African history books

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Precolonial African Material Culture: Combatting Stereotypes of Technological Backwardness

Precolonial African Material Culture: Combatting Stereotypes...

Author: V. Tarikhu Farrar
ISBN: 9781793606440
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Precolonial African Material Culture presents a comprehensive challenge to the long-held myth of the inherent backwardness...  Read More >>

African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical Perspective

African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical...

Author: Ayodeji Olukoju ,  Daniel Castillo Hidalgo
ISBN: 9783030414016
Format: Paperback
$448.77

This book updates African maritime economic history to analyse the influence of seaports and seaborne trade, processes...  Read More >>

The Nile: History's Greatest River

The Nile: History's Greatest River

Author: Terje Tvedt
ISBN: 9780755616794
Format: Hardback
$80.00

"“[A] vivid travelogue.” New Statesman “Has much to offer.” The Spectator ""Sparks the imagination."" BBC History...  Read More >>

Jong Helde

Jong Helde

Author: Johan Heyns
ISBN: 9798462042591
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Word jy 'n held gebore, of het almal van ons heldemoed in ons? Ek glo uit my hart uit as dit kom by ons geliefdes,...  Read More >>

Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity

Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in...

Author: Florence Olájídé
ISBN: 9781909770652
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the fifties and sixties, privately fostered by white families,...  Read More >>

Egypt: the Book of Time

Egypt: the Book of Time

Author: Michael Gfoeller
ISBN: 9781977244444
Format: Paperback
$113.72

Egypt: the Book of time is the most innovative book on ancient Egypt to appear in many years. It contains beautiful...  Read More >>

In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism

In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and...

Author: J. P. Daughton
ISBN: 9780393541014
Format: Hardback
$57.00

Shortlisted for the 2022 Cundill History Prize Shortlisted for the 2022 American Library in Paris Book Award The...  Read More >>

Reisen Nach AEthiopien: Tagebucher 1904, 1905, 1909 / The Diaries of Friedrich Julius Bieber

Reisen Nach AEthiopien: Tagebucher 1904, 1905, 1909...

Author: Sayuri Yoshida
ISBN: 9783643910622
Format: Paperback
$237.47

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The Ancient Orishas

The Ancient Orishas

Author: Jade Asikiwe
ISBN: 9781087896021
Format: Paperback
$37.36

The Ancient Orishas: Yoruba Tradition, Sacred Rituals, The Divine Feminine, and Spiritual Enlightenment of African...  Read More >>

Sex, France, and Arab Men, 1962–1979

Sex, France, and Arab Men, 1962–1979

Author: Todd Shepard
ISBN: 9780226790381
Format: Paperback
$64.95

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Egypt: the Book of Time

Egypt: the Book of Time

Author: Michael Gfoeller
ISBN: 9781977244451
Format: Hardback
$134.42

Egypt: the Book of time is the most innovative book on ancient Egypt to appear in many years. It contains beautiful...  Read More >>

Wax of the Sehel: Cloth Portraits of Contemporary African History

Wax of the Sehel: Cloth Portraits of Contemporary African...

Author: Debra Boyd-Buggs
ISBN: 9781569027387
Format: Paperback
$77.50

Wax Prints of the Sahel features colour photographs that depict original commemorative cotton cloths. Messages written...  Read More >>

Sakagwa Ng'iti: A Kisii Prophet

Sakagwa Ng'iti: A Kisii Prophet

Author: Peter O Nyambasora
ISBN: 9781989928103
Format: Paperback
$76.56

This is an account of one of the most consequential individuals in Gusii society. Sakagwa Ng'iti was a prophet,...  Read More >>

Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues: Dealing Plainly with the Past

Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues: Dealing Plainly with...

Author: Robert Calderisi
ISBN: 9781662916458
Format: Paperback
$34.80

Like the Pharaohs he admired, Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) hoped to be remembered for 4,000 years. Barely 120 years...  Read More >>

Halima: Enlightened Passion

Halima: Enlightened Passion

Author: Firew Bekele
ISBN: 9798451883389
Format: Paperback
$13.40

Halima is a story of an Ethiopian slave from western Oromia, who became a professional nurse in Cairo after freed...  Read More >>

Liberia Presidents: 1847-2021

Liberia Presidents: 1847-2021

Author: Ophelia S Lewis
ISBN: 9781945408694
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Liberia history factbook for elementary school students and a good reference tool for anyone.  Read More >>

A Theory of African Constitutionalism

A Theory of African Constitutionalism

Author: Berihun Adugna Gebeye (Humboldt Research Fellow, Humboldt Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
ISBN: 9780192893925
Format: Hardback
$228.95

Utilizing detailed case studies from Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa, this title traces African constitutionalism...  Read More >>

No One Saw It Coming: A Nation Without Tomorrow: A Nation Without Tomorrow

No One Saw It Coming: A Nation Without Tomorrow: A Nation...

Author: Michael a Abiodun
ISBN: 9789785839968
Format: Paperback
$118.80

When the mistakes which the snoring forebears regretted so badly and so deeply after their own time become the celebration...  Read More >>

Tanganyika, Country of My Birth

Tanganyika, Country of My Birth

Author: Massowia Von Prince (Haywood)
ISBN: 9781914245381
Format: Paperback
$35.42

Life as it was in Tanganyika, Africa, circa 1935 and 1960. Massowia von Prince, born of German parents in a British...  Read More >>

Ana & Andrew Set 2 (Spanish) (Set of 4)

Ana & Andrew Set 2 (Spanish) (Set of 4)

Author: Christine Platt ,  Anuki López
ISBN: 9781644945278
Format: Paperback
$73.39

Ana & Andrew are always on an adventure! They live in Washington, DC with their parents, but with family in Savannah,...  Read More >>

Africa: An Introduction

Africa: An Introduction

Author: Eustace Palmer (Georgia College, USA)
ISBN: 9780367433734
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This book invites you into Africa: a continent rich with culture and history, with diverse populations stretching...  Read More >>

Algeria

Algeria

Author: Kristine Spanier
ISBN: 9781645279921
Format: Paperback
$21.09

In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Algeria. Vibrant, full-color photos and...  Read More >>

Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State Resilience in the African Sahel

Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State...

Author: Leonardo A. Villalón, University of Florida International Center ,  Rahmane Idrissa
ISBN: 9781498570015
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This book examines how the struggles for democracy over the past quarter century have affected the resilience of...  Read More >>

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