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	...But you can't enslave my thinking...: A Novel of African American Intellect Author: Swift, Jaye Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF Description: I am an African American male who has had to deal with the racism and prejudice in this country, so the history that we were deprived of as children is where my expertise lies. There are hundreds of f...	$11.04
	(Re)membering Kenya Vol 1. Identity, Culture and Freedom Author: N/A Publisher: Twaweza Communications Format: Adobe PDF Description: One of the critical questions that Kenyans have continuously asked is what went wrong in January and February 2008 with the 'peace' they had hitherto enjoyed. There have not been readily available ans...	$25.95
	A BLACK PATRIOT: THE REAL AMERICAN Author: HORNE, VICTOR CARTER Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF Description:	$9.61
	A History of Egypt 2ed Author: Al-Sayyid Marsot,Afaf Lutfi Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Egypt occupies a central position in the Arab world. Its borders between sand and sea have existed for millennia and yet, until 1952, the country was ruled by foreigners. Afaf al-Sayyid Marsot explore...	$23.92
	A History of Modern Libya Author: Vandewalle, Dirk Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Libya is coming in from the cold, but for most of the three decades following the 1969 revolution, the country was labelled a pariah state by the West. Dirk Vandewalle, one of only a handful of wester...	$27.04
	A History of Nigeria Author: Falola,Toyin / Heaton,Matthew M. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, ra...	$22.88
	A History of Race in Muslim West Africa, 1600-1960 Author: Hall, Bruce S. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: The mobilization of local ideas about racial difference has been important in generating, and intensifying, civil wars that have occurred since the end of colonial rule in all of the countries that st...	$74.88
	A Predictable Tragedy Author: Compagnon, Daniel Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: An unflinching analysis of how Robert Mugabe, a man once known as an anticolonial freedom fighter, became one of Africa's most hated autocrats, and why so many inside and outside Zimbabwe were long bl...	$41.55
	A Rainbow in the Night: A Rainbow in the Night Author: Lapierre, Dominique Publisher: DaCapo Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: In 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cap...	$20.28
	A Story in Stones: Portugal's Influence on Culture and Architecture in the Highlands of Ethiopia 1493-1634 (Updated & Revised 2nd Edition) Author: Hespeler-Boultbee, J. J. Publisher: CCB Publishing Format: Adobe PDF Description: This newly updated and revised second edition of A Story in Stones explores the relationship between Portugal and Ethiopia during the XVI and XVII centuries from the unique perspective of stonework. ...	$9.70
	Africa in the Time of Cholera Author: Echenberg, Myron Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817, particularly the current impact of cholera on such major countries a...	$22.88
	Africa since 1800 Author: Oliver, Roland / Atmore, Anthony Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: This book begins by looking at the peoples of Africa at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and goes on to study the commercial and ideological penetration of Africa by the outside wo...	$27.04
	Africa¿s Ogun Author: Barnes, Sandra T. Publisher: Indiana University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description:	$16.86
	Africa's Big Five and Other Wildlife Filmmakers. A Centenary of Wildlife Filming in Kenya Author: Hartley, Jean Publisher: Twaweza Communications Format: Adobe PDF Description: Jean Hartley, born in Kenya, is acknowledged as being the first to legitimise 'fixing' for wildlife film crews. Over the last 25 years, she has worked on over a thousand films, the vast majority being...	$25.95
	Africa's Political Wastelands: The Bastardization of Cameroon Author: Doh, Emmanuel Fru Publisher: Langaa RPCIG Format: Adobe PDF Description: Africa's Political Wastelands explores and confirms the fact that because of irresponsible, corrupt, selfish, and unpatriotic kleptocrats parading as leaders, the ultimate breakdown of order has becom...	$25.95
	African Archaeology Author: Phillipson, David W. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Research in Africa is now accepted as an integral part of global archaeological studies. As well as providing archaeologists with the oldest material, Africa is also widely recognised as the birthplac...	$46.80
	African Historical Studies Author: Ayandele, E. A. Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description:	$113.31
	African Material Culture Author: N/A Publisher: Indiana University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description:	$17.53
