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  • ’Dignity of Labour’ for African Leaders
    Shoko Yamada
    From 1910 to the 1930s, educating Africans was a major preoccupation in the metropole and in the colonies of imperial Britain. This richly researched book untangles the discourse on education for African leaders, which involved diverse actors such as colonial officials, missionaries, European and American educationists or ideologues in Africa and diaspora. The analysis is prese...
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    57,01 €

  • Pan-Africanism and Education
    Kenneth J. King / Kenneth JKing
    This is an analysis of the complex links between Black America and Africa in the period of 1880 to 1945. It examines an extended white attempt to pattern politics and education in colonial Africa upon the example of the U.S. South. This export of United States race relations to Africa was resisted by Black intellectuals in the United States and many of the early nationalists in...
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    24,60 €

  • Freedom by a Thread
    Freedom by a Thread: The History of Quilombos in Brazil brings together some of the best scholars in the world working on the history of quilombos (maroon societies) in Brazil from a variety of perspectives and approaches. Over 40 percent of the total volume of captive Africans arrived in Brazil during a 400-year period of legal and contraband transatlantic slaving. If slavery ...
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    36,71 €

  • Conservation Song
    Wapulumuka Oliver Mulwafu
    Conservation Song explores ways in which colonial relations shaped meanings and conflicts over environmental control and management in Malawi. By focusing on soil conservation, which required an integrated approach to the use and management of such natural resources as land, water and forestry, it examines the origins and effects of policies and their legacies in the post-colon...
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    50,75 €

  • Kulubnarti I
    William Y. Adams / William YAdams
    Sudan Archaeological Research Society. Publication Number 18In 1998 and 1999 volumes II and III of the reports on the University of Kentucky excavations at Kulubnarti were published by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society as numbers 2 and 4 in its monograph series. Kulubnarti III was also available through British Archaeological Reports in its International Series no. 814....
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    104,23 €

  • Tishio la Ukombozi
    Amrit Wilson / Ahmada Shafi Adam
    Tishio la Ukombozi examines the role of the Umma Party of Zanzibar and its leader in the turbulent years of the Zanzibar revolution of the 1960s that was perceived in those Cold War years as a threat to the interests of the US and Europe. Based on declassified US and British documents, in-depth interviews and information released by WikiLeaks, Amrit Wilson offers an insightful ...
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    16,00 €

  • TRANSCENDENTAL AFRICANITY
    Transcendental Africanity: The Key to Defeating Afrophobia and Reclaiming Global Africa presents a major interdisciplinary contribution to African Studies, Africana philosophy, diaspora studies, and global political thought. Edited by historian and African Studies scholar Dr. Mohamed Saliou Camara, the volume brings together 10 original chapters by international scholars that e...
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    44,38 €

  • RISING ON OUR OWN
    Nakel Nikiema
    Rising on Our Own: Beyond Aid and Beyond Blame is the 2026 second edition of Nakel Nikiema’s history of African capacity and the argument that follows from it. The book refuses two worn stories: that Africa’s troubles are only someone else’s crime, and that more aid will complete the work. It starts earlier than the partition and it ends later than independence day.The first mo...
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    20,24 €

  • Africa is a giant and a giant does not need a high heel
    Augustine Okeke-Agbaga
    Africa Is a Giant - And a Giant Does Not Need a High Heel! by Augustine Okeke-Agbaga is a thought-provoking exploration of Africa’s identity, history, challenges, and potential. Through the powerful metaphor of a giant wearing an uncomfortable high heel, the book examines how borrowed systems, external influences, and dependency have shaped Africa’s development journey. The aut...
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    103,46 €

  • The Uranium The World Forgot Congo, Nuclear Power, Joseph Kabila, and the Strategic Mistakes That May Have Changed the World
    Joseph Habimana Ngoma / Joseph Ngoma
    What if one of the greatest strategic mistakes of the modern era was not simply the world’s failure to stop the wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo-but its failure to understand what could happen when some of the planet’s most strategically important resources remained vulnerable to conflict, corruption, foreign competition, smuggling, and weak international oversight? The...
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    45,38 €

