Africa category: 4903 books

Having lived for two years in West Africa and two years in Mainland China, this book is my honest assessment of various situations in my life and travels which were happy, sad, angry, confusing, enlightening, spiritual, awesome, amazing and educational, that I encountered while traveling throughout various...

South Africa’s future is increasingly tied up with that of India. While trade and investment between the two countries is intensifying, they share long-standing historical ties and have much in common: apart from cricket, colonialism and Gandhi, both countries are important players in the global...

Three friends confronting middle-age set out to explore the world and the great sweep of people who inhabit it. A 4WD journey across the Sahara to Africa - sights & adventures from one of the world’s most colourful overland routes.For travellers, 4WD enthusiasts, and armchair adventurers.Greyscale....

On this day in 1871, journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous search through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David Livingstone. In the late 19th century, Europeans and Americans were deeply fascinated by the “Dark Continent” of Africa and its many mysteries.  This...

The incredible journey started without any planning whatsoever. One dreary, cold, wet English evening we were really fed up with the typical English winters. We took out a map of the world, opened it on the table, then my husband closed his eyes and stuck a pin randomly in the map. This was where we...

Travelling with a baby or young child can be a daunting prospect, especially if you are doing it for the first time since becoming a parent or you are doing it alone, not to mention the fear of going to a 3rd world country at the tip of Africa. This book tells you all you need to know from before...

The overriding theme of this work is that women’s struggles, human rights, myths, and literary expression are indispensable to an understanding of the modern culture and socio-political development of the Middle East region. The work demonstrates that no aspect of Middle Eastern history and modern...

Much has been made about South Africa?s transition from histories of colonialism, slavery and apartheid. ?Memory? features prominently in the country?s reckoning with its pasts. While there has been an outpouring of academic essays, anthologies and other full-length texts which study this transition,...

Per alcuni di noi l’Africa è un focolaio di guerre e malattie, per altri un mito da evocare con struggente nostalgia, per altri ancora la sede di “resort” dove atterrare quasi direttamente e da cui uscire solo quando la vacanza è finita. Ma l’Africa è molto più di questo, e forse la “vera”...

A fascinating piece of first-person reporting from the British statesman’s early years as a war correspondent in South Africa. As a young, ambitious soldier, Winston S. Churchill managed to get himself posted to the 21st Lancers in 1899 as a war correspondent for the Morning Post—and joined...

**“In Good Morning, Mr. Mandela, Zelda la Grange recounts her remarkable life at the right hand of the man we both knew and loved. It's a tribute to both of them—to Madiba's eye for talent and his capacity for trust and to Zelda's courage to take on a great challenge and her capacity for growth....

Globally media is in a state of flux with digital technologies disrupting traditional ways of doing business, current ownership patterns being challenged, and questions being raised about the degree of diversity within media industries.Media Landscape 2014: Celebrating 20 Years of South Africa’s...

He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around the world, a beacon of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of opposition. Now, acclaimed poet Maya Angelou honors the life and remarkable soul of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and Nobel...

Most children love to look at pictures, so using picture books is a fantastic way to get them excited about learning. Making your children aware of other parts of the world than their own is also important for their development as a person, so a picture book on the Nations of Africa would be an especially...