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15mn d'Histoire : une collection numérique de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes ! 15mn d'Histoire : une collection numérique de textes courts pour apprendre et comp……続きを見る

Le premier ouvrage de référence sur les harkis. Toujours au centre d'une controverse politique et mémorielle entre l'Algérie et la France, l'histoire des " harkis " demeure singulièrement méconnue. ……続きを見る

Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity . . . INTO THE HOUSE OF THE ANCESTORS "Rich . . . fascinating." --The New York Times Book Review "……続きを見る

Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after 1500, Muslim ship……続きを見る

The prehistoric record of southern Africa extends back some 2 million years. The oldest cultural artefacts are stone tools such as handaxes, cleavers and choppers. In more recent centuries, archaeol……続きを見る

Kevin Woods was sentenced to death in Zimbabwe and jailed for twenty years by Robert Mugabe. For more than five years of his detention he was held in the shadow of Mugabe’s gallows, cut off from the……続きを見る

The idea of non-alignment and peaceful coexistence was not new when Yugoslavia hosted the Belgrade Summit of the Non-Aligned in September 1961. Freedom activists from the colonies in Asia, Africa, a……続きを見る

Evariste: doctor, drafted politician, political refugee, father, farmer and community worker. He once worshiped his ancestors and turned to witchcraft for healing. He has had multiple wives, many ch……続きを見る

Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and extraordinary resilience, Richa……続きを見る

In this book, Israeli anthropologist André Levy returns to his birthplace in Casablanca to provide a deeply nuanced and compelling study of the relationships between Moroccan Jews and Muslims there.……続きを見る

***Winner of the 2016 Lavinia Dock Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing Awarded first place in the 2016 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in the History an……続きを見る

The relationship between Westerners and Africa has long been conflicted and complicated. Frequently exploitative, it is also just as often propelled by an almost irresistible urge to "do good." The ……続きを見る

While setting up a refreshment station in the Cape of Good Hope, Jan van Riebeeck tried his hand at making wine and brewing beer. This introduction, partnered with its trusty bedfellow, sex, set the……続きを見る

This book traces the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) across its three decades in exile through rich, local histories of the camps where Namibian exiles lived in Tanzania, Zambia, and……続きを見る

In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things Fell Apart, Robert H. Bates……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le génocide au Rwanda en moins d’une heure ! Quelques heures après l’assassinat du président rwandais Habyarimana, les milices hutues descendent dans la……続きを見る

This book examines peacekeeping in Africa, exploring how the various actors are forming an African security regime complex. The changing dynamics of peacekeeping in today’s world have encouraged a m……続きを見る

Blessed with natural beauty and rich vegetation, Rwanda is often called the “land of a thousand hills” (le pays des mille collines), a reference to its many lush and green rolling hills. Moreover, f……続きを見る

During the decolonization wars in East and Southern Africa, tracking became increasingly valuable as a military tactic. Drawing on archival research and interviews, Stapleton presents a comparative ……続きを見る

". . . gracefully written" - The New York Times. Award-winning historian Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of the people of ancient Egypt - from peasants and pharaohs to soldiers and scribes and……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE 2017 MARTIN A. KLEIN PRIZE In his in-depth and compelling study of perhaps the most famous of Portuguese colonial massacres, Mustafah Dhadaexplores why the massacre took place, what Wi……続きを見る

Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn’t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a ……続きを見る

A good description of the fashions in vogue along the African Coast during the mid nineteenth century. Written for an American audience in 1868. Illustrated続きを見る

The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozamxadbique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure. This book restor……続きを見る

Un futur géant du XXIe siècle... Le continent origine de l'humanité est bien mal connu. Quelques échos de ses tragédies historiques ou actuelles résonnent : traites des esclaves, botte coloniale, gu……続きを見る

A Vintage Shorts Travel Selection As British rule came to an end in Ghana, Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski journeyed to the country to witness the birth of a new republic. Here Kapuscinski sha……続きを見る

A study in the relationship between one department of the Colonial Office and the colonies in which it had responsibility. 続きを見る

Per comprendere l’importanza del presente saggio non si puòprescindere dalla formazione culturale dell’autore, Biagio Pace:professore universitario e deputato, combatté in Africa Orientale come Seni……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre « La Tunisie, moi j’y vais » clamait, au lendemain du tragique attentat au musée du Bardo, une campagne de publicité. Bien vu. Ca……続きを見る