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The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange
RRP: $11.60$9.38A story about family, politics and journeying through a fractured country in a delicate time, The Havoc of Choice explores the long reaching effects of colonisation and corruption within the context of a singular household and the disparate experiences... -
Africana by Lerato Umah-Shaylor
RRP: $28.38$20.10'It is a glorious book: an education and an invitation. There is such life in its pages, and such food!' Nigella Lawson A culinary expedition celebrating cooking from across the African continent Africana... -
Islamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions and Global Contexts by Ousmane Oumar Kane
RRP: $38.69$37.72Cutting-edge research in the study of Islamic scholarship and its impact on the religious, political, economic and cultural history of Africa; bridges the "europhone"/"non-europhone" knowledge divides to significantly advance decolonial thinking, and... -
Civilization or Barbarism by Diop
RRP: $23.16$17.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520488Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Lawrence Hill & Co.Publisher Lawrence Hill & Co.Weight(grams) 607g -
Mirabelle Gets up to Mischief by Harriet Muncaster 9780192776495
RRP: $9.02$7.33Beautifully illustrated in two colour, this new series of chapter books introduces Isadora Moon's cousin! Meet Mirabelle, half witch, half fairy and totally naughtya| There will be spells, there will be flying but mostly there will be mischief!Half... -
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard 9781800752634
RRP: $16.76$11.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800752634Author Candice MillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
History of South Africa: 1902 to the Present by Thula Simpson
RRP: $28.38$24.65South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and ruptures, and today stands on a precipice once again. This book explores the country's tumultuous journey from the Second Anglo-Boer War to 2021. Drawing on diaries, letters, oral testimony and... -
Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana: 22nd January 1879: Minute by Minute by Peers, Chris 9781784387563
RRP: $18.05$12.58The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic episodes in military history. In the morning, 20,000 Zulus overwhelmed the British invading force in one of the greatest disasters ever to befall a British army. Later the same... -
Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe
RRP: $12.89$9.17When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon on the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman... -
Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith
RRP: $25.80$17.72BOOK 19 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM GLOBAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH. BOOK 3 IN THE TIGER'S PREY SEQUENCE.The Courtney family is torn apart as three generations fight on opposing sides of a terrible war that will change the face... -
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution by Dan Hicks
RRP: $16.76$11.09New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020 'Essential' - Sunday Times 'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books 'A real game-changer'- Economist Walk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind... -
Unbowed: My Autobiography by Wangari Maathai
RRP: $14.18$10.02Born in a rural Kenyan village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most African girls then were uneducated. In her remarkable and inspiring autobiography, she tells of her studies with... -
Zambia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Andrew Loryman 9781857338775
RRP: $10.31$8.57Culture 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 Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski
RRP: $12.89$9.17The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand, with an introduction by Neal Ascherton.After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient... -
In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo by Michela Wrong
RRP: $16.76$10.94'Joyous ... a book that makes other journalists weep with envy' The Economist 'Provocative, touching, and sensitively written ... an eloquent, brilliantly researched account' Sunday Times One of The Economist's best... -
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa by Jason Stearns
RRP: $19.34$12.64A Best Book of the Year- The Economist & the Wall Street Journal At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal war in which millions have died... -
Better Brand Health: Brand Measurement and Metrics for a How Brands Grow World by Jenni Romaniuk 9780190340902
RRP: $27.08$25.40The book is about brand health tracking, one of the biggest (and most costly) sources of insights about brand performance and inputs into brand strategy that marketers engage in. But yet most trackers were designed pre-How Brands Grow, and so suffer from... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History South Africa, 1948-94: from apartheid state to 'rainbow nation' by Peter Clements
RRP: $13.55$12.41Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
A Brief History of South Africa: From Earliest Times to the Mandela Presidency by John Pampallis 9781928232957
RRP: $16.76$14.87A Brief History of South Africa is an introduction to South African history from the earliest times to the Mandela Presidency. Using both a narrative chronology and thematic chapters, the book encourages critical thinking about how history shaped South... -
Zulu Rising: The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke's Drift by Ian Knight
