African history books

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Islamic Law, Gender and Social Change in Post-Abolition Zanzibar

Islamic Law, Gender and Social Change in Post-Abolition...

Author: Elke Stockreiter (University of Iowa)
ISBN: 9781316245897
Format: Electronic book text
$330.00

After the abolition of slavery in 1897, Islamic courts in Zanzibar (East Africa) became central institutions where...  Read More >>

Igbo nation: history, challenges of rebirth and development: Volume II

Igbo nation: history, challenges of rebirth and development:...

Author: T Uzodinma Nwala ,  S Okechukwu Mezu
ISBN: 9780878310333
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Igbo Nation: History, Challenges of Rebirth and Development is a chronicle of the Igbo past, the challenges Ndi...  Read More >>

The In-Between: The Story of African-Oromo Women and the American Experience

The In-Between: The Story of African-Oromo Women and...

Author: Seenaa Godana Jimjimo
ISBN: 9781500707415
Format: Paperback
$52.67

The In Between is a story that transcends cultures, borders, nationality, religion and an identities for which one...  Read More >>

Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo

Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko...

Author: F. Fanon ,  Nigel Gibson
ISBN: 9781137414779
Format: Paperback
$129.35

Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial...  Read More >>

Sustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya

Sustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options...

Author: F. Waswa ,  C. Kilalo
ISBN: 9781137497390
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Culture: The Soul of Africa and the Coming Gold Rush

Culture: The Soul of Africa and the Coming Gold Rush...

Author: Dallas L Browne Phd
ISBN: 9781496125996
Format: Paperback
$92.40

During the Scramble for Africa in 1884, when European colonial powers carved up Africa and awarded themselves...  Read More >>

Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Rosetta Stone: Rosetta Stone Hieroglyphic Re-Translation

Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Rosetta Stone: Rosetta Stone...

Author: Legesse Allyn
ISBN: 9781505420449
Format: Paperback
$39.47

The famous ancient Gebts Rosetta Stone features Amarigna and Tigrigna as the hieroglyphic portion. Amarigna and...  Read More >>

The True Benjamin Franklin: An Illuminating Look into the Life of One of Our Greatest Founding Fathers

The True Benjamin Franklin: An Illuminating Look into...

Author: Sydney George Fisher
ISBN: 9781629144030
Format: Paperback
$29.99

In spite of being dead for more than two hundred years, Benjamin Franklin remains an object of fascination for many...  Read More >>

The Papyrus of Me: My Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Papyrus of Me: My Egyptian Book of the Dead

Author: James F Hatcher III
ISBN: 9781505346824
Format: Paperback
$26.37

The Papyrus of Me is the ultimate gift for Ancient Egyptian enthusiasts! This book has been created for those with...  Read More >>

Mobilizing Zanzibari Women: The Struggle for Respectability and Self-Reliance in Colonial East Africa

Mobilizing Zanzibari Women: The Struggle for Respectability...

Author: C. Decker
ISBN: 9781137465290
Format: Hardback
$290.37

The experiences of African women in the era before independence remain a woefully understudied facet of African...  Read More >>

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba

Author: Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
ISBN: 9780821421253
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Patrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo,...  Read More >>

Footprints on African Hearts and Lands: The Life and Work of Dr. Samuel W. Hynd

Footprints on African Hearts and Lands: The Life and...

Author: Gwen Ellis ,  Elizabeth Hynd
ISBN: 9780988825697
Format: Paperback
$34.29

The life of Dr. Samuel Wilson Hynd has been devoted to the care of the people of the Kingdom of Swaziland. In this...  Read More >>

Egypt in the First Millennium AD: Perspectives from New Fieldwork

Egypt in the First Millennium AD: Perspectives from...

Author: E.R. O'Connell
ISBN: 9789042930711
Format: Hardback
$316.80

This volume contains the proceedings of the twenty-first annual British Museum Egyptology Colloquium, which...  Read More >>

Wax and Gold – Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture

Wax and Gold – Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian...

Author: Donald N. Levine
ISBN: 9780226215440
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Intends to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant...  Read More >>

Challenges of Development in Africa: The Missing Technology Link, the Morbid Corruption Pandemic

Challenges of Development in Africa: The Missing Technology...

Author: Austin Aneke ,  Sarah Davies (University of Durham)
ISBN: 9781910256749
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Undoubtedly, Africa has experienced its fair share of pains during the process of world development. As it remains...  Read More >>

Cairo Pop: Youth Music in Contemporary Egypt

Cairo Pop: Youth Music in Contemporary Egypt

Author: Daniel J. Gilman
ISBN: 9780816689286
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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Forgotten World: The Stone-Walled Settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment

Forgotten World: The Stone-Walled Settlements of the...

Author: Peter Delius ,  Tim Maggs
ISBN: 9781776140404
Format: Paperback
$62.07

If you drive through Mpumalanga you may see fragments of building in stone. Endless stone circle cover the landscape....  Read More >>

Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco

Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco...

Author: Aomar Boum ,  Boum Aomar
ISBN: 9780804795234
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Memories of Absence explores the contemporary perceptions of Moroccan Jews in the minds of Moroccan Muslims.  Read More >>

Drinking with ghosts: Revisiting apartheid's dirty war

Drinking with ghosts: Revisiting apartheid's dirty war...

Author: Michael Schmidt
ISBN: 9781928246008
Format: Paperback
$67.15

Offers a fascinating exploration of the dark corners of South Africa’s past. Michael Schmidt’s revelations move...  Read More >>

Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary

Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary

Author: Ernest Harsch
ISBN: 9780821421260
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Thomas Sankara, often called the African Che Guevara, was president of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries...  Read More >>

The Spirit of the Laws in Mozambique

The Spirit of the Laws in Mozambique

Author: Juan Obarrio
ISBN: 9780226153728
Format: Hardback
$163.95

Mozambique has been hailed as a success story by the international community. The author examines the role of customary...  Read More >>

Nelson Mandela Paper Dolls

Nelson Mandela Paper Dolls

Author: Tom Tierney
ISBN: 9780486785738
Format: Paperback
$18.99

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Der Vandale: Trilogie

Der Vandale: Trilogie

Author: Gerd Gerber
ISBN: 9781503253759
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Der Vandale Teil I u .II u. III Diese Trilogie ist ein episches Meisterwerk uber den Vandalenkonig Geiserich, der...  Read More >>

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