The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo
by Charles Pearson
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Henry Morton Stanley undertook the greatest African expedition of the 19th century to rescue Emin Pasha, last lieutenant of the martyred General Gordon and governor of the southern Sudan. Instead of ten months, the trip took three years and cost the...
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The Battlefield: Algeria, 1988-2002: Studies in a Broken Polity
by Hugh Roberts
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-388) and index....
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In Our Village: Kambi YA Simba Through the Eyes of Its Youth
by Students At Awet Sec
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The Tanzanian village of Kambi ya Simba, near the famed Serengeti, couldn't be poorer. In this extraordinary book, village youth capture the richness of life there in photographs and essays....
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Women Writing Africa: The Eastern Region (Women Writing Africa)
by Amandina Lihamba
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This project is "essential . . . a rich resource for scholars and general readers alike" (Library Journal).
The Eastern Region contains over 130 texts from 29 languages in five countries-Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia-from the mid-1800s to...
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I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
by Michela Wrong
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Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia, its giant neighbor, is woven into the national...
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My Battle of Algiers: A Memoir
by Ted Morgan
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An eminent historian and Pulitzer Prize winner describes his experience as a young officer in the savage Algerian War. The author, a Yale graduate who grew up in France and America, was drafted into the French Army and served in Algeria from 1956-57....
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Family Identity & the State in the Bamako Kafu, c. 1800-c.1900
by B Marie Perinbam
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This groundbreaking book explores the history and the cultural context of family claims to power in the Bamako kafu, or state (located in contemporary Mali in West Africa), primarily during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Perinbam argues that...
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All the Pasha's Men: Mehmed Ali, His Army and the Making of Modern Egypt
by Khaled Fahmy
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Offers a new interpretation of Mehmed Ali??'s role in the rise of Egyptian...
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Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists
by Raymond Willi Baker
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For the last several decades an influential group of Egyptian scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect in the Islamic world. Raymond Baker offers a compelling portrait of these New Islamists--Islamic scholars, lawyers, judges...
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Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana
by Carola Lentz
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Drawing on two decades of research, this social and political history of North-Western Ghana explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by Africans and Europeans. It shows how ethnicity's power ultimately derives from...
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Scramble for Africa
by Thomas Pakenham
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The scramble for Africa astonished everyone. In 1880 most of the continent was still ruled by Africans and barely explored. By 1902, five European powers had grabbed almost the whole continent, giving themselves 30 new colonies and protectorates. This is...
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Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa
by Patraigh Omalley
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The inside story of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement is told through the experiences of one of its unsung heroes: freedom fighter Mac Maharaj....
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Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey
by Fergal Keane
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An award-winning journalist goes beyond the headlines to reveal the real story of Rwanda's devastating genocide. Fergal Keane recounts how ordinary people were caught in a nightmare of manipulation and massacre an encounter with unimaginable evil...
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Mandela: The Authorized Portrait
by Kate Parkin
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Named one of "Time" magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, Nelson Mandela has dedicated his life to fighting racism, segregation, oppression, and exploitation. Drawing on 60 original interviews, this authorized biography includes an...
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Nelson Mandela
by Christina Scott
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Millions of people owe their liberty to Nelson Mandela's dedication and refusal to be silenced. This spectacular biography celebrates his life with beautiful photographs and well-informed writing by the award-winning South African journalist Christina...
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Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
by John Ghazvinian
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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 technology making reserves easier to tap, the...
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Power Lines: Two Years on South Africa's Borders
by Jason Carter
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A land of tension and segregation, relatively unchanged since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison nearly a decade ago, South Africa is a country fraught with deep racial divides. While white citizens enjoy lifestyles similar to Westerners, black...
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The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand
by Fergus Fleming
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-335) and index....
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Binding Cultures: Black Women Writers in Africa and the Diaspora
by Gay Wilentz
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This study examines the cultural bonds between African and African-American women as illustrated in the writings of contemporary authors of the United States and West Africa....
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White Power & the Rise and Fall of the National Party
by Van Der Westhuizen
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In 2006, almost a hundred years after the founding of the National Party, the unthinkable happened: the once mighty party of apartheid collapsed into the African National Congress, its sworn enemy for almost a century. While a string of blunders saw...
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