RRP: $21.92$15.71The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonisation of South Africa. In one bloody day over 800 British troops, 500 of their allies and at least 2000 Zulus were killed in a staggering... -
Comfort & Joy by G Hasson 9780857089205
RRP: $15.47$10.32Slow down and enjoy life's special moments! Moments of Comfort: Embracing the Joy in Life's Simple Pleasures is a beautifully illustrated book that delivers the little moments of warmth, reassurance, hope, and optimism that every so often, is just what... -
Waugh in Abyssinia by Evelyn Waugh
RRP: $14.18$10.02A witty account of Waugh's time in Abyssinia as a war correspondentIn 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic account of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the... -
Going Solo by Roald Dahl 9780241677391
RRP: $10.31$7.47It was truly the most breathless and in a way the most exhilarating time I have ever had in my life.This beautiful edition of Going Solo, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is... -
Idi Amin: The Story of Africa's Icon of Evil by Mark Leopold
RRP: $16.76$14.78The first serious full-length biography of former Ugandan president Idi Amin, modern Africa's most famous dictator"A nuanced and sophisticated examination of one of the most misunderstood, and caricatured, figures in modern African history. . . ... -
The Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats by Juliet Barnes
RRP: $15.48$10.32Happy Valley was the name given to the Wanjohi Valley in the Kenya Highlands, where a small community of affluent, hedonistic white expatriates settled between the wars. While Kenya's early colonial days have been immortalised by farming pioneers like... -
Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500BC to 2000AD by Chancellor Williams 9780883780305
$17.42This is a widely read classic exposition of the history of Africans on the continent, the people of African descent in the United States and in the diaspora. This is well researched scholarly work detailing the development of civilisation in Africa and... -
An Anthology of Somali Poetry by B. W. Andrzejewski
RRP: $16.76$14.82"This is a fascinating and unusual collection that deserves attention." -Bloomsbury Review" . . . this anthology of poetry is a breath of fresh air. It provides the reader with the means of gaining a deeper insight into Somali life through what is to the... -
The Berbers: The Peoples of Africa by Michael Brett 9780631207672
RRP: $55.41$48.47The Berbers provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Berber-speaking peoples.About the AuthorMichael Brett is Lecturer in African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. Elizabeth Fentress was formerly a... -
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
RRP: $32.24$21.13Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever expose of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher... -
My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden
RRP: $25.80$17.72WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read' SALLY ROONEY The Western... -
A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah
RRP: $12.89$8.57The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. 'My new friends have begun to suspect that I haven't told them the full story of my life."Why did you leave Sierra Leone?""Because there is a... -
Formation: The Making of Nigeria, From Jihad to Amalgamation by Fola Fagbule
RRP: $25.79$18.01Formation tracks the unlikely series of events and characters that led to the creation of the modern Nigerian nation: from 1804 when the first Jihadists began their attack on a collection of independent nations to 1914 when the current shape of Nigeria... -
The Mandela Brief: Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid by Thomas Grant
RRP: $16.76$11.09'A forensic, riveting account of a wondrous and principled advocate' Philippe Sands'Well-written, deeply researched and wholly gripping' The Spectator'Meticulously researched' The Times'Kentridge is one of many lawyers to whom I will forever be in debt,... -
African Origin of Civilization by Diop 9781556520723
RRP: $19.29$14.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520723Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 381g -
Ghana - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Ian Utley
RRP: $12.89$9.44Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. Ghana is among the friendliest and safest countries in Africa. Visitors are warmly welcomed but are expected to be sympathetic to local customs and beliefs, and to follow certain codes of conduct. ... -
Unity and Struggle by Basil Davidson 9780853456254
RRP: $19.29$15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853456254Author Basil DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg
RRP: $32.25$21.32'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023 From one of South... -
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
RRP: $14.18$9.95With an introduction by Rory StewartWinner of the Guardian First Book award, a first-hand account one of the defining outrages of modern history.All at once, as it seemed, something we could have only imagined was upon us - and we could still only... -
Rubbish Pet Portraits by Hercule van Wolfwinkle 9780008468163
RRP: $11.60$7.64**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A hilarious collection of Hercule Van Wolfwinkle's 'extremely realistic' pet portraits. Warning: may not be suitable for anyone who actually likes animals or has the... -
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela 9781408703113
RRP: $32.25$22.42'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book' The Times'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and...