Africa category: 4903 books
Student Comrade Prisoner Spy
A memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
When Bridget Hilton-Barber got on a train to Grahamstown in 1982 to study journalism at Rhodes University, she had no idea of the brutal drama that would unfold. A rebellious young woman, she became politically involved in anti-apartheid organisations and was caught up in the massive resistance and...
Soweto Inside Out
Stories about Africa's famous Township
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
This is a book about Soweto from inside and out. It is an effort to mark a century since the first forced removals of black Africans from central Johannesburg to the banks of the Klipspruit River. It is also in recognition of the limited books available on a world-famous city. A wide variety of writers...
by Ron McGregor
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2015
Ron McGregor is a South African tour-guide and writer. This book - now in it's 3rd edition - was written in response to popular demand for a book about South Africa that isn't too weighty or academic. Until recently, there was no such single book, so Ron sat down and wrote it. And, because...
by Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. It is the most populous country in Africa and the eighth most populous country in the world. The capital city is Abuja and the three largest and most influential ethnic groups are the Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba.
by Jahlani Niaah, Erin MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
This book offers some of the most significant unpublished work from pioneering scholars of Rastafari as they examine the history, development and future of Rastafari scholarship. It is an exciting and wide-ranging text that provides insights on the last fifty years of investigations into Rastafari.
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
An African Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2002
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable mother.
“This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over.”—Newsweek
“By...
Mandela
The Life of Nelson Mandela
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
A wonderful, fully-illustrated celebration of the life of one of the most inspiring and respected leaders of our time.
This book pays tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela with a unique collection of photographs from throughout his life. Mandela has become a household name, respected by everyone...
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2008
In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman journeys along a slave route in Ghana, following the trail of captives from the hinterland to the Atlantic coast. She retraces the history of the Atlantic slave trade from the fifteenth to the twentieth century and reckons with the blank slate of her own genealogy.
There...
Kingdom Under Glass
A Tale of Obsession, Adventure, and One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Great Animals
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
A sweeping historical narrative of the life of Carl Akeley, the famed explorer and taxidermist who changed the way Americans viewed the conservation of the natural world
During the golden age of safaris in the early twentieth century, one man set out to preserve Africa's great beasts. In this...
My Nigeria
Five Decades of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
His nineteenth-century cousin, paddled ashore by slaves, twisted the arms of tribal chiefs to sign away their territorial rights in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Sixty years later, his grandfather helped craft Nigeria's constitution and negotiate its independence, the first of its kind in Africa. Four...
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Flying South Africa's Border War
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
This book captures the experience of the South African Air Force helicopter pilot as never before; from 'rookie' to seasoned combat aviator in one of history's most intense counterinsurgency conflicts - the South African Border War.
Nick Lithgow's work relates the grueling endurance of SADF...
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The present volume is quite different from the other two autobiographies by Du Bois not only because of its additional two-decade span, and the significantly altered outlook of its author, but also because in it—unlike the others—he seeks, as he writes, "to review my life as frankly and fully...
Understanding the City through its Margins
Pluridisciplinary Perspectives from Case Studies in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Cities the world over and in particular developing countries suffer from uneven development and inequality. This is often coupled with the view that these inequalities constitute unfortunate anomalies. In contrast, this edited volume draws out the ways in which the city has not been able to exist...
Shadows in an African Twilight
Game Ranger Soldier - Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Game Ranger, Special Force Soldier, Professional Hunter and Personal Security Officer - Shadows in an African Twilight is a collection of fascinating stories about a life of adventure spread across nearly four decades in Africa and culminating in Iraq.Many of the stories are not for the squeamish and...