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Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia by Gregg Mitman
RRP: $24.00$15.88"A well-rendered and -documented tale of exploitation in the developing world" (Kirkus Reviews) with deep resonance in the present day In a book Paul Farmer called "a gem of a social history linking two countries stuck in uncomfortable embrace for... -
Modern African Wars 5: The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70 by Philip Jowett
RRP: $22.28$15.59With decades of research to draw from Philip Jowett explores this extraordinary David-and-Goliath conflict, where the rag-tag Igbo tribal army of secessionist Biafra faced off against the Nigerian Federal forces. It was an African war that captured the... -
Waste Worlds: Inhabiting Kampala's Infrastructures of Disposability by Jacob Doherty
RRP: $42.88$32.90Uganda's capital, Kampala, is undergoing dramatic urban transformations as its new technocratic government seeks to clean and green the city. Waste Worlds tracks the dynamics of development and disposability unfolding amid struggles over who and what... -
Sierra Leone: A Political History by David Harris
RRP: $37.74$32.78Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular interest, however, obscured two crucial processes in this small West African state. On the one... -
Frog Crush by Ian Worboys 9788090753259
RRP: $18.85$13.33Frog Crush presents a scene from life in the African savannah and it follows the short journey of five animals in the midday sun, while they are trying to find something juicy and tasty to eat. The book opens with the sight of a Frog singing on a lily... -
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo by Jason K. Stearns
RRP: $48.03$36.64Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a "forever war"-a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and... -
Seychelles Since 1770: The History of a Slave and Post-Slavery Society by Deryck Scarr
RRP: $34.29$29.91A comprehensive history of the Seychelles, this volume traces its periods of colonisation by France and Britain, the immobile years of the twentieth century, the granting of independence in 1976, and the social changes precipitated by tourism in the... -
If you want to learn Early African History START HERE by Robin Walker 9781507759486
RRP: $22.30$18.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781507759486Author Robin WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
War and Genocide in South Sudan by Clémence Pinaud
RRP: $34.29$29.45Using more than a decade's worth of fieldwork in South Sudan, Clemence Pinaud here explores the relationship between predatory wealth accumulation, state formation, and a form of racism-extreme ethnic group entitlement-that has the potential to result in... -
House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
RRP: $22.28$14.55A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. One bright morning Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers in Mugabe's Zimbabwe,... -
The Yoruba: A New History by Akinwumi Ogundiran
RRP: $61.75$53.84The Yoruba: A New History is the first transdisciplinary study of the two-thousand-year journey of the Yoruba people, from their origins in a small corner of the Niger-Benue Confluence in present-day Nigeria to becoming one of the most populous cultural... -
Conspiracy to Murder: The Rwandan Genocide by Linda Melvern
RRP: $42.87$35.82Conspiracy to Murder is a gripping account of the Rwandan genocide, one of the most appalling events of the twentieth century. Linda Melvern's damning indictment of almost all the key figures and institutions involved amounts to a catalogue of failures... -
The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman by Rachel Holmes
RRP: $18.85$13.33The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl 'A significant and timely book ... Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story' Frances Wilson, Literary Review 'Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story,... -
Liberating Libya! by Rupert Wieloch
RRP: $42.88$27.17Free Libya! was the chant heard throughout Libya during the Arab Spring revolution that ended with the death of Colonel Gadaffi in October 2011. The story is about British involvement in Libya since the first treaty signed with the rulers in Tripoli in... -
Amilcar Cabral: A Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary by Peter Karibe Mendy
RRP: $25.71$22.49Amilcar Cabral was an agronomist who led an armed struggle that ended Portuguese colonialism in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. The uprising contributed significantly to the collapse of a fascist regime in Lisbon and the dismantlement of Portugal's empire... -
African Myths of Origin by Stephen Belcher
RRP: $22.28$16.64Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From... -
A Man of Good Hope: One Man's Extraordinary Journey from Mogadishu to Tin Can Town by Jonny Steinberg
RRP: $22.28$15.59When Asad was eight years old, his mother was shot in front of him. With his father in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that has scattered the Somali people throughout the world.This extraordinary book tells Asad's story... -
Mandela: The Authorised Biography by Anthony Sampson
RRP: $32.57$21.80Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby. Long after his presidency of South Africa,... -
Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $22.28$18.89For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every significant colonial campaign in the region, from the British... -
The Almoravid Maghrib by Camilo Gómez-Rivas 9781641890854
