2,784円 In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things Fell Apart, Robert H. Bates advances an exploration of state failure in Africa. In so doing, he not only plumbs the depths of ...

1,500円 Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le génocide au Rwanda en moins d’une heure ! Quelques heures après l’assassinat du président rwandais Habyarimana, les milices hutues descendent dans la rue à la recherche des opposants au Gouvernement en vue de les abattre. Si l’on pourrait croire qu...

10,280円 This book examines peacekeeping in Africa, exploring how the various actors are forming an African security regime complex. The changing dynamics of peacekeeping in today’s world have encouraged a more cooperative approach between international and regional actors. At the centre of this book is t...

14,927円 Blessed with natural beauty and rich vegetation, Rwanda is often called the “land of a thousand hills” (le pays des mille collines), a reference to its many lush and green rolling hills. Moreover, for many Rwandans, at least in the past, Rwanda, in spite of its small size, is vast; in fact, it me...

10,280円 During the decolonization wars in East and Southern Africa, tracking became increasingly valuable as a military tactic. Drawing on archival research and interviews, Stapleton presents a comparative study of the role of tracking in insurgency and counter-insurgency across Kenya, Zimbabwe and Namib...

1,657円 ". . . gracefully written" - The New York Times. Award-winning historian Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of the people of ancient Egypt - from peasants and pharaohs to soldiers and scribes and artists and priests - and what life was like beyond the splendors and treasures that remain with u...

6,590円 WINNER OF THE 2017 MARTIN A. KLEIN PRIZE In his in-depth and compelling study of perhaps the most famous of Portuguese colonial massacres, Mustafah Dhadaexplores why the massacre took place, what Wiriyamu was like prior to the massacre, how events unfolded, how we came to know about it and what t...

2,490円 Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn’t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between...

118円 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text d...

166円 A good description of the fashions in vogue along the African Coast during the mid nineteenth century. Written for an American audience in 1868. Illustrated

4,932円 The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozamxadbique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure. This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context, charting in detail the transformations of this masq...

2,420円 Un futur géant du XXIe siècle... Le continent origine de l'humanité est bien mal connu. Quelques échos de ses tragédies historiques ou actuelles résonnent : traites des esclaves, botte coloniale, guerres et famines. Mais la réalité est bien plus fascinante. Cet espace gigantesque, trop souvent as...