African history books

25238 books were found.

Isandlwana: How the Zulus Humbled the British Empire

Isandlwana: How the Zulus Humbled the British Empire...

Author: Adrian Greaves
ISBN: 9781783462629
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The story of the mighty imperial British army's defeat at Iswandlwana in 1879 has been much written about but never...  Read More >>

Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century: Mayy Ziy?dah S Intellectual Circles

Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century: Mayy...

Author: Boutheina Khaldi
ISBN: 9781299262027
Format: Electronic book text
$237.60

Through a detailed study of Mayy Ziy?dah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary...  Read More >>

Sudan: The Reconquest Reappraised

Sudan: The Reconquest Reappraised

Author: Edward M Spiers (Leeds University University of Leeds University of Leeds University of Leeds University of Leeds University of Leeds Leeds University University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781299733190
Format: Electronic book text
$633.60

In 1898, Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian army defeated the armies of dervishes at the battle of Omdurman. To commemorate...  Read More >>

On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined

On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined...

Author: Deborah Mayersen
ISBN: 9781782382843
Format: Hardback
$140.95

Why did the Armenian genocide erupt in Turkey in 1915, only seven years after the Armenian minority achieved civil...  Read More >>

African Thought in Comparative Perspective

African Thought in Comparative Perspective

Author: Ali A. Mazrui ,  Ramzi Badran
ISBN: 9781443853934
Format: Hardback
$129.35

African Thought in Comparative Perspective showcases how adept Ali Mazrui, the most prolific writer on Africa today,...  Read More >>

The road to democracy: Volume 5: Part 2: African solidarity

The road to democracy: Volume 5: Part 2: African solidarity...

Author: South African Democracy Education Trust South African Democracy Education Trust ,  Sifiso Ndlovu
ISBN: 9781868887927
Format: Hardback
$85.26

Focuses on the historical significance of African solidarity in the struggle for national liberation. This volume...  Read More >>

Rhodesia Regiment: 1899-1981

Rhodesia Regiment: 1899-1981

Author: Gerry van Tonder ,  Hugh Bomford
ISBN: 9781920143893
Format: Hardback
$180.00

As the 19th century and Queen Victoria’s long reign drew to a close, volunteer squadrons of the Rhodesia regiment,...  Read More >>

From Gazala to Tunis: 422 Days in the Life of the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade

From Gazala to Tunis: 422 Days in the Life of the 2nd...

Author: Philip Harding
ISBN: 9781781553558
Format: Hardback
$66.99

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Africa’s Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions of John L. Brom

Africa’s Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions...

Author: Olga Brom Spencer ,  Glenn Reynolds
ISBN: 9781433124792
Format: Hardback
$272.98

Africa’s Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions of John L. Brom captures the drama and excitement of John...  Read More >>

The Long Struggle against Malaria in Tropical Africa

The Long Struggle against Malaria in Tropical Africa...

Author: James L. A. Webb, Jr (Colby College, Maine)
ISBN: 9781107052574
Format: Hardback
$147.49

The first history of malaria control efforts in tropical Africa, contributing to the emerging sub-discipline of...  Read More >>

Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony

Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism,...

Author: Gillian Hart
ISBN: 9780820347172
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Revisits long-standing debates to shed new light on the transition from apartheid. This book provides an innovative...  Read More >>

AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face: Inequality, Morality, and Social Change in Nigeria

AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face: Inequality, Morality, and...

Author: Daniel Jordan Smith
ISBN: 9780226108834
Format: Paperback
$51.95

AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic,...  Read More >>

Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt

Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt

Author: Dee L. Clayman (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, Graduate Center, City University of New York)
ISBN: 9780195370898
Format: Paperback
$70.95

A sophisticated portrait of a formidable, yet relatively unknown, queen in the 200-year power struggle that followed...  Read More >>

AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face: Inequality, Morality, and Social Change in Nigeria

AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face: Inequality, Morality, and...

Author: Daniel Jordan Smith
ISBN: 9780226108667
Format: Hardback
$163.95

AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic,...  Read More >>

The Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats (16pt Large Print Edition)

The Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World...

Author: Juliet Barnes
ISBN: 9780369361608
Format: Paperback
$134.61

 Happy Valley was the name given to the Wanjohi Valley in the Kenya Highlands, where a small community of affluent,...  Read More >>

The Non-Aligned Movement and the Cold War: Delhi - Bandung - Belgrade

The Non-Aligned Movement and the Cold War: Delhi - Bandung...

Author: Natasa Miskovic (University of Basel, Switzerland) ,  Harald Fischer-Tiné (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9780415742634
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The idea of non-alignment and peaceful coexistence was not new when Yugoslavia hosted the Belgrade Summit of the...  Read More >>

Le Livre d'Elise: Rwanda (1994-2014)

Le Livre d'Elise: Rwanda (1994-2014)

Author: Elise Rida Musomandera ,  Anne Delyon
ISBN: 9782251310107
Format: Paperback
$44.88

English summary: Over fifty members of Elise Ridas family were killed during the Rwanda genocide twenty years ago....  Read More >>

Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role in the Rwandan Genocide

Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role...

Author: Andrew Wallis
ISBN: 9781780767727
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Wallis's riveting expose of the French role in one of the darkest chapters of human history will provoke furious...  Read More >>

Ces Belges Qui Ont Soutenu l'Apartheid: Organisations, Réseaux Et Discours

Ces Belges Qui Ont Soutenu l'Apartheid: Organisations,...

Author: Michel Dumoulin ,  Patricia Van Schuylenbergh
ISBN: 9782875741400
Format: Paperback
$102.98

Ce livre offre une analyse inédite des soutiens belges au régime d'apartheid dans les années 1970 et 1980. Comprendre,...  Read More >>

The African Human Rights Judicial System: Streamlining Structures and Domestication Mechanisms Viewed from the Foreign Affairs Power Perspective

The African Human Rights Judicial System: Streamlining...

Author: Luis Gabriel Franceschi
ISBN: 9781443855099
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This book deals with two interconnected yet often forgotten realities of the constitutional order in Africa: first,...  Read More >>

Beyond the Line: Cultural Narratives of the Southern Oceans

Beyond the Line: Cultural Narratives of the Southern...

Author: Michael Mann ,  Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger
ISBN: 9783943414141
Format: Hardback
$176.88

The title of Beyond the Line refers to the imaginary Line drawn between North and South, a division established...  Read More >>

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