African History

'Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.' Barry Miles 'The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition...

Recounts the many attempts to discover the source of the Nile and uses medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment era European maps to depict the history of the region

In this timely and very readable new work, Walvin focuses not on abolitionism or the brutality and suffering of slavery, but on resistance, the resistance of the enslaved themselves -...

Cairo is a 1400-year-old desert oasis occupied by nearly 16 million people whose lives are shaped and coloured by its proximity to the Nile, and where the pressures of life...

There are many mysteries associated with ancient Egypt that have perplexed scholars and laymen alike. Egyptologist Charlotte Booth selects ten of the most famous and explores the recent theories and...

Translated by David Fernbach The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. Now, fifty...

Sandstorm is the best kind of reportage, humane, historically-informed and full of details that only a writer close to the action could have noticed. The overthrow of Muamar Gadaffi has...

An indispensable introductory textbook that provides students with a genuinely comparative study of the different trajectories and experiences of independent African states. Paul Nugent explores a range of key concerns...

Author: Stuart CloeteBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe collection The Writing On The Wall: And Other African Stories presents a compelling array of narratives that...

Author: Gemma SisiaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Macmillan, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis inspiring memoir, St Jude's: A Girl From Guyra, A School In Africa...

This is a history of Ancient Egypt which looks at the history of the great civilization through the achievements of the travellers, archaeologists and Egyptologists whose discoveries opened the world's...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE At the end of the eighteenth century, a giant strides the Cape Colony frontier. Coenraad de Buys is a legend, a polygamist, a...

Author: E. Evans-PritchardBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work of anthropology, The Azande: History And Political Institutions, meticulously...

Author: Alan PatonBinding: HardbackPublished: JONATHAN CAPE, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsSet against the breathtaking backdrop of South Africa, Cry, The Beloved...

The first volume of The Ptolemies Quartet triumphantly brings to life the dark and glittering history of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharaohs of Egypt, whose extraordinary dynasty spanned twelve...

Author: Elspeth HuxleyBinding: HardbackPublished: THE REPRINT SOCIETY LONDON, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFour Guineas: A Journey Through West Africa chronicles an extraordinary expedition across the diverse landscapes...

Author: I. SchaperaBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Limited, 1940Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMarried Life In An African Tribe presents a foundational...

Author: Alberto Denti Di PirajnoBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA Cure For Serpents: A Doctor In Africa chronicles...

Author: F. Clement C. EgertonBinding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1938Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAfrican Majesty presents...

Author: Lucy MairBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press, IncorporatedCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLucy Mair's African Kingdoms presents a comprehensive historical and anthropological...

Author: Wycliffe KatoBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping memoir, Escape From Idi Amin's Slaughterhouse, chronicles a harrowing personal journey through one of Africa's...

There are roughly 6,000 wild dogs left in Africa yet they have cast such a spell on top wildlife photographer and naturalist Jocelin Kagan that she is determined to help...

Author: Russell, Dorothea:Binding: HardbackPublished: London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markings-

Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby. Long after...

Author: Peter DickinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon Books, New York, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping narrative presents a world steeped in intrigue, where every turn of the page...

Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, fully revised and updated with a new chapter. 'Absorbing . . . particularly acute on the political aspects of constitutional monarchy, but he also writes...

Author: K. A. C. Creswell, C.B.E.Binding: HardbackPublished: Hacker Art Books, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: 2 loose maps included....

The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a...

Author: Robert LaitBinding: HardbackPublished: Anthony Gibbs & Phillips, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe acclaimed work The Africans by Robert Lait presents a comprehensive...

Author: Margot BryantBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1987Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Number 53 of 100 copies. Slipcase good. A definitive...

Author: Cecil NorthcottBinding: HardbackPublished: Lutterworth Pres, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography chronicles the remarkable life of a legendary explorer, tracing his ambitious expeditions across...

Author: Terence H. O'BrienBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the impactful career of Alfred Milner, a pivotal figure in British imperial...

Author: Mirella RicciardiBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerAfrican Saga presents a vivid, personal account of life and adventure across the diverse...

In an extraordinary and engaging account this book traces the paths South Africans have followed from pre-colonial times to the democratic present, providing fascinating personal and historical details, and raising...

For centuries the pyramids have inspired passionate theories about their origins, purpose and method of construction. In this fully work on the major pyramids of Ancient Egypt, the author surveys...

Ancient Egypt, land of the pharaohs, bore witness to the rise and fall of the world's greatest civilization. A combination of evidence ranging from the pyramids and rock-cut tombs to...

Captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the Pope, then released, baptized, and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone, Al-Hasan al-Wazzan...

Author: Bernard SachsBinding: HardbackPublished: DENNIS DOBSON, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the profound societal and personal transformations...

Author: Romain GaryBinding: HardbackPublished: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe novel The Roots of Heaven presents a...

Author: Peter ForbathBinding: HardbackPublished: Atheneum, NY, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSeven Seasons chronicles the intricate journey of a protagonist navigating the ebb and flow of life's most...

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea....

'More than just a work of first-class scholarship, Liberty's Exile's is a deeply moving masterpiece that fulfil's the historian's most challenging ambition: to revivify past experience.' Niall Fergusson On a...

Author: Carla Risseeuw, Kamala GaneshBinding: HardbackPublished: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to board.The...

Author: Brian Ingpen - Robert PabstBinding: HardbackPublished: Jane's, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMaritime South Africa: A Pictorial History chronicles the rich and vibrant seafaring heritage...

Author: Elspeth HuxleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Clean text....

Author: A. R. Radcliffe-Brown And Daryll FordeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has faded as seen in photo. Includes fold out family trees...