13,265円 In his study of the origins of political reflection in twentieth-century African fiction, Donald Wehrs examines a neglected but important body of African texts written in colonial (English and French) and indigenous (Hausa and Yoruba) languages. He explores pioneering narrative representations of...

1,594円 The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl 'A significant and timely book … Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story' Frances Wilson, Literary Review ***'***Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story, Holmes's fascinating book illuminates the forc...

6,210円 Kenneth Kaunda, the United States and Southern Africa carefully examines US policy towards the southern African region between 1974, when Portugal granted independence to its colonies of Angola and Mozambique, and 1984, the last full year of the Reagan administration's Constructive Engagement app...

13,265円 Black Theology, Slavery and Contemporary Christianity explores the legacy of slavery in Black theological terms. Challenging the dominant approaches to the history and legacy of slavery in the British Empire, the contributors show that although the 1807 act abolished the slave trade, it did not e...

10,280円 Bridging the Early Modern Atlantic World brings together ten original essays by an international group of scholars exploring the complex outcomes of the intermingling of people, circulation of goods, exchange of information, and exposure to new ideas that are the hallmark of the early modern Atla...

150円 This carefully crafted ebook: "Queen Sheba's Ring (Adventure Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Queen Sheba's Ring is an adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard set in central Africa. The treasure hunt tale about the discovery of a ring given to ...

1,500円 Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Algiers in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Algiers. The Battle of Algiers was a painful episode in the Algerian War, in which Algeria fough...

2,519円 In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. His narrative is laced with the ex...

4,245円 During a turbulent colonial and postcolonial century, African women struggled to control their own marital, sexual and economic lives and to gain a significant voice in local and national politics. This book introduces many remarkable women, who organized religious and political movements, fought...

850円 Afrika ist die Urheimat aller heute lebenden Menschen. Trotzdem gilt Afrika immer noch als ein Erdteil ohne Geschichte – und heute als eine politisch und wirtschaftlich hoffnungslose Weltgegend. Das Buch zeichnet die Geschichte Afrikas über fünf Jahrtausende: vom alten Ägypten bis in die Gegenwar...

12,269円 This is the first comprehensive book-length study of gender politics in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's fiction. Brendon Nicholls argues that mechanisms of gender subordination are strategically crucial to Ngugi's ideological project from his first novel to his most recent one. Nicholls describes the histori...

4,932円 In the 1940s, British shipping companies began the large-scale recruitment of African seamen in Lagos. On colonial ships, Nigerian sailors performed menial tasks for low wages and endured discrimination as cheap labor, while countering hardships by nurturing social connections across the black di...