Ask our staff anything about our shop or products, or leave your feedback.
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver
In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ...
A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa
From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration ...
South Africa is popularly perceived as the most influential nation in Africa a gateway to an entire continent for finance, trade and politics, and a ...
This is the story of Southern Rhodesia, from a time of its earliest known inhabitants, the Bushmen, to their displacement by the Bantu; the invasion ...
Soldiers in Revolt examines the understudied phenomenon of military mutinies in Africa. Through interviews with former mutineers in three West African countries, the book provides ...
The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is one of the most intriguing conflicts of modern history. It has been labeled many things- the first media war, a ...
This comprehensive overview traces the evolution of modern Mozambique, from its early modern origins in the Indian Ocean trading system and the Portuguese maritime empire ...
In this vast and vivid panorama of history, Martin Meredith, bestselling author of The State of Africa, follows the fortunes of Africa over a period ...
On 21st November 2017 Robert Mugabe resigned as President of Zimbabwe after 37 years in power. A week earlier the military had seized control of ...
Congo is one of the most complex countries in the world, yet it is the most overlooked. It is one of the wealthiest in Africa ...
A vivid, heartbreaking portrait of the fate that so many African countries suffered after independence.
The dictator who grew so rich on his country's ...
Faced with the 'total onslaught' by its enemies, in 1979, Apartheid South Africa established Vlakplaas-lit. 'shallow farm', a 100-hectare farm nestling in the hills outside ...
In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, within a hundred years ...
