African History

'A historically insightful read' Financial Times 'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest 'A thought-provoking analysis of Africa's relationship with economic imperialism' Astrid Madimba and...

ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING 'A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big...

Princess Kasune Zulu grew up in an Africa, trying to make sense of the mystery illness claiming its people. As a child, she could not know the disease that claimed...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the pharaohs of Egypt commanded the ancient world, a powerful civilisation flourished to the...

Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India - from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj - and reveals how...

The thrilling story of the great warrior, Jandamarra, who turned from police assistant to resistance fighter. Thought to be unstoppable, he led his people against the white forces invading their...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most celebrated and controversial figures of the British Empire, General Charles George Gordon — Gordon...

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...

Welcome to Paradise opens a window into the hearts of a small group of African would-be emigrants, waiting on the beach in Morocco for a boat that will take them...

A fascinating dive into the overlooked fight between the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force and the Ottoman Empire for control of the Suez Canal. The Battle of Romani was fought...

Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, Lords of the Atlas tells the extraordinary story of the Madani and T'hami el...

What happens when we consider Africa through a feminist lens and feminism through an African one? And what does it mean to centre selfhood in this journey? In this shining,...

In a novel pairing of anti-colonial theorist Frantz Fanon with Marxist-Lacanian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, Zahi Zalloua explores the ways both thinkers expose the violence of political structures. This inventive exploration...

An enchanting story told in three narratives - from a girl, a swallow and a young man - about love, family and the determination to follow your calling 'Excellent' The...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Beautifully...

The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand, with an introduction by Neal Ascherton. After the deposition of Haile...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWith the White People stands as a landmark work in Australian colonial history, casting unflinching light...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDeep in the remote Northern Territory of Australia, where the Roper River winds through ancient floodplains and...

The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire's Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar . In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was...

Ian Knight draws on a host of previously unpublished letters and diaries, from ordinary soldiers to the British commander-in-chief, to bring this war to life - one which saw great...

From 17 trunks in a Lakeland attic comes this eyewitness account of a soldier's life at a pivotal moment in the history of the British Empire. Allan Marriot Hutchins, handsome,...

Continuing the story of Germany's amazing Blitzkreig tactics during the Second World War.

Settlements of the Doomed is part of the Pocket History series - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of twelve books that each open a window onto...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slightly creased spine. In the fertile river country of southern Queensland, a war was fought...

At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical...

The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk with over $1 billion in gold and silver-and one man's obsessive quest to find it-from the Sunday Times bestselling...

South Africa was at war. Mostly with itself. For those in power in the most infamously segregated of societies, the enemy was not just on the northern borders or in...

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. In this classic book, Rodney makes...

Already winning acclaim as one of the best accounts of combat ever written, Black Hawk Down is a minute-by-minute, heart-stopping account of the 1993 raid on Mogadishu, Somalia. Late in...

The account of what happened in Rwanda on 22nd April 1995 when a group of Australian UN peacekeepers were forced to watch helplessly while over 4,000 men, women and children...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before wildlife conservation became a global cause, one man walked among lions on the vast, sun-scorched plains...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the sweeping, sun-scorched landscape of apartheid-era South Africa, Cry, The Beloved Country is a heart-wrenching moral...

In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze , Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who one fateful night was beaten...

The overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi has been one of the twenty-first century's defining moments: the Arab world's most bizarre dictator brought down by his own people with the aid of...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the might of the British Empire swept across the Australian continent, there were...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sweeping savannahs of the Sahel to the turbulent ports of the Cape, Africa since 1800 presents...

Shakepeare's "lass unparallel", the mistress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Cleopatra was born in 69 BC and died before she reached the age of forty, when Alexandria fell to...

First Australians is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the...