Africa category: 4903 books
Mining the Future
The Bafokeng Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
A portrait of visionary leadership, this study of the Bafokeng people describes how they acquired their land and protected their customs during 150 years of political upheaval in South Africa. In addition, the book provides a look at the current state of affairs in Royal Bafokeng Nation: the community...
Rethinking African Politics
A History of Opposition in Zambia
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
In 1964 Kenneth Kaunda and his United National Independence Party (UNIP) government established the nation of Zambia in the former British colony of Northern Rhodesia. In parallel with many other newly independent countries in Africa this process of decolonisation created a wave of optimism regarding...
Dreams for Lesotho
Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
In Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development, John Aerni-Flessner studies the post-independence emergence of Lesotho as an example of the uneven ways in which people experienced development at the end of colonialism in Africa. The book posits that development became the...
Contemporary Africa
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism.
by Lewis Boyce
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Rwanda Political History, and Crises. Rwanda Genocide. Rwanda Economy, Rwanda government A History Book on Rwanda More than 20 years after the genocide, Rwanda has become one of the most repressive countries in Africa, continuing its antidemocratic trajectory as the government works to close civic...
Turfloop a Conscious Pariah
How University of the North Brought in the Age of Barack Obama Beyond Our Wildest Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2010
This book provides reflections on the butterfly effect on how Turfloop brought in the Age of Barack Obama. What is the Age of Barack Obama?
To paraphrase Dr Ineke Van Kessel, a prominent historian at the Leiden University in the Netherlands:
The University of the North also known as...
Indentured
Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
“Why Zuma?” asked Atul Gupta. “We have close relations with everyone in the ANC. If Zuma is ever ousted, I can tell you for sure that the next one in line from the ANC would be close to us as well. We are ‘Banias', and we know how to keep our business interests protected,” Gupta added.A...
by Sean Connolly
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Like the whole of West Africa in microcosm, Senegal boasts a variety of landscapes and cultures that belie its compact size. Northern desert wilds give way to the rain-soaked Casamance, fringed by hundreds of kilometres of pristine beaches and the fantastically frenetic capital city, Dakar, surrounded...
Zambia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
More than an overview of the colorful sights and sounds, these easy-to-follow chapters paint a vivid picture of the psyche of a people who have been shaped by their geography and history, and who are notable for their warmth, outgoing nature, and zest for life. In this large, landlocked country named...
The Struggle over State Power in Zimbabwe
Law and Politics since 1950
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
The establishment of legal institutions was a key part of the process of state construction in Africa, and these institutions have played a crucial role in the projection of state authority across space. This is especially the case in colonial and postcolonial Zimbabwe. George Karekwaivanane offers...
Travel the World and Explore for Less than $50 a Day, the Essential Guide:
Your Budget Backpack Global Adventure, from Two Weeks to a Gap Year, Solo or with Friends
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Travel the World and Explore is the essential guide to traveling the world and exploring new destinations for less than $50 a day (GBP £36, Euro €43, AUD $69, NZD $72 or CAD $65). For the solo backpacker or with friends this up-to-date practical guide will save you time and money with ideas, and...
Squirting Milk at Chameleons
An Accidental African
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The tale of an Englishman making a life for himself in Senegal
Khady pulled out a breast and with a deadly aim fired milk at the chameleon. "If I don't offer it milk, our son will grow up to look like a lizard," she explained. Clearly I had a lot to learn about life in Africa.
On...
Rethinking the Rise and Fall of Apartheid
South Africa and World Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
Providing a much-needed antidote to recent revisionist attempts to 'rehabilitate' apartheid, this major new text by a leading authority offers a considered and substantive reassessment of the nature, endurance and significance of apartheid in South Africa as well as the reasons for its dramatic collapse....
Sir, I am too young to die!
Adventures of a Magistrate
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
This is the true story of David McCaughan’s exciting and amusing adventures as a young magistrate in Rhodesia between 1967 and 1978. He gives an insight to the training for and life on the judicial bench. His story illuminates the struggle to administer justice and apply and enforce the law equally...