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Youthquake: Why African Demography Should Matter to the World by Edward Paice 9781800241589
RRP: $32.25$28.11A riveting study of Africa's demographics - its youth and growth - and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future. 'Essential reading' Guardian 'Intensely researched - and very important!' The Week 'The research in Youthquake... -
Roman Conquests: North Africa by Nic Fields 9781844159703
RRP: $25.79$18.42The third in the Roman Conquests series briefly covers Rome's first forays into the dark continent during the First and Second Punic Wars, then covers in detail her vindictive final conquest and destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War. The... -
The Herero Genocide: War, Emotion, and Extreme Violence in Colonial Namibia by Matthias Häussler 9781805391517
RRP: $36.06$29.13Drawing on previously inaccessible and overlooked archival sources, The Herero Genocide undertakes a groundbreaking investigation into the war between colonizer and colonized in what was formerly German South-West Africa and is today the nation of... -
Rhodesians Never Die by Former Chief Regional HIV Project Peter Godwin 9780908311828
RRP: $86.56$75.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780908311828Author Former Chief Regional HIV Project Peter GodwinFormat PaperbackImprint Baobab BooksPublisher Baobab BooksWeight(grams) 612g -
How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed by Mike Snook
RRP: $19.34$15.49Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the long and distinguished history of the British Army. At noon a massive Zulu host attacked the 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana, a distinctive... -
The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa: A Quest for Inter-religious Dialogue by John Allembillah Azumah
RRP: $32.25$30.02Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from... -
The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects by War Museum of the Boer Republics 9781526734037
$37.01The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects brings the victories and the tragedies-and the full extent of the human drama behind this war-to life through 100 iconic artefacts. While a Mafeking siege note helps to illustrate the acute shortages caused by the... -
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
RRP: $14.18$9.35In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-Africa's "Iron Lady" - was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West... -
Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies by Ernesto Sirolli 9780865713970
RRP: $32.25$16.14Not your average (boring!) book on economic development, this is an inspired account of a revolutionary approach to revitalizing urban and rural economies, one person at a time. Through "Enterprise Facilitation," depressed communities can build lasting... -
Nigeria's Soldiers of Fortune: The Abacha and Obasanjo Years by Max Siollun
RRP: $35.48$31.11In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences. These began when the country nearly tore itself apart after the northern-led military government annulled the results of a 1993 presidential... -
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley 9780140175967
RRP: $20.63$14.98In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners... -
Strange Vagabond of God: Story of John Bradburne by John Dove 9780852443835
$17.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852443835Author John DoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing -
A Short History of Mozambique by Professor Malyn Newitt
RRP: $29.66$26.24This comprehensive overview traces the evolution of modern Mozambique, from its early modern origins in the Indian Ocean trading system and the Portuguese maritime empire to the fifteen-year civil war that followed independence and its continued... -
Gordon in China and the Soudan by A. E. Hake
RRP: $37.41$27.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850771654Author A. E. HakeFormat HardbackPage Count 367Imprint Darf Publishers LtdPublisher Darf Publishers Ltd -
The Christmas Contract by Cassie Connor 9780008568269
RRP: $12.89$8.57'What can I say, I loved this book. It has all my favorite tropes. Fake dating - check! Grumpy/ sunshine (reversed) check! One bed - check!' Reader review When you can't find the perfect date for the holidays you... -
Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
RRP: $21.92$15.17'A must read...!!!' will.i.am'Each encounter is framed and presented with enormous literary skill and grace' David OlusogaWITH A FOREWORD FROM BERNARDINE EVARISTOConversations with some of the most extraordinary Black minds of our age, discussing race,... -
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning by Eve Fairbanks
RRP: $25.79$16.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476725277Author Eve FairbanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
East African Folk Tales by J K Jackson
RRP: $11.60$8.45Traditional stories bring a deeper understanding of the movement of peoples across East Africa. Common roots and differences between ancient peoples create a lively portrait with their fragile, powerful gods. The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania,... -
Translating Faith: Ethiopian Pilgrims in Renaissance Rome by Samantha Kelly 9780674294172
RRP: $59.28$47.85A revealing account of the lives and work of Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims in sixteenth-century Rome, examining how this African diasporic community navigated the challenges of religious pluralism in the capital of Latin Christianity.Tucked behind the apse... -
Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds by Yemisi Aribisala
RRP: $16.76$11.13"One of the most enduring myths on the Nigerian Femme Fatale - mammy-water, 'winch' or husband-snatcher - has to do with the cooking of fish stew ...A woman can do what she likes with a man when she knows how to satisfy his appetite for food... -
