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Africa as a Living Laboratory
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 29.00Tropical Africa was one of the last regions of the world to experience formal European colonialism, a process that coincided with the advent of a range of new scientific specialties and research methods. Africa as a Living Laboratory is a far-reaching study of the thorny relationship between imperialism and the role of scientific expertise—environmental,... more...
The Lost Kingdoms of Africa
Transworld 2012; US$ 20.01For many of us the history of Africa is, at best, vague. We might think of Egyptian pyramids, legendary queens (of Sheba or Cleopatra) and Zulu warriors. The truth, however, is one of remarkably diverse, creative, culturally rich civilisations. In this book, which accompanies an 8-part BBC series, Gus Casely-Hayford takes us on a fascinating journey... more...
Blood on the Stone
Anthem Press 2010; US$ 24.78'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 an entire industry. more...
Biko - Cry Freedom
Henry Holt and Co. 2011; US$ 8.99Subjected to 22 hours of interrogation, torture and beating by South African police on September 6, 1977, Steve Biko died six days later. Donald Woods, Biko's close friend and a leading white South African newspaper editor, exposed the murder helping to ignite the black revolution. more...
Uganda
Westview Press 1999; US$ 37.00Once the ?Pearl of Africa,? during the postcolonial era Uganda became one of the most brutal and violent nations in the region. This broad survey examines the political, economic, and social factors that have shaped Uganda, including historical cleavages along ethnic and religious lines, the impact of British colonial rule, and the emergence of the... more...
The Africans
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 19.95During the four years he spent in black Africa as the bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, David Lamb traveled through almost every country south of the Sahara, logging more than 300,000 miles. He talked to presidents and guerrilla leaders, university professors and witch doctors. He bounced from wars to coups oceans apart, catching midnight flights... more...
Egypt
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 19.95This is a sweeping, colorful, and concise narrative history of Egypt from the beginning of human settlement in the Nile River valley 5000 years ago to the present day. Accessible, authoritative, and richly illustrated, this is an ideal introduction and guide to Egypt's long, brilliant, and complex history for general readers, tourists, and anyone... more...
Season of Blood
Penguin Books Ltd 1996; Not AvailableWhen President Habyarimana?s jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing ? which left up to a million dead. Fergal Keane travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing, and his powerful analysis reveals the terrible truth behind the headlines. ?A tender, angry account ? As well as being a scathing... more...
African Anarchism
See Sharp Press 1997; US$ 8.00African Anarchism covers a wide range of topics, including anarchistic elements in traditional African socieites, African communalism, Africa's economic and political development, the lintering social, political, and economic effects of colonialism, the development of "African socialism, the failure of "African socialism, and a possible means of... more...
A History of Modern Libya
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 23.00An updated edition of Libya's history by one of its leading scholars charts developments up to the revolution in 2011. more...