  • The Nile quest
    Harry Johnston
    A hush falls over the banks of the Nile as dusk settles, the river’s mysterious currents catching the last glimmers of sunlight. In the heart of nineteenth-century Africa, the quest to unravel the secrets of this mighty river was fraught with peril and wonder, drawing explorers into uncharted landscapes and the shifting shadows of empire. This masterful account captures the pul...
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    23,03 €

  • Akebulan
    Brian Butler
    A name found in a census, a DNA test taken by two daughters, and a continent hidden in plainsight spark Brian Butler’s journey from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to the kingdoms of West andCentral Africa. What begins as a search for his great-great-grandfather becomes a journey back tothe beginning of humanity itself.For most of his life, Butler believed his family’s story ended wit...
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    11,37 €

  • THE AFRICAN SPRING
    Atlas A Teru
    THE OLDEST STORY There is a story that is older than any other story. Older than the first Egyptian hieroglyphs to be carved. Older than the first Mesopotamian tablet pressed in clay. Older than the first Greek philosopher to open his mouth to speak. Before any tradition that calls the present world ancient was anything but young. This story was told around fire in a green worl...
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    14,26 €

  • Children of the Sea
    GREGORY JACKSON
    A New Kind of Textbook for a New GenerationFor decades, high school students have been taught biology, history, and environmental science as separate subjects - disconnected disciplines that rarely speak to one another. Children of the Sea offers something different: an integrated, interdisciplinary approach that shows students how the sciences, humanities, and even language al...
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    19,72 €

  • What Every African Should Know About Africa
    CHALA ABDI
    Africa is not poor. It is disconnected. It is not powerless. It is underutilized. And it is not without solutions-it simply needs a new mindset, better systems, and the courage to build together.What Every African Should Know About Africa offers a bold, practical, and deeply inspiring roadmap for Africa’s economic and social transformation. From geography and natural resources ...
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    20,00 €

  • The African Generational Wealth Bible
    John E. Williams
    For centuries, the richest civilizations on earth built wealth without banks, without Wall Street, and without a finance degree. Their principles created empires. Then those principles were buried - and the families who descended from them were left to figure out money from scratch, every single generation. This book digs them up. Drawing on documented historical records from 1...
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    16,57 €

  • When the Lagoon Decides
    Olaseni Alaka
    In 18th-century Lagos, Oba Akinsemoyin rules an African kingdom on the brink. Trade routes are shifting. Rivals are watching. And within his royal court lies a secret that could destroy his dynasty and shatter the future of Eko.To hold on to power, he turns to foreign allies, bringing men and cannons into the waters of the lagoon. But every decision carries a cost. As war sprea...
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    20,51 €

  • O Reino do Kongo
    Neves Sam Kitoko
    O Reino do Kongo: Nimi Lua Lukeni, Nzinga a Mkuwu, Nzinga a Mvemba, Dona Beatriz-Kimpa a Vita explora a extraordinária ascensão, transformação e declínio de um dos mais importantes reinos históricos da África Central. Desde a fundação tradicional do Reino do Kongo sob Nimi Lua Lukeni até aos reinados de Nzinga a Mkuwu e Nzinga a Mvemba (Rei Afonso I), o livro examina o poder re...
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    16,96 €

  • Le Royaume du Kongo
    Neves Sam Kitoko
    Le Royaume du Kongo : Nimi Lua Lukeni, Nzinga a Mkuwu, Nzinga a Mvemba, Dona Beatriz-Kimpa a Vita retrace l’ascension, la transformation et le déclin de l’un des royaumes les plus importants de l’histoire de l’Afrique centrale.De la fondation traditionnelle du Royaume du Kongo sous Nimi Lua Lukeni aux règnes de Nzinga a Mkuwu et de Nzinga a Mvemba (Afonso Ier), l’ouvrage explor...
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    16,96 €

  • Maji Maji
    John Roe-Deasy
    In 1902, a German colonial governor signed a decree mandating that every village in the southern districts of German East Africa grow cotton - on land the families needed for food, during the months they needed for their own crops. Three years later, two men walked into a colonial cotton field and pulled the plants from the earth. What followed was one of the most extraordinary...
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    28,33 €

