Africa category: 4903 books
Freedom's Debtors
British Antislavery in Sierra Leone in the Age of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
A history of the abolition of the British slave trade in Sierra Leone and how the British used its success to justify colonialism in Africa
British anti-slavery, widely seen as a great sacrifice of economic and political capital on the altar of humanitarianism, was in fact profitable, militarily...
by Anton Swanepoel
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Discover South Africa's History, From The Dawn Of Humanity To The Present Day
Sitting on Salvokop Hill with panoramic views, Freedom park traces the story of South Africa's liberation and honors those who played an important role. The site opened to the public in 2007 and encompasses a series...
by Anton Swanepoel
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Johannesburg: 20 Amazing Must See Attractions
Do you want to know the best Johannesburg has to offer? Would you like to overlook Johannesburg from 50 stories or discover amazing nature reserves? Would you like to see Mr. Mandela and Mr. Desmond Tutu's house, or shop till you drop in the Mall...
Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa
From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared to author Robin Philpot that “the Rwandan Genocide was 100 percent American responsiblity.” Yet a more official narrative would have it that horrible Hutu génocidaires planned and executed a satanic scheme to eliminate nearly one million...
by Tunde Adeleke
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Postcolonial discourses on African Diaspora history and relations have traditionally focused intensely on highlighting the common experiences and links between black Africans and African Americans. This is especially true of Afrocentric scholars and supporters who use Africa to construct and validate...
Big Five Small Budget
Penny pinchers guide to wildlife photography in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Africa serves up the ultimate in wildlife photography adventures. Majestic black-maned lions, leopards slinking across tree branches, cheetahs on the hunt, rhinos resembling armour-plated tanks, towering giraffes, great herds of elephants, dazzling birds looking as if they have been dipped in paint....
by Philip Briggs
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Now into its seventh edition and written by Philip Briggs, the world's leading writer of guidebooks to Africa, Bradt's Rwanda has been the go-to guide for visitors to this historical and resurgent 'Land of a Thousand Hills' for nearly two decades, and it continues to be in a class of its own when...
South Africa - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
South Africa has been described as "A World in One Country" and a "Rainbow Nation." Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of the Highveld plateau, and the subtropical bush of the Lowveld. Its ethnic makeup...
The Ghosts of Happy Valley
Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Happy Valley was the name given to the Wanjohi Valley in the Kenya Highlands, where a small community of affluent, hedonistic white expatriates settled between the wars. While Kenya's early colonial days have been immortalised by farming pioneers like Lord Delamere and Karen Blixen, and the pioneering...
History, Culture and Tourism of Senegal
The entire history of Senegal, Cultural and Tourism, Goree Island, of Slave trade and more..
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Senegal is an African country situated in Western part of Africa, the whole history and culture of Senegal is our focus in this book, religion and tradition, discover more about Senegal and her entire role during slave trade, it is says to be a pillar in Africa due to her being the last door away...
by Johannes Huhmann
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2005
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 71 von 80, University of Manchester (Department of History), course: Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Africa, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The aim of this essay is to discuss in how far the impact...
by Peter Clements
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2016 (AS), Summer 2017 (A-level)
Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study examines the threat Boko Haram poses to Nigeria and its neighbors in West Africa, and determines the extent to which ensuing regional instability may or may not threaten United...
by Arrigo Pallotti, Corrado Tornimbeni
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Each country in southern Africa has a unique history but in all of them socio-economic inequalities and high poverty levels weaken the governments’ legitimacy and represent a challenge to models of economic development. One key issue appears to be the solution of the land question. This vital concern...