Modern Africa from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 1997) 9970020161. 206 x 146 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 145, incl. index; photographs. Earlier bookseller's stamp to title page. Very good condition. "The struggle for independence in most African countries was characterised by uprisings of the local population against their colonial masters. In Rwanda, however, the wrath of the agitators was directed towards another section… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: 30 Degrees South, 2010) 9781920143497. 233 x 153 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 312, incl. index; plates. Fine condition. Enlightening biography of one of the key figures during the years of Rhodesia's isolation, Minister of Defence PK van der Byl. "The Rhodesian story through the life and times of PK van der Byl, one of he major players in… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2021) 9781868427567. 232 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 440, incl. index; line drawings. Cover slightly rubbed. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Die ongekende sukses van Afrikaner-sakelui het die afgelope drie dekades verras en verstom. 'n Aantal is vandag dollar-miljardêrs met uitgebreide internasionale belange. Die opkoms van die Afrikaner-magnaat is veral merkwaardig in die… Read more about this item

(London: Zed Books, 2011) 9781848135215. 215 x 136 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xvii + (i) + 302, incl. index. Near-fine condition. "No one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale. In this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country that had every prospect of… Read more about this item

(New York: Grove Press, 2008) 9780802143006. 208 x 138 mm; wrappers; pp. xviii + 206. Very good condition. "Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on black identity and critical race studies as Frantz Fanon's, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates… Read more about this item

(London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991) 1856190722. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 206; map; plates. Near-fine condition. "At last, in 1990, for the first time in 30 years, [Graham Lord] returned to the lands of his childhood and spoke to some of the survivors, among them ex-Prime Ministers Ian Smith, Sir Garfield Todd… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Picador Africa, 2009) 9781770101616. 198 x 130 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xiv + 196; some tables and graphs. Wrappers very slightly curled; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Of an estimated 1 billion people in the world who are trapped in a cycle of grinding poverty and despair, a disproportionate number live in sub-Saharan Africa. In this innovative… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2015) 9781868426966. 233 x 151 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. x + 228, incl. index. Near-fine condition. "A blow-by-blow account of the degeneration of Eskom from global energy power-house to dysfunctional monolith ... In 1998 the government was warned that the country was running out of electricity. Yet the decision was taken not to invest in new… Read more about this item

(London: John Murray, 2005) 0719566436. 197 x 128 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (x) + 272; plates; map. Scattered foxing. Very good condition. "How does it feel to have your dreams shattered, and still find room for hope? In 1980 Andrew Meldrum arrived in Zimbabwe as a young journalist. Over the next twenty years, he experienced one of the most… Read more about this item

(no place: Westview Press, 2002) 0813339391. 8vo; original pale grey papered boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xxv + (i) + 251, incl. index. Near-fine condition. 'First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2009) 978868423620. 233 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers (housed in removable protector); pp. (viii) + 312. Crease to upper cover; trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. "Having left Africa in search of adventure and excitement a decade earlier, the author discovers that the great story he had travelled the world looking for was… Read more about this item

(London: Harper Collins, 2006) 0007219385. 8vo; original red boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxviii + 290; map; photographs in text. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "House of Stone ('dzimba dza mabwe' or 'Zimbabwe' in Shona words) is based on a remarkable series of interviews with a white… Read more about this item

(Malkerns: R.O. Hussey & Company, 1989). 210 x 150 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 108 + (iv); colour photographs; maps, including folding colour map of the country with street plans of Mbabane and Manzini; adverts. Slightly rubbed; a little foxing. Good condition. "The intention of this guide is to introduce the visitor to the beauty of the natural environment of the… Read more about this item

(New York: Paragon House, 1990) 1557781400. 8vo; black cloth-backed brown boards, with metallic copper lettering to spine; laminated dustwrapper; pp. xii + 228, incl. index; tables. Near fine condition. "It has generally been assumed that democracy, involving competition between contending parties within a constitutional framework which allows a free choice for the electorate, is not a viable form… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Jacana, 2014) 9781431421091. A Jacana pocket biography. 180 x 110 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 163, incl. index; photographs. Fine condition. "Thomas Sankara, often called the African Che Guevara, was president of Burkina Faso until his assassination during the military coup that brought down his government in 1987. ... This is the first English-language book to… Read more about this item

(London: Collins, 1964). 8vo; original red boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 383, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn, a little sunned on spine panel; scattered foxing. Good. "The Federation was destroyed, not by our avowed enemies but by those who called themselves our friends and said they believed in what we… Read more about this item

(Pasadena: The Castle Press, 1983) 0934912009. 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 408. Trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. Recollections of such luminaries as Alan Paton, Robert Ardrey, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, the Leakeys, and Kamuzu Banda of Malawi, besides several others. There is a fascinating chapter… Read more about this item

(London: The Claridge Press, 1989) 1870626958. 210 x 145 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 144; photographs; map. Wrappers partially sunned. Very good condition. "In this book, the first full analysis of the country's recent history - David Hoile questions the easy analysis of journalists and politicians, and explores the root causes of one of Africa's longest and… Read more about this item

(London: Arrow Books, 2004) 0099478935. 195 x 128 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xviii + (iv) + 562, incl. index; maps. A little foxing. Very good condition. "An award-winning international sensation, Shake Hands with the Devil is a landmark contribution to the literature of war: a remarkable tale of a soldier's courage and an unforgettable parable of… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: William Waterman, 1995) 1874959242. 229 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 198. Very slightly rubbed; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Hamilton Wende came back to Africa in 1991. ... Like many South Africans, he had hardly seen the rest of Africa and so, over the next four years, he travelled north of his own… Read more about this item