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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...
Among the Ibos of Nigeria 1912
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 175.00Published in the year 1966, Among the Ibos of Nigeria 1912 is a valuable contribution to the field of History. more...
Anna Maria Falconbridge
Liverpool University Press 2000; US$ 30.00Anna Maria Falconbridges Narrative of Two Voyages , consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the first published Englishwomans narrative of a visit to West Africa. Alexander Falconbridges Account of the Slave Trade describes the horrific conditions he had witnessed in West Africa. Published in 1788 by the... more...
The Ashanti War (1874) Volume 1
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 30.49Henry Brackenbury was a brilliant staff officer - one of the Garnet Ring that surrounded the famous General Sir Garnet Wolsey. This is a very serious and detailed two-volume account of the brief but bloody Ashanti campaign - containing a lot of background and logistics. The Ashanti War came about after the armies of the ambitious Ashanti... more...
The Ashanti War (1874) Volume 2
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 30.49Henry Brackenbury was a brilliant staff officer - one of the Garnet Ring that surrounded the famous General Sir Garnet Wolsey. This is a very serious and detailed two-volume account of the brief but bloody Ashanti campaign - containing a lot of background and logistics. The Ashanti War came about after the armies of the ambitious Ashanti... more...
Being and Becoming Hausa
BRILL 2010; US$ 107.00Drawing on anthropology, linguistics, economic history, and archaeology, this book offers a compelling portrait of the emergence and evolution of Hausa identity in West Africa. more...
Chasing the Devil
Random House 2010; US$ 12.00For many years Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous to travel through, bedevilled by a uniquely brutal form of violence from which sprang many of Africa's cruellest contemporary icons - child soldiers, prisoner mutilation, blood diamonds. With their wars officially over, Tim Butcher sets out on a journey across both countries, trekking... more...
Child Soldiers
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 26.00Traces the experiences of child soldiers in Sierra Leone during and after war and examines the implications of their participation. more...
Civil War and Democracy in West Africa
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 79.17In the aftermath of explosive civil wars in Africa during the 1990s and 2000s, the establishment of multi-party elections has often been heralded by the West as signaling the culmination of the conflict and the beginning of a period of democratic rule. However, the outcomes of these elections are very rarely uniform, with just as many countries returning... more...
Closing the Books
Sub-Saharan Publishers 2010; US$ 59.95Sitting 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 ìpossessionsî in Africa. As fate would have it, he came to be the instrument by which two centuries of Danish involvement on the Gold Coast was terminated, thereby making way... more...









