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Darkest Europe and Africa's Nightmare
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 34.95Probing the human causes of Africa s continuing travails, a London-educated Kenyan princess examines official policies that do more harm than good, while poking fun at Western hypocrisy and greed, and African vanity and passivity, as well. If the United States is based on the principle that all men are created equal, why, the author asks, does the... more...
How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa
Indiana University Press 2010; US$ 23.75Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olúfémi TáÃwò claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired... more...
Top 10 Cairo and the Nile
Dorling Kindersley 2011; US$ 14.00DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo & The Nile travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions Cairo & The Nile have to offer. Whether you're looking for must-see Egyptian museums, or want to find the best attractions in Cairo for all the family; this travel guide is packed with essential information for every corner of this fascinating... more...
Something Torn and New
Basic Books 2009; US$ 25.00"One of Africa's greatest writers? ( San Francisco Chronicle ) makes an impassioned plea for the resurrection of African language?and African culture itself more...
Civilization or Barbarism
Chicago Review Press 1991; US$ 15.99Challenging societal beliefs, this volume rethinks African and world history from an Afrocentric perspective. more...
Orphan of the Cold War
Palgrave Macmillan 1996; US$ 76.00This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence following the democratization of Portugal in 1975. After independence,... more...
Uncovering African Agency
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95In this thought provoking and original work Lucy Corkin demonstrates how Angola has been amongst the most successful of African nations to use China's involvement in the region to grow their economies and solicit renewed interest from previously disengaged foreign powers, bolstering their political capital. Uncovering African Agency casts a fascinating... more...
Ancient Perspectives on Egypt
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 50.00The discipline of Egyptology has been criticised for being too insular,with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa has rarely been considered jointly by Egyptologists and Africanists. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected;... more...
Cuban Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 44.95A new examination of why Cuba, a Caribbean country, sent half a million of its citizens to fight in Angola in Africa, and how a short-term intervention escalated into a lengthy war of intervention. It clearly details how in January 1965 Cuba formed an alliance with the Angolan MPLA which evolved into the flagship of its global 'internationalist'... more...
Reassessing Suez 1956
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 124.95Although much has been written on the nationalization of the Suez Canal, and the subsequent military action, this study provides fresh perspectives by reflecting the latest research from leading international authorities on the crisis. Drawing on recently released documents, including previously neglected aspects of Suez, and by reassessing its more... more...









