African history books

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Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People: The Ibibios of South Nigeria

Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People: The Ibibios...

Author: D.A. Talbot
ISBN: 9781138010932
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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The Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa

Author: M. E. Chamberlain
ISBN: 9781138835634
Format: Hardback
$326.00

This is the second major revision of this key Seminar Study which was originally published in 1974. The book contrasts...  Read More >>

Slavery, Abolition And The Transition To Colonisation In Sierra Leone

Slavery, Abolition And The Transition To Colonisation...

Author: Paul Lovejoy ,  Suzanne Schwarz
ISBN: 9781592219834
Format: Paperback
$99.00

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States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second Edition

States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority...

Author: Jeffrey Herbst ,  Jeffrey Herbst
ISBN: 9780691164144
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Originally published: A2000. With new preface and revised chapter nine by the author.  Read More >>

The Road to Democracy in South Africa – Abridged Version Volume 6

The Road to Democracy in South Africa – Abridged Version...

Author: South African Democracy Education Trust (SADET)
ISBN: 9781868887866
Format: Hardback
$52.00

Volume 6 of the Road to Democracy in South Africa Abridged Edition series tells the crucial period from the unbanning...  Read More >>

The Road to Democracy in South Africa – Abridged Version Volume 5

The Road to Democracy in South Africa – Abridged Version...

Author: South African Democracy Education Trust (SADET) ,  Sifiso Ndlovu
ISBN: 9781868887859
Format: Hardback
$51.00

Tells the history of the supportive role provided by countries on the African continent for the liberation struggle....  Read More >>

He Was Different

He Was Different

Author: Joshua Wanene
ISBN: 9781498422352
Format: Paperback
$24.58

This is a fictional story based on real life events as it is evident through an African young man that grew up in...  Read More >>

Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824

Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and...

Author: Dixon Denham ,  Hugh Clapperton
ISBN: 9781139034500
Format: Undefined
$224.40

This important book, first published in 1826, brings together the memoirs of three explorers, Major Dixon Denham...  Read More >>

African Immersion: American College Students in Cameroon

African Immersion: American College Students in Cameroon...

Author: Julius A. Amin
ISBN: 9781498502375
Format: Hardback
$279.00

This book examines the University of Dayton Cameroon Immersion program, with comparative evidence from the Peace...  Read More >>

History of South Africa: From the Distant Past to the Present Day

History of South Africa: From the Distant Past to the...

Author: FransJohan Pretorius ,  Bridget Theron
ISBN: 9781869199081
Format: Hardback
$67.15

This extensive history of South Africa was written by some of the country's most prominent historians such as Hermann...  Read More >>

Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist

Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's...

Author: Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi
ISBN: 9781784532765
Format: Paperback
$46.99

This is a fascinating portrait of a determined and ground-breaking woman, a rich and important story which will...  Read More >>

Gandhi and Nationalism: The Path to Indian Independence

Gandhi and Nationalism: The Path to Indian Independence...

Author: Simone Panter-Brick
ISBN: 9781784530235
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Gandhi's nationalism was, in Wm Roger Louis's phrase, 'larger than the struggle for independence'. He sought a tolerant...  Read More >>

Reference Guide to Africa: A Bibliography of Sources

Reference Guide to Africa: A Bibliography of Sources...

Author: Alfred Kagan ,  Atoma Batoma
ISBN: 9781442242609
Format: Hardback
$210.00

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Understanding Namibia: The Trials of Independence

Understanding Namibia: The Trials of Independence

Author: Henning Melber
ISBN: 9781849044110
Format: Paperback
$44.95

The book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of...  Read More >>

Conflict in the Nuba Mountains: From Genocide-by-Attrition to the Contemporary Crisis in Sudan

Conflict in the Nuba Mountains: From Genocide-by-Attrition...

Author: Samuel Totten (University of Arkansas, Fayettville, USA.) ,  Amanda Grzyb (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415843751
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This much-needed analysis focuses on the two different but very similar campaigns of state-sponsored violence that...  Read More >>

San rock art

San rock art

Author: J.D. Lewis-Williams
ISBN: 9781431401000
Format: Book
$28.33

The new Jacana series of pocket guides is meant for those who are looking for a brief but lively introduction to...  Read More >>

A History of St. Edward's Church: Kent, Sierra Leone

A History of St. Edward's Church: Kent, Sierra Leone...

Author: Jacqueline Leigh
ISBN: 9781507554548
Format: Paperback
$34.98

The author, whose association with Kent village in Sierra Leone has spanned more than 40 years, sketches the history...  Read More >>

The Arabs and the Scramble for Africa

The Arabs and the Scramble for Africa

Author: John Craven Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781781790687
Format: Hardback
$172.70

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Historical Archaeology in South Africa: Material Culture of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape

Historical Archaeology in South Africa: Material Culture...

Author: Carmel Schrire ,  Jeffrey J. Durst
ISBN: 9781598741643
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This volume documents the analysis of excavated historical archaeological collections at the Cape of Good Hope,...  Read More >>

Understanding Namibia: The Trials of Independence

Understanding Namibia: The Trials of Independence

Author: Henning Melber
ISBN: 9781849044127
Format: Hardback
$95.00

The book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of...  Read More >>

The Siddhāntasundara of Jñānarāja: An English Translation with Commentary

The Siddhāntasundara of Jñānarāja: An English Translation...

Author: Toke Lindegaard Knudsen (State University of New York)
ISBN: 9781421414423
Format: Hardback
$200.00

The Siddhantasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention,...  Read More >>

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