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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
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.
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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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 Travel 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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The Story of South Africa
by Marquard, Leo
Faber and Faber Limited, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 251 pages (complete). For many years a core title on the history of South Africa. In general fair, sound condition. The dustjacket is considerably torn and worn and grubby. It is intact and stoic. The cloth cover is worn at the extremities and the head and foot of the spine. The top edges are lightly marked, but the cover is still good looking. The contents are clean, clear, assured. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier...
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SGD 6.89
Stringer : A Reporter's Journey in the Congo
by Anjan Sundaram
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 10.52
National and Provincial Symbols and flora and fauna emblems of the Republic of South Africa
by Brownell, F. G
Chris van Rensburg Publications (Pty.) Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 95 pages (complete). English language edition. In general good condition. The laminated illustrated cover is in good strong, muscular condition. The colour of the illustration is vivid. There is some wear to the corners and the head and foot of the spine. There is some light surface scuffing. Inside, the contents are as new. Tight, fresh, bright, clean and very clear. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked...
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SGD 96.51
Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela
by Schechter, Danny
Paperback. Very Good.
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SGD 4.79
The Washing of the Spears, The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation
by Morris, Donald R
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated First printing. Bound in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Book is illustrated with black & white photographs, 655 pages, indexed. A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879. A beautiful copy with no marks of any kind. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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SGD 103.40
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Beah, Ishmael
Thorndike Press, 2007. Hardcover. 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 10.75
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
by Alexandra Fuller
Pan Macmillan. Good. 19.7 x 13 x 2 centimetres (0.23. Paperback. 2003. 309 pages. Cover worn<br>Alexandra Fuller was two in 1971, the ye ar her parents abandoned their life in England and returned to wh at was then Rhodesia, and to the beginning of a bloody civil war. While her father was away for long stretches, fighting for Ian S mith's government, her mother worked the family farm with a passi onate ... .
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SGD 7.38
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Beah, Ishmael
Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & mcIntyre, 2007. First printing. Lightly bumped on head of spine, else near fine. DJ lightly wrinkled on head of spine, else fine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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SGD 24.82
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
by Theroux, Paul
Penguin Books, 2003. 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 9.58
Africa : A Biography of the Continent
by John Reader
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1999. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 9.10
The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies) by Dorothy Stanley (Author)
ISBN: 9781108031196
August 25, 2011
Paperback – 539 pages
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Welsh-born explorer famous for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone, published this intimate autobiography in 1909. Through his recollections we learn how his troubled early life - an impoverished childhood in a workhouse and some harrowing experiences as a young soldier - were what drove him to succeed as an explorer, and gave him the strength to deal with the sometimes vehement... Read more about this item
August 25, 2011
Paperback – 539 pages
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Welsh-born explorer famous for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone, published this intimate autobiography in 1909. Through his recollections we learn how his troubled early life - an impoverished childhood in a workhouse and some harrowing experiences as a young soldier - were what drove him to succeed as an explorer, and gave him the strength to deal with the sometimes vehement... Read more about this item
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SGD 54.15
Darfur: A New History of a Long War (African Arguments): 1
by Alex de Waal
Paperback. Good.
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SGD 3.76
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier
by Beah, Ishmael
Penguin Canada, 2013. 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 8.26
Conversations with Myself
by Mandela, Nelson
MacMillan, 2010. 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 9.58
The Fate of Africa : A History of the Continent since Independence
by Martin Meredith
PublicAffairs, 2011. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer: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 8.77
Kaffir Boy : The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane
Scribner, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; 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 9.49
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by Fuller, Alexandra
Paperback. Good.
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SGD 2.12
In the Footstaps of Livingstone
by Dolman, Alfred
John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed and somewhat edge worn at the corners. Signs of insect damage are visible too. It has been repaired within the spine, although another crack can be noticed within. Internally clean, but occasional age related marks can be noticed. The blocks are deckle edged. Tightly bound and complete with 269 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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SGD 44.12
THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA By THOMAS PAKENHAM 1991 First US Edition
by THOMAS PAKENHAM
NY: RANDOM HOUSE, 1991 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA By THOMAS PAKENHAM 1991 First US Edition AUTHOR: THOMAS PAKENHAM PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: RANDOM HOUSE, NY 1991 EDITION: First US Edition stated with the correct number line present '23456789' ISBN: 0394515765 CATEGORY: Regional, History, First Edition BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Light Brown SIZE: 6 ½ x 9 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 738 pages. CONDITION:...
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The Kenya Pioneers
by Errol Trzebinski
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1986. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 12.38
As We Were : South Africa 1939 - 1941
by Bryant, Margot
Keartland Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. jacket is shelf worn, creased and torn. milt tanning. ownership inscription and stamp. light foxing and marks. well bound. fairly good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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SGD 8.27
From Lucy To Language by Donald Johanson & Blake Edgar
ISBN: 1868143082
Hardcover, DJ, 1996
272 Pages
Donald Johanson's most famous discovery was Lucy, a proto-human female barely a meter tall and among the first hominids to walk upright (about 3.5 million years ago). This trait distinguished her from her knuckle-walking cousins, the great apes, though she shared their smallish brain. This irrefutably proved that human ancestors had the ability to use their hands before developing the large brains that made abstract thinking possible.This is just one of... Read more about this item
Hardcover, DJ, 1996
272 Pages
Donald Johanson's most famous discovery was Lucy, a proto-human female barely a meter tall and among the first hominids to walk upright (about 3.5 million years ago). This trait distinguished her from her knuckle-walking cousins, the great apes, though she shared their smallish brain. This irrefutably proved that human ancestors had the ability to use their hands before developing the large brains that made abstract thinking possible.This is just one of... Read more about this item
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SGD 43.32
