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The Innocent Anthropologist
The funniest book about anthropology that has ever been written. A modern classic to interest and delight all ages. Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons, this slim...
Congo
Hailed as 'a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel' (NRC Handelsblad), David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes's 'The Fatal...
Hunting Game: Raiding Politics in the Central African Republic
Northeastern Central African Republic - a vast space bordering Chad, Darfur, and South Sudan - is a quintessential 'stateless' space, where the government has little presence and armed actors operate...
A Training School for Elephants
From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey tracing a colonial-era African expedition. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan...