Africa category: 4903 books
Oral History, Community, and Displacement
Imagining Memories in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community case studies, it traces the human impact of this disruptive, often violent feature of apartheid's social engineering.
The Adventures of Joy
Book one, #1
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
A turkey. A gift. A stone. Seemingly innocent? Not when you are me! My name is Joy. Mum and Dad believe I am adventurous; I think I just like checking out things. My friends say I am playful, and I completely agree with them. After all, a child's life should be full of fun! Don't you think so? Some...
Zama 202 BC
Scipio crushes Hannibal in North Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
The battle of Zama, fought across North Africa around 202 BC, was the final large-scale clash of arms between the world's two greatest western powers of the time – Carthage and Rome. The engagement ended the Second Punic War, waged from 218 until 201 BC. The armies were led by two of the most famous...
Rommel's Afrika Korps
Tobruk to El Alamein
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
In 1940 a British offensive in the Western Desert provoked a major Italian military disaster. By early February 1941 the whole of Cyrenaica had been lost, and German help became necessary to avoid the loss of all of Libya. On 14 February 1941 the first echelons of German troops hurriedly arrived at...
by Ian Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
The Deutsche Afrika Korps (best known as simply Afrika Korps) built up a well-deserved reputation as a superb fighting machine. While this was founded on the leadership and tactical genius of its legendary commander Erwin Rommel and the fighting skills of its officers and men, another vital element...
Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume I
The Pre-Colonial and Colonial Eras
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
This book examines the historical and current state of health and the health of the African people, including the Arab North, impacted by such factors as geography and natural elements, cultural and colonial traditions, and competing biomedical and traditional systems. It also looks at technological...
Finding Voice
A Visual Arts Approach to Engaging Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
In Finding Voice, Kim Berman demonstrates how she was able to use visual arts training in disenfranchised communities as a tool for political and social transformation in South Africa. Using her own fieldwork as a case study, Berman shows how hands-on work in the arts with learners of all ages and...
Flight Plan Africa
Portuguese Airpower in Counterinsurgency, 1961-1974
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment. As it proceeded to develop a competence in modern multiengine and jet fighter aircraft...
The Nature of the Path
Reading a West African Road
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
The Nature of the Path reveals how a single road has shaped the collective identity of a community that has existed on the margins of larger societies for centuries. Marcus Filippello shows how a road running through the Lama Valley in Southeastern Benin has become a mnemonic device that has allowed...
The Outcast Majority
War, Development, and Youth in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
The Outcast Majority invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, and others to think about three commanding contemporary issues—war, development, and youth—in new ways. The starting point is the following irony: while African youth are demographically dominant, most see themselves...
The Wind of Change
The Wind of Change is the Wind of Chance
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
“She was killing herself slowly, and this obsession with the war had to stop.” How can one man cope when his true love is a woman of great destiny? “The people are her purpose and she is my purpose.” The Wind of Change follows the intersecting fates of Francois and Zola as they struggle with...
by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Victorious in its previous campaigns in Africa against native armies, Britain now confronted an altogether different foe. The Boers proved to be formidable opponents, masterfully compensating for inferior numbers with grim determination, resourcefulness and strong religious faith. Their mobility,...
The Desert Rats
The 7th Armoured Division in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2002
• The exploits of the Desert Rats
• Based on official records and personal accounts
• Traces the division's progress in North Africa, Italy, Normandy and Germany
This classic and inspiring account of the progress of the 7th Armoured Division from the sands of North Africa to the cold...
by Timothy Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. Images of endless golden dunes, camel caravans, isolated desert oases, and rivers lined with palm trees have often framed written and visual representations of the region. Embedded in these portrayals is the common...