African History

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in African archaeology and history, Great Zimbabwe presents a rigorous and authoritative examination of one of sub-Saharan...

Five hundred years after Columbus's first voyage to the New World, the debate over the European impact on Native American civilization has grown more heated than ever. Among the first-and...

During the first seven centuries AD there arose at Aksum in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, a unique African culture which has been described as "the last of the great...

The Kingdom of Kush, lying south of Egypt, flourished for 1000 years. During the eighth and seventh centuries BC its rulers controlled Egypt as pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty. Yet...

The man whom historians know as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa, is a celebrated but hitherto elusive figure. Al-Hasan al-Wazzan was born in Granada, and grew...

Letlapa Mphahlele, an Anti-Apartheid Liberation Army Commander in the APLA, is that rarest of creatures: a military man with a sensitive, seeking soul. In Child of this Soil, he tells...

More than 3000 years ago a village was established at Thebes on the west bank of the Nile. Situated amid a barren landscape are housed the workers who created the...

Snow leopards and Cossacks can both be dangerous. But to young British officers in India in the nineteenth century there was only one thing more exciting than shooting wild game...

The book titled Cecil Rhodes: Flawed Colossus by the author Brian Roberts. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA gripping work of historical narrative, Livingstone's River: A History of the Zambezi Expedition 1858-1864 chronicles one of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of mid-twentieth-century fiction rooted in the political and cultural upheaval of post-colonial Africa, The Africans by Naomi Mitchison...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A gripping work of narrative history, Quest: The Story of Stanley and Livingstone...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerSet against the turbulent backdrop of nineteenth-century southern Africa, this historical novel chronicles the life and legend of Chaminuka, the...

An account of the course of the Blue Nile from the Ethiopian Highlands, through the Sudan and Egupt to the sea. The book contains an historical narrative which starts in...

Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner's Sanctuary is...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing and political observation, My African Journey chronicles Winston Churchill's 1907 expedition through British East Africa and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark work in hydrology and geography, The Nile presents a comprehensive...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly illustrated work of ethnographic and photographic documentation, Voodoo: Africa's Secret Power presents an immersive and respectful examination of...

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The book titled The Mind of South Africa by the author Allister Sparks. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA rich treasury of ancient mythology and folklore, Egyptian Legends and Stories presents the most celebrated tales from one of the world's...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA comprehensive survey of ancient Egyptian visual culture, Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture of Ancient Egypt presents a richly detailed examination of...

The main characteristics of ancient Egyptian religion were animism, fetishism and magic. The myriad deities worshipped by the ancient Egyptians fell into three main categories: local gods, the inanimate objects...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsWhimsical, adventurous, and thoroughly entertaining, An Elephant Charging My Chookhouse is a captivating autobiographical memoir by the colorful Australian...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of travel writing and historical biography, Journey to the Source of the Nile chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in art history and Egyptology, The Art and Architecture of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis omnibus collection brings together four of Wilbur Smith's most celebrated adventure novels, each set against the sweeping, sun-scorched landscapes of...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Very good copy. A poignant, evocative exploration of migration, displaced dreams, and personal autonomy, Much Less A...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA landmark work of historical geography and exploration history, The Niger Explored chronicles the dramatic European quest to...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis omnibus edition brings together three of Wilbur Smith's most celebrated adventure novels, each set against the sweeping, untamed landscapes of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA vivid work of travel writing and cultural observation, The Lands of Barbary chronicles Geoffrey Furlonge's journey through the North...

How did early European artists of Australia and New Zealand perceive the Maori? What sort of images of Maori society and culture did they create? What ethnic preconceptions lay behind...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark political memoir, Nkomo: The Story of My Life chronicles the extraordinary...

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This books covers the history of the Nile Valley from Nubia to the Mediterranean, during the period from the earliest hominid settlement, around 700,000 BC to the beginnings of dynastic...

The black rhino is nature's tank, feared by all animals. Even lions will break off a hunt to detour around one. And yet the black rhino is on the edge...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA masterwork of narrative history, The White Nile chronicles the dramatic nineteenth-century quest to...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Shelf Wear. A richly illustrated work of natural history and travel writing, The Zambezi: River of the Gods chronicles...