The Rorke's Drift Commanders: Gonville Bromhead and John Chard by Bancroft, James W 9781399009966
RRP: $25.80$18.43Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorke's Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from families... -
Congo Diary: Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo by Ernesto Che Guevara
RRP: $19.34$14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644210727Author Ernesto Che GuevaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Men of Armor: the History of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in World War II: Part 1: Beginnings, North Africa, and Italy by Jeff Danby 9781636240138
RRP: $35.48$28.88After the shocking fall of France in June 1940, the U.S. Army embarked on a crash program to establish a new armored force. One of the units formed was the 756th Tank Battalion (Light), activated at Fort Lewis in June 1941. Because of severe equipment... -
Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World - and Us by Patrick Roberts
RRP: $32.25$21.32'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history' Lewis Dartnell, author of... -
The Conquest of Morocco by Douglas Porch 9780374128807
RRP: $37.41$22.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374128807Author Douglas PorchFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc -
Cynghanedd i Blant by Mererid Hopwood 9781911584490
RRP: $12.84$12.77A lively and colourful book that aims to teach the ancient art of composing poetry in strict metre to young poets.Book InformationISBN 9781911584490Author Mererid HopwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Cyhoeddiadau BarddasPublisher Cyhoeddiadau... -
Copper Wings: British South Africa Police Reserve Air Wing Volume 2: 1974-1980 by Guy Ellis 9781804513620
RRP: $25.74$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513620Author Guy EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime by Stephen Ellis
RRP: $25.79$22.99Nigeria and Nigerians have acquired a notorious reputation for involvement in drug-trafficking, fraud, cyber-crime and other types of serious crime. Successful Nigerian criminal networks have a global reach, interacting with their Italian, Latin American... -
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The mission to rescue the hostages the world forgot by Colin Freeman
RRP: $14.18$9.18'Captivating, a John le Carre-esque yarn' Telegraph'A thoroughly good read' Michael Portillo, author of Portillo's Hidden History of Britain and presenter of Great British Railway Journeys'A compelling story of courage, determination and skill' Terry... -
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
RRP: $36.11$31.30Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years... -
The NLP Professional: Your Future in NLP Karen Falconer 9780857162083
RRP: $21.92$15.84Karen Falconer is the CEO and driving force of ANLP International CIC, the world's most successful independent Association for NLP Professionals. ANLP runs the largest international NLP annual conference. Karen brings her vast experience of running... -
The Zulu War: Then and Now by Ian Knight 9780900913754
RRP: $32.19$26.46This work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. The story is presented through the "After the Battle" series "then and now" photographic theme and contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides which aim to convey... -
Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley
RRP: $20.63$14.98Queen - or, as she would prefer to be remembered King - Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman. Brilliantly defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's clothes and even wearing a false beard. Forgotten until... -
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
$16.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618446599Author Pumla Gobodo-MadikizelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Academic)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams)... -
When the Tempest Gathers: From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War by Andrew Milburn 9781526750556
RRP: $32.25$22.73These are the intense combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu,... -
Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction by Geraldine Pinch
RRP: $11.60$8.32The complex world of Egyptian myth is clearly illuminated in this fascinating new approach to ancient Egypt. Geraldine Pinch explores the cultural and historical background behind a wide variety of sources and objects, from Cleopatra's Needle and... -
A History of Zimbabwe by Alois S. Mlambo
RRP: $32.24$24.87The first single-volume history of Zimbabwe with detailed coverage from pre-colonial times to the present, this book examines Zimbabwe's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates historical factors and... -
Acholi Intellectuals: Knowledge, Power, and the Making of Colonial Northern Uganda, 1850–1960 by Patrick William Otim 9780821411469
RRP: $36.11$31.14Acholi Intellectuals draws on the writings of homespun historians, interviews with elderly men and women who remember the last days of colonial rule, and government and missionary archives to illuminate the intellectual and political history of the... -
Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary by Al Venter 9781612000701
$37.84"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone - the people you find now... are well-trained, professional soldiers, special forces trained." - Neall Ellis ... -
Britain's Desert War in Egypt and Libya 1940-1942: The End of the Beginning' by David Braddock 9781526759788
RRP: $25.79$18.42The desert war in Libya and Egypt between 1940 and 1942 has deservedly attracted the attention of many historians. Fought in an unforgiving yet strategically important landscape, the fortunes of the implacable opponents swung wildly. While best...