	African Voices, African Lives: Personal Narratives from a Swahili Village Author: Caplan, Pat Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: By utilising a mixture of styles - narrative and life history, ethnographic observation and the diary kept by Mohammed, a Swahili peasant, this book grapples with issues raised by personal narratives,...	$45.71
	Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom Author: Vansina, Jan Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of RwandaÂ’s recent past, one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early mi...	$16.86
	Becoming Zimbabwe. A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008 Author: N/A Publisher: Weaver Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Becoming Zimbabwe is the first comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Morgan Tsvangirai, ...	$34.27
	Betrayal of Too Trusting a People. The UN, the UK and the Trust Territory of the Southern Cameroons Author: Anyangwe, Carlson Publisher: Langaa RPCIG Format: Adobe PDF Description: There is a growing body of literature on what was originally envisioned as a free political association of the French and British Cameroons and its dramatic effects on the 'British Cameroons' communit...	$31.15
	Birth of a Nation Author: Rose, J. L. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF Description: In order to understand the dynamics of religion (covert politics), it is imperative that one understands the origin, purpose and/or intent of the same. Human behavior when left unchecked, results in a...	$11.04
	Black France Author: Thomas, Dominic Publisher: Indiana University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: A dynamic view of the politics of cultural exchange between Africa and France	$18.89
	Blood on the Stone Author: Smillie, Ian Publisher: Anthem Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: 'Blood on the Stone' is a gripping account of the cartel, warlords, gun runners and shadowy traders who populated Africa’s bloody diamond wars, and the faltering, decade-long effort to clean up ...	$21.23
	Bridging the Divide: The Story of a Boer-British Family Author: Lloyd, Angela Read Publisher: Porcupine Press trading under DGR Writing & R Format: Adobe PDF Description: When Angela Lloyd opened a leather trunk which she had found in her old family home in Johannesburg, she found a jumble of letters, photographs and documents covering a time span of well over a centur...	$7.79
	Challenges to Identifying and Managing Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mauritius, Zanzibar and Seychelles Author: Boswell, Rosabelle Publisher: Codesria Format: Adobe PDF Description: Africa is richly blessed with cultural and natural heritage, key resources for nation building and development. Unfortunately, heritage is not being systematically researched or recognised, denying Af...	$21.79
	Cheche: Reminiscences of a Radical Magazine Author: N/A Publisher: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers Format: Adobe PDF Description: Cheche, a radical, socialist student magazine at the University of Dares Salaam, first came out in 1969. Featuring incisive analyses of key societal issues by prominent progressives, it gained nationa...	$31.15
	Chieftaincy, the State, and Democracy: Political Legitimacy in Post-Apartheid South Africa Author: J., Michael Williams, Publisher: Indiana University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Conflict between traditional leaders and the new political order	$23.43
	Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa Author: N/A Publisher: Pambazuka Format: Adobe PDF Description: The deepening engagement of China in Africa since the end of the cold war has led to debates about the evolving nature of this relationship, yet the focus of analysis has largely been confined to the ...	$17.15
	Closing the Books Author: N/A Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers Format: Adobe PDF Description: Sitting on the terrace of the royal plantation Frederiksgave, his favourite retreat, Governor Edward Carstensen came to see the inevitable: Denmark had to give up her possessions in Africa. As fate wo...	$62.35
	Conversations and Soliloquies: A Window on South Africa Author: Hommel, Maurice Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF Description: In the midst of apartheid in South Africa, journalist Maurice Hommel documented the cruel injustices and tensions running rampant within the country. What he saw forever impacted his life. Conversati...	$4.41
	Critical Theories Of The State: Marxist, Neomarxist, Postmarxist Author: Barrow, Clyde W. Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: " Critical Theories of the State is a clear and accessible survey of radical perspectives on the modern state. By focusing on Marxist theory and its variations, particularly as applied...	$14.32
	Dar es Salaam. Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis Author: N/A Publisher: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers Format: Adobe PDF Description: From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa's most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city s...	$41.55
	Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora Author: Fields-Black, Edda L. Publisher: Indiana University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: A study of the ancient rice-growing cultures of West Africa and their transplantation to Georgia-Carolinas	$21.24
	Desert Named Peace: The Violence of France's Empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902 Author: Brower, Benjamin C Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC Format: Adobe PDF Description: In the mid-nineteenth century, French colonial leaders in Algeria started southward into the Sahara, beginning a fifty-year period of violence. Lying in the shadow of the colonization of northern Alge...	$31.19
	Droughts, Food and Culture. Ecological Change and Food Security in Africa's Later Prehistory Author: Hassan, Fekri A. Publisher: Springer Format: Adobe PDF Description:	$104.98
	Encounters in West Africa Author: Kamali, Hossein Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF Description: A brief West African history, its past civilization and tourist attractions. Transatlantic Slave Trade and Amistad revolt; European colonialism, Chiefdoms, traditional beliefs in sorcery and witchcraf...	$7.79
	Environment, Power, and Injustice Author: Jacobs, Nancy J. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: This book presents the socio-environmental history of black people around Kuruman, on the edge of the Kalahari in South Africa. Considering successive periods - Tswana agropastoral chiefdoms before co...	$27.04
	Facts, Fiction, and African Creative Imaginations Author: Falola, Toyin Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: This volume brings together insights from distinguished scholars from around the world to address the facts, fiction and creative imaginations in the pervasive portrayals of Africa, its people, societ...	$117.52
	First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army Author: Eichstaedt, Peter Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books Format: Adobe PDF Description: Told through the voices of those who have suffered, this illuminating exposÃ© examines how a forgotten region of one of Africa's most promising nations-Uganda, dubbed "the pearl" of Africa by Winston ...	$15.56
	Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa 1880-1995 Author: Manning, Patrick Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: This new edition of Patrick Manning's established text includes two new chapters that discuss developments in the region since 1985, emphasising the democratisation movements of the 1980s and 1990s, t...	$31.20
	From Goatherd to Governor. The Autobiography of Edwin Mtei Author: Mtei, Edwin Publisher: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers Format: Adobe PDF Description: From Goatherd to Governor is Edwin Mtei's autobiography. It is a story of the journey a few Africans of his generation made, from humble beginnings to heights of success and power. Mr. Mtei was the fi...	$31.15
	Frontiersmen Author: Clayton, Anthony Publisher: UCL Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Focusing on warfare in Africa since 1950, the text explores two themes: that in North Africa warfare has been a matter of identity and that south of the Sahara is comparable with that of pre-colonial ...	$32.19
	Frontiersmen: Warfare In Africa Since 1950 Author: Clayton, Anthony Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: Focusing on warfare in Africa since 1950, the text explores two themes: that in North Africa warfare has been a matter of identity and that south of the Sahara is comparable with that of pre-colonial ...	$41.55
	Government Confronts Culture Author: Fuller, Bruce Publisher: Garland Publishing Format: Adobe PDF Description:	$83.20
	Grasp the Shield Firmly the Journey is Hard Author: Zedekia Oloo, Siso Publisher: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers Format: Adobe PDF Description: This book is a compilation of oral histories about the movement of Luo and some Bantu-speaking peoples. It includes histories of many clans or ethnic groups, and how drought, warfare, disease, and com...	$41.55
	Griots at War Author: Hoffman, Barbara G. Publisher: Indiana University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: In 1985, while she was an apprentice griot, or jelimuso, Barbara G. Hoffman saw and recorded a remarkable event in the small town of Kita, Mali. For four days, thousands of griots from all parts of th...	$27.00
	Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe Author: Kriger, Norma J. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Zimbabwe's guerrilla veterans have burst into the international media as the storm troopers in Mugabe's new war of economic liberation. In this book, Norma Kriger gives the unfolding contemporary dram...	$38.48
	Historical Dictionary of Angola Author: James, W. Martin Publisher: Scarecrow Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Dominated and exploited by Portugal for almost five centuries, Angola achieved independence in 1975 after a bitter struggle to eject the Portuguese. But that was not the end of it. This was followed b...	$74.09