  • BANADIR The Cradle of the Somali Civilization
    Siad A... Abdulrahman Sheikh Al-Barawy
    The Somali civil war began in January 1991. Within a year, the warring factions in Mogadishu had destroyed much of the historic city through shelling, terror, and widespread looting, forcing many residents to flee their homes. Regrettably, more than thirty-five years later, the various Somali clan-based factions, whose alliances and objectives frequently shift according to thei...
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    37,63 €

  • The Forgotten Diaspora Companion - Volume I
    CLOWERS
    The Forgotten Diaspora Companion - Volume I is the research extension of Book 2, The Forgotten Diaspora. It examines the evidence behind the historical narrative, beginning with covenant warning and ancient exile and moving through Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Rome, Egypt, North Africa, African historical networks, Iberia, forced conversion, Sephardic dispersion, and the Atlantic ...
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    23,14 €

  • The Kingdom of Kongo
    Neves Sam Kitoko
    The Kingdom of Kongo: Nimi Lua Lukeni, Nzinga a Mkuwu, Nzinga a Mvemba, Dona Beatriz-Kimpa a Vita explores the remarkable rise, transformation, and decline of one of Central Africa’s most important historic kingdoms.From the traditional founding of Kongo under Nimi Lua Lukeni to the reigns of Nzinga a Mkuwu and Nzinga a Mvemba (King Afonso I), the book examines royal power, pol...
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    16,97 €

  • The Unstoppable Generation
    Joe Karfiah Davies
    THE LIBERIAN YOUTH: KARFIAH VIEW by Joe Karfiah Davies is a heartfelt call to action for the youth of Liberia to reclaim their nation’s future. Liberia, a country scarred by years of civil war, faces the challenge of rebuilding its professional and intellectual foundations. This book is a powerful reminder that the key to the nation’s rebirth lies in the hands of its youth. Joe...
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    27,13 €

  • Liberia’s Renaissance
    Joe Karfiah Davies
    In ’Liberia’s Renaissance: The Road to Unity, Innovation, and Global Impact,’ readers will discover a sweeping vision for a nation ready to redefine itself. This inspiring work traces Liberia’s journey from the trials of civil conflict to the promise of renewal, blending historical reflection with a call to collective purpose.Drawing on personal experience and deep cultural ins...
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    33,96 €

  • UNBROKEN PASSAGE
    Anjelo Malek Qurino Kuoc Deng
    Unbroken Passage: A Journey Through War, Exile, Family, and Hope.Born amidst the turmoil of war in South Sudan, Anjelo Malek Kuoc Deng recounts an extraordinary journey of resilience, survival, and unwavering hope. Unbroken Passage is a powerful memoir that traces the author’s path from a childhood marked by famine, displacement, and civil conflict to a life shaped by education...
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    28,32 €

  • Tunisia Under Ben Ali
    Daniel Zisenwine
    Here, Daniel Zisenwine looks at Tunisia under the rule of Ben Ali, from 1987 when he rose to power until the 2011 protests that led to his downfall.Sparked by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, a wave of protests and uprisings spread across North Africa and the Middle East in late 2010 and 2011. The case of Tunisia has since been held up as an ex...
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    51,18 €

  • Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-74
    Sandra Araújo
    Shortlisted for the Polly Corrigan Book Prize 2025Revealing Portugal’s counterinsurgent spying on Muslims during Mozambique’s liberation struggle, this book uses archival and field work to study Muslim responses to counterinsurgency and armed nationalism that led to Mozambique’s freedom from colonial rule. Paying particular attention to the intricate set of realities Muslims fa...
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    51,25 €

  • Sango
    William J Samarin
    Sango emerged from colonization but was created by Africans. William Samarin traces how Sango, developing alongside Kituba and Lingala, went from a trade lingua franca along the Ubangi River to become a creole vernacular with more than 2 million speakers. Based on four decades of fieldwork in what is now the Central African Republic, the book examines Sango’s linguistic feature...
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    27,73 €

  • Daily Life in Colonial Africa
    Toyin Falola
    Discover how European colonization across the many regions in Africa dramatically altered the continent and the daily lived experiences of its peoples.Daily Life in Colonial Africa explores nine facets of daily life in the European-colonized African continent, such as domestic, economic, political, and religious life. Examples of everyday people-farmers forced to switch to cash...
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    37,89 €


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