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Justin Pope’s ground-breaking work tells the story of an era of slave unrest that swept through the Atlantic World in th......more

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This book explores religion-regime relations in contemporary Zimbabwe to identify patterns of co-operation and resistanc......more

In the years after independence, new art forms and practices flourished at the Casablanca École des beaux-arts, transfor......more

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Dance music plays a central role in the cultural, social, religious, and family lives of the people of the Democratic Re......more

In 2003, Olufemi Vaughan received from his ninety-five-year-old father, Abiodun, a trove of more than three thousand let......more

A fascinating study of one of the often overlooked World War II campaigns as British/Commonwealth, Indigenous and Italia......more

In Black Britain and Nelson Mandela: "Pulling the Branch of a Tree" Elizabeth Williams leads a cast of renowned scholars......more

This unique and rich collection of narratives, written or dictated by formerly enslaved Africans between 1820 and 1876, ......more

This unique and rich collection of narratives, written or dictated by formerly enslaved Africans between 1820 and 1876, ......more

This is an amusing book by individuals who are currently spread across the world but remain joined together by their inc......more

Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda presents the stories of scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UV......more

The Morality of Revolution offers the first historical examination of urban cleanup campaigns and reeducation camps in s......more

The Morality of Revolution offers the first historical examination of urban cleanup campaigns and reeducation camps in s......more

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This book provides a comparative study of the impact of referendums on conflict resolution and peacebuilding in post-con......more

This book provides a timely study of community-based activism in contemporary South Africa. Grounded in oral history, th......more

In 1913, Sierra Leone bore witness to a Special Court convened to hear cases of cannibalism. Described as "Human Leopard......more

An exploration of how contemporary Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity preserves and protects sacred ideas and relationships......more

Two Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa, is a classical book and has been con......more

Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward: in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII......more

This book is a short biography of the life of Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana - the General Secretary of the Communist Party of......more

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In South Africa, the decade of 1980-1990 not only saw the mobilisation of the popular masses, but also the marked escala......more

In Touched by Biko, Andile M-Afrika writes about his memories of Ginsberg, the black township across the Buffalo River f......more

The African National Congress (ANC) is the oldest and most durable of African nationalist movements, not only in South A......more

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Zanzibari Muslim Moderns is a historical study of Zanzibar during the interwar years. This was a period marked by rapid ......more

The Long Range Desert Group, composed of Allied soldiers, transformed desert warfare during WWII with innovative tactics......more

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This book historicises and analyses the increasing incidence of xenophobia and nativism in Africa, Latin America, and th......more

This book analyzes how over the last two decades, immigration regimes in three primary refugee-receiving states in the G......more

This volume documents the Sudan Archaeological Research Society’s extensive excavations and surveys at Kawa, a prominent......more

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The ultimate and authoritative introduction to Songye culture, sculpture, masks, and iron forging This lavishly illustra......more

AmaZing Africa is an A-Z resource book on Africa. It seeks to change the African narrative by telling the African story.......more

It is a genuinely informative book written in Arabic by the author of the remarkable book ’South Sudan on the Brink’. Dr......more

The Texture of Change examines historical change across a broad region of western Africa--from Saint Louis, Senegal, to ......more

The Texture of Change examines historical change across a broad region of western Africa--from Saint Louis, Senegal, to ......more

In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spiritual......more

This two-volume set charts a cross-disciplinary discursive terrain that proffers rich insights about deceit in contempor......more

Displacing and Displaying the Objects of Others is a thought-provoking collection that brings together a diverse range o......more

In this open access book, Stephen Wooten offers a holistic historical ethnography of cooking and female agency in West A......more

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

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statisti......more

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A little over two decades ago, Zimbabwe undertook its Fast Track Land Reform Programme. Critics saw it as nothing more t......more

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Written from a digital humanities perspective, this book combines historical sources, maps, and a walking cartography to......more

The Story of the Zulu Campaign, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So t......more

A travers les cactus: Traversée de l’Algérie à bicyclette, is a classical book and has been considered important through......more

Story of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human ......more

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A history of New Zealand’s R Patrol in the Long Range Desert Group. This is the story of the New Zealand R Patrol, Long ......more

The Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency: The Philosophy of Toyin Falola by Serges Djoyou Kamga......more

In Myth, Ritual, and Visible Expressions of Ọbàtálá and Olókun in Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Oluwafunminiyi Wasiu Raheem and Ayowole S. ......more

The Truth About the Congo: The Chicago Tribune Articles, is a classical book and has been considered important throughou......more

Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon in South Africa: Sport and Travel in South Africa, is a classical book and has been consid......more

A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world history This book brings together archaeological ......more

The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice - A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller-......more

Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the vill......more

This study explores the ways in which theological ideas regarding the nature of God shaped the jurisprudential and legal......more

This study analyzes the establishment of an iron foundry in the interior 18th-century of Angola. It was a fruit of the P......more

The book uses the main body of Lovejoy’s work to speak to core African and economic history issues. It thoroughly examin......more

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