RRP: $29.07$28.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641890854Author Camilo Gomez-RivasFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear by Florian Grosset 9781912408672
RRP: $29.14$18.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912408672Author Florian GrossetFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions -
Kwame Nkrumah: Visions of Liberation by Jeffrey S. Ahlman
RRP: $25.71$22.49A new biography of Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of the most influential political figures in twentieth-century African history. As the first prime minister and president ofthe West African state of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah helped shape the global narrative of... -
Nemesis: A brand-new historical epic from the Master of Adventure by Wilbur Smith 9781804182284
RRP: $29.14$19.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorWilbur Smith (Author) Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has... -
Black Hawks Rising: The Story of Amisom's Successful War Against Somali Insurgents, 2007-2014 by Opiyo Oloya 9781910777695
RRP: $42.88$30.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777695Author Opiyo OloyaFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991 - Updated and revised edition by Bahru Zewde
RRP: $42.87$35.85Updated and revised edition. Bahru Zewde has updated the first edition, adding a new chapter and taking the history through to 1991. 'The new chapter enhances the value of the book as the best historical introduction to modern Ethiopia. The... -
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert G. Hoyland
RRP: $37.72$27.46In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750--the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far... -
Zambia: The First 50 Years by Andrew Sardanis
$42.97On 24 October 1964, the Republic of Zambia was formed, replacing the territory which had formerly been known as Northern Rhodesia. Fifty years on, Andrew Sardanis provides a sympathetic but critical insider's account of Zambia, from independence to the... -
Part of My Soul Went with Him by Winnie Mandela 9780393302905
RRP: $27.44$21.08Winnie Mandela, one of South Africa's most visible and articulate apartheid foes, spent many years as a "banned" person in her own country. She lived under virtual house arrest and was forbidden to address public gatherings or meet with more than one... -
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by Francois-Xavier Fauvelle
RRP: $29.14$22.88An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval AfricaFrom the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an... -
Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar by Luise S. White 9781478011729
RRP: $42.87$36.42In Fighting and Writing Luise White brings the force of her historical insight to bear on the many war memoirs published by white soldiers who fought for Rhodesia during the 1964-1979 Zimbabwean liberation struggle. In the memoirs of white soldiers... -
The Almoravid and Almohad Empires by Amira K. Bennison
RRP: $51.44$42.13A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa whose rule fostered the emergence of the Islamic society which endured, in Morocco especially, until the early 20th century. Amira K. Bennison focuses on these... -
Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa by William W. Bascom
RRP: $61.75$54.87"The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in... -
Malawi - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Kondwani Munthali 9781857338782
RRP: $17.14$12.56Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
The World's Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia by James Fergusson
RRP: $22.28$15.59SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2014 AND THE PADDY POWER POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BOOK OF THE YEAR. Award-winning journalist James Fergusson is among the few to have witnessed at first hand the devastating reality of life in the... -
Forged in battle by Jan Breytenbach 9781485300441
RRP: $30.79$25.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485300441Author Jan BreytenbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 285g -
Imperial Reckoning by Caroline Elkins
RRP: $41.17$26.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize (Nonfiction) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780805080018Author Caroline ElkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher... -
Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the Void by Mike Ashley 9780712353090
RRP: $17.14$12.28Since space flight was achieved, and long before, science fiction writers have imagined a myriad of stories set in the depths of the great darkness beyond our atmosphere. From generation ships - which are in space so long that there will be new... -
We Need to Talk About Africa: The harm we have done, and how we should help by Tom Young
RRP: $18.85$13.33If you boil a kettle twice today, you will have used five times more electricity than a person in Mali uses in a whole year. How can that be possible? Decades after the colonial powers withdrew Africa is still struggling to catch up with the rest of... -
Against All Odds: A Chronicle of the Eritrean Revolution by Dan Connell
RRP: $51.37$33.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569027622Author Dan ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S. -
African Philosophy, Second Edition: Myth and Reality by Paulin J. Houtondji
RRP: $32.57$28.06"Hountondji . . . writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa. . . . Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as necessarily pluralistic, and often even self-contradicting as it evolves, is simply magisterial. . . ...