Africa category: 4903 books
Africa in World Affairs
Politics of Imperialism, the Cold War and Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019
Africa finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century. To truly determine its rising influence and role in world affairs would mean unravelling the politics of imperialism, the Cold War and globalisation.
Going beyond Euro-American perspectives, this book presents...
Footprints in the African Sand
My Life and Times
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
As the nations of Africa shook off the shackles of colonialism and embraced their newfound independence in the 1960s, a singular figure burst into prominence in the tumultuous and expectant atmosphere gripping the continent. A son of apartheid South Africa, Michael Cassidy appeared an unlikely candidate...
by Angelo Del Boca
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 11, 2015
La nostra Africa non è il titolo di un libro nostalgico dei «bei tempi delle colonie» e quel possessivo «nostra» non va inteso nel senso in cui gli italiani del fascismo interpretavano il «Mare nostrum». Se infatti c’è uno storico che più di ogni altro ha avuto il coraggio di dire tristi...
A Hitch-Biker's Guide Through Africa
Cairo to Cape Town on a Folding Bike
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
After a sailing trip from South Africa to Belgium in 2007, Jo Charnock, and her partner Jan Wouters found themselves stranded in Europe with winter approaching fast. Instead of taking the easy option of flying straight home, they decided to travel overland from Cairo to Cape Town. With their mode...
How Long Will South Africa Survive?
The Looming Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2015
In 1977, Johnson's best selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of apartheid. Now, after more than two decades of the ANC in government, he believes the question must be posed again. "The big question about ANC...
by Georg McCall Theal
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk Tales
by Georg McCall Theal
"[A collection of folklore from the Kaffir people of South Africa.]
By the 15th century, the word kafir/kuffir was used by Muslims in Africa to refer to the non-Muslim African natives. (Kafir translated means infidel / disbeliever.)...
What's Gone Wrong?
South Africa on the Brink of Failed Statehood
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
This is the book that Alex Boraine never wanted to write. As a native South African and a witness to the worst years of apartheid, he has known many of the leaders of the African National Congress in exile. He shared the jubilation of millions of South Africans when the ANC won the first democratic...
France in Centrafrique
From Bokassa and Operation Barracude to the Days of EUFOR
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
France in Centrafrique explores the pre- and post-colonial history of the Republic of Central Africa as well as giving the reader a taste of the country's involvement in WWII itself. The main focus of this volume is on Central Africa's independence and the rise to power of Jean Bedel Bokassa including...
by M. E. Chamberlain
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia – was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the ‘scramble’ or ‘race’ for Africa, the period of around 20 years during which European powers carved...
The Gates of Africa
Death, Discovery, and the Search for Timbuktu
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
London, 1788: a group of British gentlemen---geographers, scholars, politicians, humanitarians, and traders---decide it is time to solve the mysteries of Africa's unknown interior regions. Inspired by the Enlightenment quest for knowledge, they consider it a slur on the age that the interior of Africa...
The Leadership Traits and Footsteps of Nelson Mandela
How Nelson Mandela Restored a Nation to Its Rightful Owners
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
This book chronicles the life of Nelson Mandela from his early childhood, his lifetime struggle, his twenty-seven years in prison on Robbens Island, including his being elected as the first black president of South Africa to his death in December 2013. The book also provides a brief history of the...
A Legacy of Liberation
Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
A gripping social history of South Africa's past and future and beautifully narrated by one of Africa's most esteemed journalists, From Struggle to Liberation sheds light on the future of the nation under a new regime. With unprecedented access to Thabo Mbeki and the top brass in the African National...
Peacekeeping in Africa
The evolving security architecture
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of peacekeeping in Africa.
Recent events in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mali remind us that violence remains endemic and continues to hamper the institutional, social and economic development of the African continent. Over the years,...
Africa's World Cup
Critical Reflections on Play, Patriotism, Spectatorship, and Space
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Africa’s World Cup: Critical Reflections on Play, Patriotism, Spectatorship, and Spacefocuses on a remarkable month in the modern history of Africa and in the global history of football. Peter Alegi and Chris Bolsmann are well-known experts on South African football, and they have assembled an impressive...