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An essential overview of great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts.
From the ancient Nile Valley to the savannas of ...
"This is one of the best books I have read in years . . . gripping, full of colorful characters, and strange plot twists." -Fareed Zakaria, CNN host ...
The shocking, untold story of how African independence was strangled at birth by America's systematic interference.
Accra, 1958. Africa's liberation leaders have gathered ...
This book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent played an important role ...
FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILIE GIFFORD PRIZE
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Should be read by anyone who cares about justice, humanity and human ...
Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through ...
A story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers.
For millennia the location of ...
The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance- an African diplomat's guide to Africa
In ...
The Assassination of Lumumba unravels the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba-the first ...
Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and ...