Winner of the Bloomsbury and World History Association Diversity in World History First Monograph Prize Exploring the hi......more

Exploring how Polish writers positioned themselves as neither colonized nor colonizers, In-Between Empire analyses their......more

The Malagasy World integrates the archaeology of Madagascar within linguistic, historic, and genetic inquiry and present......more

The highly anticipated and timely follow-up to Philip Gourevitch’s award-winning bestseller We Wish to Inform You That T......more

This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It lo......more

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This book explores late colonial Zimbabwe s troubled transition from colony to independent state from a financial and ec......more

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British colonialists invariably saw Africa protest, resistance, and even rebellion as forms of criminality: Africans who......more

This textbook provides students with a comprehensive and engaging narrative of the history of West Africa from the earli......more

The African diaspora is widely recognized as one of the world s major diasporas. Most of the existing studies of it have......more

The moving story of two boys, brought together by childhood magic in a world divided by race​. A kaleidoscopic account o......more

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In autumn 1951, a diverse array of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish students from clubs like the Muslim Brotherhood and the......more

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Food stood at the centre of Mussolini’s attempt to occupy Ethiopia and build an Italian Empire in East Africa. Seeking t......more

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This is the first study to explore South Africa both in horror cinema and as a formidable producer of celluloid scares. ......more

After completing his studies in Spain’s La Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (San Fernando Royal Academy of ......more

The Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), also known as the Biafran War, remains one of the most politically charged and divis......more

An essential, groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy’s anti-slavery ......more

An exploration of how Jihadist forces are responsible for instigating and escalating conflicts in countries across Afric......more

The Second Emancipation, a work of Odyssean dimension, recasts the liberation of post-World War II colonial Africa and t......more

Policing, Race, and the Formation of Nineteenth-Century British Colonial Natal traces the creation, implementation, and ......more

The shocking history of France’s secret war in Cameroon and its neocolonial afterlives Legend has it that the end of Fra......more

This study of the Gamtoos River floodplain in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province traces its transformation from an eig......more

Weaving together oral and written sources, The Institutionalization of Islam in Southern Senegal investigates previously......more

Weaving together oral and written sources, The Institutionalization of Islam in Southern Senegal investigates previously......more

The collected essays in Pathos and Power provide a critical exploration of widowhood in Africa through a series of histo......more

The collected essays in Pathos and Power provide a critical exploration of widowhood in Africa through a series of histo......more

A concise history of the enormously powerful and influential Shi’i caliphate. The Fatimids (909-1171) built an empire th......more

A new theory of how soldiers persevere through the hardships of long wars Nationalism and its effect on military strateg......more

It has been said that the best-known South Africans outside South Africa are Nelson Mandela and Jan Smuts. Smuts is rega......more

Zach de Beer, former leader of the PFP (1988-1989) and the DP (1989-1994) is one of the forgotten men of South African h......more

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How Africa’s most notorious tyrant made his oppressive regime seem both necessary and patriotic Idi Amin ruled Uganda be......more

The first historical look at what happened during the Somalia intervention; what went wrong and what lessons we should l......more

Criminalizing the Casbahs explores how French police officers in Marseille and Algiers associated the spaces they saw as......more

In 1978, amidst the aftermath of the Soweto Uprisings and after being held in detention without charge for over a year, ......more

In 1978, amidst the aftermath of the Soweto Uprisings and after being held in detention without charge for over a year, ......more

In her pathbreaking book, Amy Elizabeth Stambach investigates American investors’ incursions into Africa, as seen by aff......more

In An Unformed Map, Philip Janzen traces the intellectual trajectories of Caribbean people who joined the British and Fr......more

In An Unformed Map, Philip Janzen traces the intellectual trajectories of Caribbean people who joined the British and Fr......more

An expansive history of the Sahara from prehistory to the present that shows how Saharans have, over time, built complex......more

Jewish Books in North Africa delves into the multifaceted significance of books among North African Jews. From the late ......more

Jewish Books in North Africa delves into the multifaceted significance of books among North African Jews. From the late ......more

New Directions in African Military History takes a thematic approach to the history of war and military structures in Af......more

Not just a method of crime control or individual punishment in Britain’s African territories, the death penalty was an i......more

This book shows that the connected histories of decolonization and globalization concern the practices of individuals an......more

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This book introduces readers to the rich and diverse experiences of women across the African continent, covering their s......more

This book introduces readers to the rich and diverse experiences of women across the African continent, covering their s......more

A case study on how twentieth-century urban capitalism created a new food system for Mombasa’s working class. In the ear......more

A case study on how twentieth-century urban capitalism created a new food system for Mombasa’s working class. In the ear......more

Fought between November 1942 and May 1943, the Second World War’s Tunisian Campaign has often been described as where th......more

Brutal treatments explores the role medical doctors played in the colonial counterinsurgency campaigns in British Kenya ......more

The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial African Historiography explores history’s fortunes in Modern Africa south of the......more

An examination of how, when, and why austerity capitalism and strands of feminism became intertwined, and why girl-focus......more

Discover the reigns of twelve African queens and warriors from across the continent in this immersive and pioneering his......more

Part revisionist history, part treasure hunt, this is the forgotten story of Ethiopia’s ’Elgin Marbles’ and a young prin......more

This is the first comprehensive biography of Cecil Rhodes in a generation. This critical work elaborates the life and ti......more

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How the South African War transformed nationalist politics across Ireland’s global diaspora In 1899, the British Empire ......more

In 1942, following a decisive British victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein, the sands of fortune were shifting aga......more

"Catch Me if You Can meets Coming to America in this epic tale of one of the greatest scammers of all time."-NPR Shortli......more

An informative, well-researched retracing of a colonial-era African expedition that brings alive the preposterous "grab ......more

This vivid reconstruction of one man’s life of adventure reveals the harsh realities and moral ambiguities of colonial p......more