Africa 9

This is an essential companion to the process of decolonization – perhaps one of the most important historical processes of the twentieth century. Examining decolonization in Africa, Asia, the Carib……続きを見る

First published in 1924, this account was written by a Senior Commissioner of the Tanganyika Territory. 続きを見る

Considered to be one of the most famous stories of man-eating lions in modern times, "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo" is the first-hand account of Lieutanant-Colonel John Henry Patterson's encounter with s……続きを見る

Hausa Folk Lore by Maalam Shaihua, Translated By R. Sutherland Rattray One of the few African folklore books actually written by an African, not a European. Mr. Rattray furnishes a case in point. Wh……続きを見る

Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:: * the ……続きを見る

Examining the process of abolition on the island of Pemba off the East African coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book demonstrates the links between emancipation and t……続きを見る

From a new star of American journalism, a riveting murder mystery that reveals the forces roiling today's Africa From Rwanda to Sierra Leone, African countries recovering from tyranny and war are fa……続きを見る

A revised and updated edition of the landmark book about the miraculous continent by the finest living Africa correspondent. Every time you try to say 'Africa is...' the words crumble and break. Fro……続きを見る

In one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records o……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS CECIL RHODES AND SIR ALFRED MILNER THE FOUNDATIONS OF FORTUNE A COMPLEX PERSONALITY MRS. VAN KOOPMAN RHODES AND THE RAID ……続きを見る

The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto-professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusio……続きを見る

A major work of history that for the first time reveals the violence and terror at the heart of Britain's civilizing mission in Kenya As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongs……続きを見る

A trip through the ancient African Kingdom of Dahomey and description of the country and the king, Gelele and his customs. Annotated with Illustrations.続きを見る

Challenging societal beliefs, this volume rethinks African and world history from an Afrocentric perspective. 続きを見る

Although Rwanda is among the most Christian countries in Africa, in the 1994 genocide, church buildings became the primary killing grounds. To explain why so many Christians participated in the viol……続きを見る

The Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation was formally established in 1997 under the leadership of South Africa, India and Australia. The demise of Apartheid, the fall of the Soviet ……続きを見る

Portugal was the first colonial power to arrive in Africa and the last to leave. As other European states were granting independence to their African possessions, Portugal chose to stay and fight de……続きを見る

In this haunting chronicle of betrayal and abandonment, ostracism and exile, racism and humiliation, Vincent Crapanzano examines the story of the Harkis, the quarter of a million Algerian auxiliary ……続きを見る

Strange Borderlands, Ben Berman’s first full-length collection, counterpoises insights with uncertainties while chronicling the poet's immersion in a new culture. In compelling metrical, free verse……続きを見る

Boerseun is die hartroerende ware verhaal van ‘n tienjarige plaasseun se traumatiese maar fassinerende ervaringe gedurende die Anglo- Boereoorlog van 1899-1902. Wanneer die Engelse Charles du Preez ……続きを見る

The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and mu……続きを見る

The autobiography of the man whose natural courage was made famous by Oscar-nominated Don Cheadle in the film Hotel Rwanda 'Read this book. It will humble and inspire you' Mark Doyle, Daily Mail 'He……続きを見る

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Los Angeles Times•San Francisco Chronicle•Chicago Tribune• The Christian Science Monitor • Publishers Weekly In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder giv……続きを見る

It is an English historical fiction about South Africa. The novel comprises of detailed description of plights of different neglected races in Africa. Haggard's miscellaneous experience with culture……続きを見る

The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an eq……続きを見る

Unique and detailed first-hand account of Ethiopia in 1896-97 -- at the change of an era -- by a Russian officer with remarkable understanding for the many varied people who lived there and keen ins……続きを見る

Writing more than one hundred years ago, African American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois speculated that the great dilemma of the twentieth century would be the problem of "the color line." Nowhere was the ……続きを見る

Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This book provides a new perspective on this controver……続きを見る

An overview of the involuntary and voluntary immigration of people of African nativity to the United States, with a discussion of the pre- and post-1960 African immigrant experience and useful stati……続きを見る

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. An unforgettable firsthand account of a people's respo……続きを見る