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In this authoritative piece, Professor Kaluya castigates fellow Africans, especially the leaders and intellectuals of the African continent to understand how significant BACKWARDNESS has remained a major aspect in holding the continent in the dark. He traces the level of African backwardness from...

Marthas desire in life has been to see the world. This book is about her travels to mainly two interesting countries Turkey and Southern Africa. She tells about staying in hostels, her experiences, the people she met and the unusual places she saw. If you like reading about adventures youll enjoy this book. She has written three other travel books.

The African Safari Journal and Field Guide is the perfect book to take on safari because it is a wildlife guide, trip organizer, phrase book, safari diary, map directory and wildlife checklist, all in one! And because many on safari have strict baggage limits, this SEVEN-BOOKS-IN-ONE journal becomes...

Over the course of the last 1400 years, Islam has grown from a small band of followers on the Arabian peninsula into a global religion of over a billion believers. How did this happen? The usual answer is that Islam spread by the sword-believers waged jihad against rival tribes and kingdoms and forced...

Mungo Park (11 September 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of the African continent. He was credited as being the first Westerner to encounter the Niger River. Mungo Park was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland at Foulshiels on the Yarrow Water, near Selkirk, on a tenant farm which his father...

Elibron Classics. Replica of 1861 edition by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This edition comes with an oversize map available as a free download. John Petherick (1813 – 1882), Welsh traveller in East and Central Africa. The book narrates his impressions and discoveries during sixteen years of traveling in the region.

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An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist Ruth First's isolation and abuse at the hands...

After centuries of white domination and decades of increasingly savage repression, freedom came to South Africa far later than elsewhere in the continent _ and yet was marked by a commitment to non-racialism. Nelson Mandela?s Cabinet and government were made up of women and men of all races, and many...

Almost half a century has passed since the Nigerian Civil War ended. But memories die hard, because a million or more people perished in that internecine struggle, the majority women and children, who were starved to death. Biafra’s war was modern Africa’s first extended conflict. It lasted...

This is a brief narrative which describes the slave trade that flourished in central Africa during the 1880's.

This vintage book contains a fascinating a historical article on the life and expeditions of the famous explorer of Africa - David Livingstone. With a wealth of fascinating biographical information and accurate accounts of some of his most memorable excursions, this volume constitutes a must-read...

A conventional English girl arrived in South Africa, to help a friend run horseback safaris on a game reserve in the Northern Transvaal. It was 1992. There were yellow road signs declaring "Dit is die Volkstaat". Sophie had heard of "biltong" but knew nothing of Afrikaans culture. She was aware of...

Mortars explode close to the house where 118 of us seek refuge. Crouching under a table with my boss, I wonder about returning to our village, our jobs, and to $2,500 buried in our chicken coop. My husband Bruce shields forbidden communication radios with his body. Our eyes lock, silently asking,...