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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
RRP: £24.99£16.38Cobalt 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... -
Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop 9781556520884
RRP: £17.99£11.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520884Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 303g -
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
RRP: £10.99£7.51Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, King Leopold's Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver.In the late nineteenth century,... -
Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak by Jean Hatzfeld 9780312425036
RRP: £22.00£12.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312425036Author Jean HatzfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett 9780747260332
RRP: £9.99£6.80Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid 9781524748814
RRP: £30.00£20.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524748814Author Stuart A. ReidFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 992gDimensions(mm) 242mm * 168mm... -
Congo by David van Reybrouck
RRP: £14.99£9.70FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY 'Not only deserves the description "epic", in its true sense, but the term "masterpiece" as well' Independent This gripping epic tells the story of one of the world's most critical failed... -
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa Jason Stearns 9781610391078
RRP: £14.99£9.80A 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... -
In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo by Michela Wrong
RRP: £12.99£8.48'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... -
Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes by Barnaby Phillips 9780861543137
RRP: £10.99£7.77A Prospect Best Book of 2021 'A fascinating and timely book.' William Boyd 'Gripping...a must read.' FT 'Compelling...humane, reasonable, and ultimately optimistic.' Evening Standard '[A] valuable guide to a complex narrative.' The Times ... -
Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane
RRP: £10.99£7.77When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. Fergal Keane travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing, and his powerful analysis... -
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen 9780199552580
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.' In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out 'to discuss the place and value of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life'... -
I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation by Michela Wrong
RRP: £16.99£12.28One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong... -
It's Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong
RRP: £12.99£8.48A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London... -
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo De Witte
RRP: £14.99£12.55The Assassination of Lumumba unravels the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba-the first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity-since it... -
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo by Jason K. Stearns 9780691224510
RRP: £18.99£15.12Why 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... -
Swahili, State and Society - The Political Economy of an African Language by Ali A. Mazrui 9780852557297
£20.23The authors consider the spread of the Swahili language in Eastern and Central Africa against a background of interaction between church and state, and between economics and politics. North America: Africa World Press; Kenya: EAEPBook InformationISBN... -
African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker
RRP: £8.99£6.45Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current... -
The Forest People by Colin M. Turnbull
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Forest People is an astonishingly intimate and life-enhancing account of a hunter-gatherer tribe living in harmony with nature -- and an all-time classic of anthropology.For three years, Colin Turnbull lived with an isolated group of Pygmies deep in... -
Africa: A Modern History by Guy Arnold
RRP: £40.00£29.08A magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa.The end of the Second World War signalled the rapid end of the European African empires. In 1945, only four African countries were independent; by 1963, thirty African states created the Organization of... -
Congo Mercenary by Mike Hoare 9781784388713
RRP: £18.99£13.61I make no apologies for being a mercenary soldier. Quite the reverse. I am proud to have led 5 Commando. I am proud to have fought shoulder to shoulder with the toughest and bravest band of men it has ever been my honour to command. I am proud that they... -
Kilimanjaro: A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa by Hiltrud Schulz
RRP: £28.99£19.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623718282Author Hiltrud SchulzFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande by E. E. Evans-Pritchard
RRP: £57.99£57.66This acknowledged masterpiece has been abridged to make it more accessible to students. In her introduction, Eva Gillies presents the case for the relevance of the book to modern anthropologists.Reviews"Surely no need for commentary on this... -
A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It by Stephen Kinzer 9780470120156
RRP: £26.99£22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470120156Author Stephen KinzerFormat HardbackPage Count 349Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone by Lawrence Devlin
RRP: £13.99£10.10Larry Devlin arrived as the new chief of station for the CIA in the Congo five days after the country had declared its independence, the army had mutinied, and governmental authority had collapsed. As he crossed the Congo River in an almost empty ferry... -
Ripe for Rebellion: Insurgency and Covert War in the Congo, 1960-1965 by Stephen Rookes 9781913336233
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336233Author Stephen RookesFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual by Victor Turner 9780801491016
RRP: £24.99£22.07A collection of ten of the most brilliant and important essays on ritual yet written. These papers by Victor Turner... are all seminal and distinguished. American Anthropologist A pioneering work of high quality, this collection of anthropological... -
Central African Folktales by Professor Enongene Mirabeau Sone 9781804177808
RRP: £8.99£5.65Featuring stories such as The Prince Who Insisted on Possessing the Moon, How the Squirrel outwitted the Elephant, and The Water-Fairies save a Child, tales from Central Africa share many aspects of the same themes across the continent because ancient... -
In the Name of the People: Angola's Forgotten Massacre by Lara Pawson
RRP: £21.99£19.04On 27th May 1977, a small demonstration against the MPLA, the ruling party of Angola - led to the slaughter of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people. These dreadful reprisals are little talked of in Angola today - and virtually unknown outside... -
Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space by Derek Owusu
RRP: £9.99£6.80'It's brave and honest, and not a moment too soon.' Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish)'[An] outstanding myth-busting book. Everyone should read it.' Bernardine EvaristoWhat is the experience of Black men in Britain today? Never has the conversation about racism and... -
How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed by Mike Snook
RRP: £14.99£12.01Wednesday 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... -
Gordon in China and the Soudan by A. E. Hake
RRP: £29.00£21.33Apologies 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 -
Congo Diary: Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo by Ernesto Che Guevara
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies 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. -
Angolan War of Liberation: Colonial-Communist Clash, 1961-1974 by Al J. Venter 9781526728418
RRP: £14.99£13.98When a large group of rebels invaded Angola from a recently independent Congo in 1961, it heralded the opening shots in another African war of independence. Between 1961 and 1974, Portugal faced the extremely ambitious task of conducting three... -
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo de Witte 9781859844106
RRP: £18.99£17.51Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity, was murdered on 17 January 1961.Democratically elected to lead the Mouvement National Congolais, the party he founded in 1958, Lumumba was at the centre of the... -
Waste Worlds: Inhabiting Kampala's Infrastructures of Disposability by Jacob Doherty
RRP: £25.00£19.59Uganda'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... -
The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa by Ching Kwan Lee
RRP: £26.00£24.85China has recently emerged as one of Africa's top business partners, aggressively pursuing its raw materials and establishing a mighty presence in the continent's booming construction market. Even though Africa has become a popular destination of foreign... -
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo by Jason K. Stearns
RRP: £28.00£21.80Why 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... -
Understanding Somalia and Somaliland: Culture, History and Society by Ioan Lewis
RRP: £20.00£17.84Ioan Lewis details the history and culture of the Somali people, providing a unique window into this little-known culture and its increasingly public predicaments. He provides insight into the complex social, historical, and cultural hinterland that is... -
"Operations `Leopard' and `Red Bean' - Kolwezi 1978": French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire by Daniel Kowalczuk 9781912390595
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390595Author Daniel KowalczukFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company