set out for Rhodesi...

Following times of great conflict and tragedy, many countries implement programs and policies of transitional justice, none more extensive than in ...

In Africa, conflicts between protected areas for fauna and flora and their surrounding human populations continue despite years spent trying to fin...

Stephanie J. Urdang's memoir tracking the slow demise of apartheid that led to South Africa's first democratic elections.Stephanie Urdang was born ...