African History
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King LeopoldS Ghost
by Adam Hochschild
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human rights movement of the...
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A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a book written by Ishmael Beah in 2007 about his experiences as a boy soldier.
Don't Let's Go To the Dogs Tonight
by Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969. In 1972 she moved with her family to a farm in Rhodesia. After that country’s civil war in 1981, the Fullers moved first to Malawi, then to Zambia. Fuller received a B.A. from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming, where she still lives. She has two children.From the Hardcover edition.
The Scramble For Africa
by Thomas Pakenham
In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civilization' and Conquest. The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history.
In Darkest Africa
by Henry M Stanley
In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry
M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the
turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown
to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley,
readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in
the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to
the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In... Read more about this item
M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the
turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown
to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley,
readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in
the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to
the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In... Read more about this item
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda is a 1998 non-fiction book about the genocide of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994, written by The New Yorker writer Philip Gourevitch.
Dark Star Safari
by Paul Theroux
In the travel-writing tradition that made Paul Theroux’s reputation, Dark Star Safari is a rich and insightful book whose itinerary is Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town: down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda, and ultimately to the tip of South Africa. Going by train, dugout canoe, “chicken bus,” and cattle truck, Theroux passes through some of the most beautiful — and often life-threatening — landscapes on earth. This is travel as discovery and also, in...
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Kaffir Boy
by Mark Mathabane
When it comes to movie reviews, critic Violet Epps is a powerhouse voice. But that’s only because she’s learned to channel her literary hero Dorothy Parker, the most celebrated and scathing wit of the twentieth century. If only Violet could summon that kind of strength in her personal life. Violet visits the Algonquin Hotel in an attempt to find inspiration from the hallowed dining room where Dorothy Parker and so many other famous writers of the 1920s traded barbs, but she gets more...
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The Boer War
by Thomas Pakenham
The war declared by the Boers of South Africa on October 11, 1899, gave the British, as Kipling said, 'No end of a lesson.' The public expected it to be over by Christmas. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and most humiliating war that Great Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.
In the Footsteps Of Mr Kurtz
by Michela Wrong
Known as "the Leopard," the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake -- seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized, he plundered the country's copper and diamond resources, downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Conrad's crazed station manager.Michela Wrong, a correspondent...
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Conversations With Myself
by Nelson Mandela
NELSON MANDELA was born in Transkei, South Africa on 18 July, 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948 before being arrested in August 1962. In November 1962 he was sentenced to five years in prison and started serving his sentence at Robben Island Prison in 1963 before being brought back to Pretoria to stand in the Rivonia Trial. From 1964 to 1982, he was again incarcerated at Robben Island...
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African History Books & Ephemera
Stringer
by Anjan Sundaram
ANJAN SUNDARAM is an award-winning journalist who has reported from Africa and the Middle East for The New York Times and the Associated Press. His writing has also appeared in Foreign Policy, Fortune, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Telegraph, The Guardian, the International Herald Tribune, and the Huffington Post. He has been interviewed by the BBC World Service and Radio France Internationale for his analysis of the conflict in Congo. He received a Reuters...
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Africa In History
by Davidson, Basil
Prior to the original publication of Africa in History, the history and development of Africa had been measured by the European concept of "civilization," applying a Eurocentric approach to African art and literature. Basil Davidson's landmark work presents the inner growth of Africa and its worldwide significance, the internal dynamic of its old civilizations and their links with Asia, Europe and America, as well as the development of specific areas, tribes and cultures. From accounts of the days of the...
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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mathabane, Mark
Paperback. Acceptable.
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Mandela, Nelson
Back Bay Books, 1995. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 8.26
Africa : a biography of the continent / John Reader
by Reader, John
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxiii,840p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p773-816. - Includes index. Subjects; Africa � History. Africa � Civilization Africa � Biography.
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SGD 41.36
Family Identity And The State In The Bamako Kafu, C. 1800-c. 1900
by Perinbam, B. Marie
Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Hardcover. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo 341pp . Fine in Fine DJ. Explores the history and the cultural context of family claims to power in the Bamako kafu, or state (located in contemporary Mali in West Africa), primarily during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. African States and Societies in History .
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SGD 20.27
Africa
by John Reader
National Geographic Society, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 9.77
Forever Free & Living Free
by Adamson, Joy
Two books from the trilogy. Forever Free: Illustrated cover boards. Front/rear endplates have map illustrations. Binding tight, text block clean. Owner name inside front endplate. Dedication page to owner back of frontispiece. Living Free: Illustrated cover boards. Binding tight but some cracking and book is slightly cocked. Gift to owner front inside endplate. Front/rear endplates have map illustrations.
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SGD 50.36
IN DARKEST AFRICA; or, The Quest, Rescue, And Retreat Of Emin, Governor Of Equatoria (2 volume set, complete; Deluxe Limited Edition, SIGNED)
by Stanley, Henry M
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. Deluxe edition. Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Deluxe Limited Edition (Demy Quarto Edition de Luxe), this being #92 of 250 numbered copies. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good set. 4to., [Vol.1] 529; [Vol.2] 472 pp., illustrated with frontispieces, 44 plates (6 of them etchings signed by the artist), text drawings, and 5 maps (1 of which is a large, folding map). Bound in half brown morocco and vellum, with title, flag design...
