African History

A sharp-sweet memoir of change, identity and hybridity. I loved it - KATHERINE MAY, author of Wintering The orange we know, waxed in vats, gathered in red netting and stacked...

Many now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. To what extent is the argument about damage correct...

Blue-veiled nomads, camels crossing infinite dunes, oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure. But they can never truly capture a region that crosses...

Offering a study of travellers in Egypt, the contributions to this book encompass early travellers, those with a serious scientific or archaeological interest, those whose primary interest was artistic and...

A secular regime is toppled by Western intervention, but an Islamic backlash turns the liberators into occupiers. Caught between interventionists at home and fundamentalists abroad, a prime minister flounders as...

A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now...

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST The epic story of the rise and fall of the...

Against a background of intrigue and manipulation on both sides, the author charts the experiences and impact of those who helped to define the relationship between Britain and Iran from...

Kavalali Mehmed Ali Pasha (c. 1770-1849), often dubbed "the founder of modern Egypt", was one of the most important figures in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Born in what...

The richness of more than 3000 years of Egyptian civilization comes alive in the pages of this book. From the geology of the land, the first cities, social structure, religion,...

Recreates the golden age of ancient Egypt. Here, for example, the pyramids and the sphinx are construction sites teeming with workers. Administrators bustle to fulfil their assignments from the Pharaoh's...

A moving account of how war is remembered - and by whom 'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David...

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and artist Juanita Londono, this lyrical celebration of the first day of school across every continent explores what going back to...

Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered public figures, a man synonymous with the long, bitter struggle to rid South Africa of an apartheid regime and replace it...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew lives have bridged the chasm between battlefield and statecraft as dramatically as that of Jan Christian Smuts — soldier,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the sun-scorched hills of Natal, South Africa, a humble Zulu pastor named Stephen Kumalo embarks on a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the vivid, boundary-defying world of Mousganistan, Belgian-Moroccan photographer Mous Lamrabat constructs an entirely imaginary nation — a utopian land where Islamic culture collides, fuses, and...

An examination of Serowe's recent past - seen through the words and memories of the village inhabitants.

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Note: unclipped dj. Clean and bright copy. At the crossroads of monarchy, religion, and political power, The Commander of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedSet against the volatile backdrop of apartheid-era South Africa, Episode by Harry Bloom is a gripping and morally charged novel that chronicles...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedAt the height of the Cold War, when the African continent was a critical theatre of ideological contest, Soviet scholars trained their analytical gaze...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the height of European power, when great nations carved the globe into colonies and protectorates, a new world order was being written —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the early 1930s, Evelyn Waugh embarked on a journey through East Africa and the Horn of Africa, and Remote People chronicles that extraordinary adventure...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn The Dream of Kilimanjaro, Swedish diplomat and naturalist Rolf Edberg presents a profound meditation on humanity's relationship with the natural world,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the shadow of apartheid's iron grip on South Africa, Nadine Gordimer's Something Out There presents a masterful collection of short stories and a novella...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA haunting meditation on survival, conflict, and the fragile relationship between humanity and the land it inhabits, Wherever We Step the Land...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched banks of the Nile to the fractured heart of modern Egypt, Seeds of Corruption presents a gripping portrait of a society...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of geopolitics and economic theory, The Economic Case for Palestine presents a rigorous, data-driven argument for the viability of a Palestinian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingHigh above the African continent, with nothing but clouds below and sky above, Cecil Lewis charts one of aviation's most daring personal odysseys...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the skies over Southern Rhodesia during the Second World War, a remarkable chapter of Allied aviation history was quietly written —...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the scorching skies and shifting sands of North Africa, the Royal Air Force fought one of its most decisive and underreported...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodDeep within the remote Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania — one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth — naturalist and writer Peter...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of ancient Egyptian and sub-Saharan African civilizations, the Meroitic culture of Nubia left behind an extraordinary archaeological legacy—one meticulously documented in this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne of the most ambitious and visually arresting scholarly projects of the twentieth century, The Image of the Black in Western Art stands as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of wildlife conservation and scientific urgency, S.O.S. Rhino sounds an alarm for one of the world's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the heart of Johannesburg, where gold-rush ambition gave way to intellectual endeavour, the University of the Witwatersrand rose from modest colonial origins to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew mountain ranges on Earth carry the weight of history, myth, and raw natural grandeur quite like South Africa's Drakensberg — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Long before the world's gaze turned to South Africa's political upheavals,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Published in Cape Town in 1976, With Mixed Feelings is a striking photographic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Remainder mark,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersRising dramatically from the rolling plains of KwaZulu-Natal, the Drakensberg — the Dragon's Back —...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A richly detailed work of historical biography, The Life...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, lightly yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact. A landmark work in African American intellectual history, The Crisis...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: faded, small tears. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. This omnibus edition brings together three of Wilbur Smith's most celebrated African adventures —...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: faded, no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with sogns of ageing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Three of Wilbur Smith's most pulse-pounding novels unite...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — no loose pages or broken binding. Few...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. In the sun-scorched, famine-stricken nation of Kush — a landlocked African republic...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, tears along folds and corners of jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Intact. At the volatile...