African history books

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American Warlord: A True Story

American Warlord: A True Story

Author: Johnny Dwyer
ISBN: 9780307273482
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Chucky Taylor is the American son of the infamous African dictator Charles Taylor. Raised by his mother in the...  Read More >>

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt

Author: Professor James Baikie
ISBN: 9781508696926
Format: Paperback
$15.71

James Baikie was an early 20th century historian who is best known for his comprehensive histories of classical...  Read More >>

The Colonial Transformation of Kenya: The Kamba, Kikuyu, and Maasai from 1900 to 1939

The Colonial Transformation of Kenya: The Kamba, Kikuyu,...

Author: Robert L. Tignor
ISBN: 9780691617374
Format: Paperback
$97.99

This book takes an entirely new approach to the evolution of cities and of societies in premodern periods. Refining...  Read More >>

Womunafu's Bunafu: A Study of Authority in a Nineteenth-Century African Community

Womunafu's Bunafu: A Study of Authority in a Nineteenth-Century...

Author: David William Cohen
ISBN: 9780691615851
Format: Paperback
$57.99

This book reconstructs the career of Womunafu, the son of a ruler of a small state in what is today Uganda. Recognized...  Read More >>

Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire: State and Business in Decolonizing Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya, 1945-1963

Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire: State...

Author: Robert L. Tignor
ISBN: 9780691606101
Format: Paperback
$105.00

The two decades that followed World War II witnessed the end of the great European empires in Asia and Africa. Robert...  Read More >>

The Rulers of Belgian Africa, 1884-1914

The Rulers of Belgian Africa, 1884-1914

Author: Lewis H. Gann
ISBN: 9780691602288
Format: Paperback
$72.99

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African Businessmen and Development in Zambia

African Businessmen and Development in Zambia

Author: Andrew A. Beveridge ,  Anthony R. Oberschall
ISBN: 9780691627922
Format: Paperback
$99.99

Drawing on their extensive fieldwork in Zambia, the authors address these central concerns: the social origins and...  Read More >>

The Tunisia of Ahmad Bey, 1837-1855

The Tunisia of Ahmad Bey, 1837-1855

Author: L. Carl Brown
ISBN: 9780691618180
Format: Paperback
$104.99

Under the energetic but confused prodding of the activist ruler Ahmad Bey, Tunisia made its first effort to institute...  Read More >>

The History of the Maghrib: An Interpretive Essay

The History of the Maghrib: An Interpretive Essay

Author: Abdallah Laroui ,  Ralph Manheim
ISBN: 9780691607245
Format: Paperback
$110.00

This survey of North African history challenges both conventional attitudes toward North Africa and previously published...  Read More >>

African Folktales

African Folktales

Author: Paul Radin
ISBN: 9780691620879
Format: Paperback
$87.99

Reprint. Originally published: 1952 with a revised edition in 1964.  Read More >>

HIStory or OUR Story: Before You Were Called Negro Who Were You?

HIStory or OUR Story: Before You Were Called Negro Who...

Author: Sam Taylor King, III
ISBN: 9781511600415
Format: Paperback
$211.20

First, I want to thank the Most High, the One and True Living God for opening my mind. Secondly, YOU MUST HAVE AND...  Read More >>

Egypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before and after 2011

Egypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence...

Author: Samuli Schielke
ISBN: 9780253015877
Format: Paperback
$56.95

Schielke challenges prevailing views of Muslim piety, showing that religious lives are part of a much more complex...  Read More >>

Lost Tombs

Lost Tombs

Author: Manniche
ISBN: 9781138862081
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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The Indian Ocean Rim: Southern Africa and Regional Cooperation

The Indian Ocean Rim: Southern Africa and Regional Cooperation...

Author: Gwyn Campbell
ISBN: 9781138862470
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Traces the historical development of the Southern African-Indian Ocean relationship and analyses current political...  Read More >>

Egypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before and after 2011

Egypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence...

Author: Samuli Schielke ,  Joska Samuli Schielke
ISBN: 9780253015846
Format: Hardback
$151.95

Schielke challenges prevailing views of Muslim piety, showing that religious lives are part of a much more complex...  Read More >>

The History of the South African Forces in France

The History of the South African Forces in France

Author: John Buchan (The Surgery, Powys)
ISBN: 9781783311699
Format: Paperback
$46.58

The great thriller writer and statesman John Buchan, author of 'The 39 Steps' and other classics wrote this official...  Read More >>

Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the Arab Revolutions

Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the...

Author: Asaad Alsaleh ,  Peter Sluglett
ISBN: 9780231163194
Format: Paperback
$40.95

Narrated by dozens of activists and everyday individuals, this book documents the unprecedented events that led...  Read More >>

A Walk Against the Stream: A Rhodesian National Service Officer's Story of the Bush War

A Walk Against the Stream: A Rhodesian National Service...

Author: Tony Ballinger
ISBN: 9781910294437
Format: Paperback
$75.00

A Walk Against The Stream takes a look at the experiences of a young national service officer in the Rhodesian army....  Read More >>

The Politics of Food in Modern Morocco

The Politics of Food in Modern Morocco

Author: Stacy E. Holden
ISBN: 9780813060903
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Unlike most other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Morocco has had a stable government for centuries....  Read More >>

Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War

Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil...

Author: Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
ISBN: 9781849042840
Format: Paperback
$55.00

Definitive account of a rising and fast-changing African state: Angola, still recovering from civil war.  Read More >>

Accounts and Drawings from Underground: The East Rand Proprietary Mines Cash Book, 1906

Accounts and Drawings from Underground: The East Rand...

Author: William Kentridge ,  Rosalind C. Morris
ISBN: 9780857422057
Format: Hardback
$165.95

Over the years, William Kentridge has built a world-wide reputation as a contemporary artist, known for his series...  Read More >>

Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the Arab Revolutions

Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the...

Author: Asaad Alsaleh ,  Peter Sluglett
ISBN: 9780231163187
Format: Hardback
$140.95

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