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SGD 4,825.45
Kaffir Boy : The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane
Penguin Publishing Group, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 9.49
Fossils for Africa by Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan
ISBN: 9781107610057
Cambridge University Press l September 2014
Paperback l 97 pages
Fossils for Africa explores Africa's incredibly rich fossil heritage and shows the importance of fossils in unraveling the history of life on Earth. Right here in Africa we have evidence of the earliest traces of life, dating to about 3.8 billion years, when life on Earth was still single-celled and microbial. From these humble beginnings Africa's fossil record shows how life became increasingly complex and... Read more about this item
Cambridge University Press l September 2014
Paperback l 97 pages
Fossils for Africa explores Africa's incredibly rich fossil heritage and shows the importance of fossils in unraveling the history of life on Earth. Right here in Africa we have evidence of the earliest traces of life, dating to about 3.8 billion years, when life on Earth was still single-celled and microbial. From these humble beginnings Africa's fossil record shows how life became increasingly complex and... Read more about this item
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SGD 12.36
The Boer War
by Thomas Pakenham
The Folio Society, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. 1999. No Edition Remarks. 774 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. No slipcase. Black and white photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear with minor foxing to text block edges. Binding remains firm throughout. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.
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SGD 19.36
Graham's Town. A History and what to See
by Sprigg, C M [ed.]
Bathurst: 1820 Settlers Memorial Foundation. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1970. First Edition. Illustrated card cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 20pp. .
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SGD 21.78
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
by Jeal, Tim
Yale, 2007. Softcover. Very Good. Crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; binding square, spine uncreased; soft cover has a little rubbing at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent.
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SGD 12.41
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IN DARKEST AFRICA: OR THE QUEST, RESCUE AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA [TWO VOLUMES] [SIGNED]
by Stanley, Henry M
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. Limited Edition, Author's Special Copy. Hardcover. Quarto, 2 volumes; VG-; bound in publisher's three quarter brown morocco and gilt-stamped vellum, paneled spine with gilt lettering; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; both volumes with some shelfwear and rubbing, cracking to hinges, rubbing and bumping to corners; volume two with vellum curling and peeling up along spine edge, small closed tear to front board vellum, two spots of damage holes to...
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SGD 6,893.50
The Washing of the Spears
by Morris, Donald R
Collector's Edition. EASTON PRESS books are among the highest quality leather bound books ever produced. Bound in full genuine leather with hubbed spine, accented with 22kt gold lettering and designs, printed on archival paper (acid neutral) with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Lustrous silk moire endpapers. A silk page marker is sewn into the binding. This book, in pristine condition, belongs to the Military History series. Collector's Notes laid in.
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SGD 140.99
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
by Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney
"How Europe Underdeveloped Africa"
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: Tanzania Publishing House Simultaneously published in London: Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications, 1972. First Edition, Yellow softcover, printed wraps. 316pp. Scarce copy in excellent condition. $3.00 price marked in ink on the title page along with a red "Pan African Experience Brandeis university May 3-6, 1973; an else fine copy.
"How Europe Underdeveloped Africa"
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: Tanzania Publishing House Simultaneously published in London: Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications, 1972. First Edition, Yellow softcover, printed wraps. 316pp. Scarce copy in excellent condition. $3.00 price marked in ink on the title page along with a red "Pan African Experience Brandeis university May 3-6, 1973; an else fine copy.
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SGD 344.68
The washing of the spears
by Morris, Donald R. (Donald Robert). Buthelezi, Gatsha
London : Pimlico, 1994. First Pimlico Edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Pimlico (Series) ; 148. Physical description: 655p., [16]p. of plates : ill. ; 24cm. Subjects: Zulu (African people) -- History.
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SGD 24.73
Rhodes: Race for Africa
by Thomas, Antony
St. Martin's Press, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 8.70
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
by Walter Rodney
Paperback / softback. New. "First published in the UK by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications 1972."
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SGD 33.43
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
by Alexandra Fuller
Paperback / softback. New. A story of civil war; of a quixotic battle against nature and loss; and of a family's unbreakable bond with a continent which came to define, shape, scar and heal them
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SGD 18.31
The Boer War
by Pakenham, Thomas (1933-)
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxii, 659 p: [32] p of plates, ill, maps, plans, ports; 26 cm. Previously published 1979. Includes bibliographical referencs (p. [584]-594) and index. Subjects: Boer war, 1899-1902 - South Africa - History. South African War, 1899-1902.
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SGD 57.91
Contexts of Kinship An Essay in the Family Sociology of the Gonja of Northern Ghana
by Goody, Esther N
Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 2008. Paperback. 0521017203 . Stiff card wrappers, crease on rear wrapper. Internally clean, no ownership markings, binding tight, b&w photographs. Owner's signature appears inside front wrapper, in ink. ; Cambridge Studies In Social And Cultural Anthropology; 9.0 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches; 356 pages .
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SGD 25.93
The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879
by Morris, Donald R
New York: Touchstone, 1986. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Sixth printing. Light edge wear. 1986 Trade Paperback. 655 pp. In 1879, armed only with their spears, their rawhide shields, and their incredible courage, the Zulus challenged the might of Victorian England and, initially, inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men without guns. This definitive account of the rise of the Zulu nation under the great ruler Shaka and its fall...
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