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The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite
Langaa RPCIG 2008; US$ 24.95The United Nations-organised plebiscite on 11 February 1961 was one of the most significant events in the history of the southern and northern parts of the British-administered trust territory in Cameroon. John Percival was sent by the then Colonial Office as part of the team to oversee the process. This book captures the story of the plebiscite in... more...
ANCIENT EGYPT IN AFRICA
Left Coast Press 2010; US$ 36.95Geographically, Egypt is clearly on the African continent, yet Ancient Egypt is routinely regarded as a non-African cultural form. The significance of Ancient Egypt for the rest of Africa is a hotly debated issue with complex ramifications. This book considers how Ancient Egypt was dislocated from Africa, drawing on a wide range of sources. It examines... more...
Africa
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 59.95For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little publicity given to any of the continent?s more positive attributes. Africa has at last begun to receive the depth of interest it has long deserved, in the shape of debates about... more...
Africa Called
I.B.Tauris 2008; US$ 64.00Africa was wide-open territory for expatriate scientists, engineers and technicians during much of the 20th century. British Colonial Africa was considered ripe for commercial and economic progress and ?Development? was the watchword and basis of government policy, as is clear from the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts. Alan Hayward came from... more...
Africa's Political Wastelands
Langaa RPCIG 2008; US$ 24.95Africa?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 become the norm in African nations, especially those south of the Sahara. The result is the virtual annihilation of once thriving and proud nations along with... more...
Africa's World War
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 18.99The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a sweeping and disastrous upheaval. Prunier... more...
African American Settlements in West Africa
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 95.00An examination of the life of John Brown, which serves as a means of exploring American colonizing attempts in West Africa in the early 19th century. more...
The African Diaspora in the United States and Europe
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95This book examines the Ghanaian diaspora in North America, a group which has grown substantially since 1980, and offers a fascinating lens on some of the key themes of the 'new migration' including transnationalism, identity, social networks, remittances, economic integration and citizenship. Using original empirical data, the author also investigates... more...
The African Origin of Civilization
Chicago Review Press 1989; US$ 13.99Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization. more...
An African Republic
The University of North Carolina Press 2007; US$ 41.95The nineteenth-century American Colonization Society (ACS) project of persuading all American free blacks to emigrate to the ACS colony of Liberia could never be accomplished. Few free blacks volunteered, and greater numbers would have overwhelmed the meager resources of the ACS. Given that reality, who supported African colonization and why? No state... more...









