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Central Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Lusophone Africaby Fernando Arenas

    University of Minnesota Press 2010; US$ 75.00

    Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence is a study of the contemporary cultural production of Portuguese-speaking Africa and its critical engagement with globalization in the aftermath of colonialism, especially since the advent of multiparty politics and market-oriented economies. Exploring the evolving relationship of Lusophone Africa with Portugal,... more...

  • Die Entdeckungsreisen in Nord- und Mittelafrika von Richardson, Overweg, Barth und Vogelby Karl Arenz

    Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 9.82

    Hauptbeschreibung Bereits 1845 reiste der Engländer James Richardson nach Nordafrika, da er den dort betriebenen Sklavenhandel erforschen und durch einen Handel mit europäischen und einheimischen Waren ersetzen wollte. Nach seiner Rückkehr beschloss er, erneut den afrikanischen Kontinent zu besuchen, um mögliche Handelsbeziehungen auszubauen und... more...

  • Understanding Obstacles to Peaceby Mwesiga Baregu

    International Development Research Centre 2011; US$ 20.00

    This book describes and analyzes protracted conflicts in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. In doing so, it emphasizes obstacles to peace rather than root causes of conflict. Case studies are presented from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Northern Kenya, Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan, and Zanzibar. Amongst other conclusions, the book... more...

  • Mooringsby Josiah Blackmore

    University of Minnesota Press 2008; US$ 75.00

    In this first book to study Portuguese texts about Africa, Moorings brings an important but little-known body of European writings to bear on contemporary colonial thought. Images of Africa as monstrous, dangerous, and lush were created in early Portuguese imperial writings and dominated its representation in European literature. Moorings establishes... more...

  • Ethnicity Kills?by Einar Braathen; Morten Bøås; Gjermund Saether

    Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 185.00

    The book examines, among other issues, the emergence of civil war as a result of political struggles. The construction of Africa as the 'other' has meant that factors commonly used to explain war elsewhere have been neglected in SubSaharan Africa. The political power struggle which evolved around the state is at the forefront of the analysis of civil... more...

  • Not Just Bonnets and Bustlesby Eliza Bradley; Annie Hore; Helen Caddick

    Bookline & Thinker 2008; US$ 1.44

    The stories of three women as they explore Africa during Victorian times. While their reasons for travel range from pleasure to missionary zeal, the women reveal everyday life with all its perils and pleasures. more...

  • Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa from the Bight of Benin to Soccatooby H. Clapperton

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 155.00

    This account was first published in 1829. more...

  • The Politics of Memoryby Raingard Esser

    BRILL 2012; US$ 163.00

    The Eighty Years? War and the partition of the Low Countries led to the publication of numerous chorographical works on towns and regions in the Northern and Southern Netherlands. This book offers a comparison of these histories reflecting political change and promoting new identities. more...

  • Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africaby Toyin Falola; Adebayo O. Oyebade

    ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 65.00

    This book provides an extensive examination of the major conflicts in the extremely volatile region of sub-Saharan Africa and their ramifications throughout the continent and beyond. more...

  • The Explorersby Tim Flannery

    The Text Publishing Company 2010; US$ 24.95

    This compelling anthology documents almost four centuries of exploration and takes us into a world of danger, compassion and humour. They tell an epic story of courage and suffering, of dispossession and conquest, of a moving frontier between European invaders and the Aboriginal custodians of the continent. more...