Africa

As Recipient Of The Nobel Peace Prize, President Of The African National Congress, And Head Of The Anti-apartheid Movement, Nelson Mandela Has Been One Of T...

Before Charles Taylor Became The Infamous Warlord President Of Liberia, He Lived As A Student In Boston, Where He Fathered A Son. When Taylor Returned To Li...

In this controversial new book, a prominent Israeli historian at Haifa University revisits the formative period of the State of Israel. Decisively debunki...

Brought up on stories and myths of the Kalahari Bushmen, Rupert Isaacson journeys to the dry vast grassland — which stretches across South Africa, Botswan...

An Exploration Of The History Of South Africa, From The Earliest Known Human Inhabitation Of The Region To The Beginning Of The 21st Century. The Africans -...

in This Original And Meticulous Work Of Historical Ethnography, Janice Boddy Deftly Offers An Acute Analysis Of Imperial Ambition And The Gendering Of Pol...

a Major Work Of History That For The First Time Reveals The Violence And Terror At The Heart Of Britain's Civilizing Mission In Kenya as Part Of The Allie...

The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beas...

Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn’t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle ...

In a timely reminder of how the past informs the present, Baruch Kimmerling and Joel Migdal offer an authoritative account of the history of the Palestinia...

The Previous Edition Has Been Entirely Updated, With New Contributions Replacing Older Ones. A Distinctive Characteristic Of This Anthology Is The Range Of ...

Why haven't the poorest Africans been able to prosper in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: economi...

In the second of a proposed three-volume study, John and Jean Comaroff continue their exploration of colonial evangelism and modernity in South Africa. Mo...

Told with captivating images, an evocative text, and haunting music on a CD, here is the remarkable story of a courageous group of rural African people who...

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 surroun...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

In April 1994 Up To A Million People Were Slaughtered In Rwanda During A Murderous Campaign Of Horrifying Efficiency. The Ferocity Of The Killing And The Cr...

Immaculee Ilibagiza Grew Up In A Country She Loved, Surrounded By A Family She Cherished. But In 1994 Her Idyllic World Was Ripped Apart As Rwanda Descended...

In July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan achieved independence, concluding what had been Africa's longest running civil war. The process leading to independ...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

Because new nations need new pasts, they create new ways of commemorating and recasting select historic events. In Recovered Roots, Yael Zerubavel illumin...

To truly heal is to "make whole" on all levels, in contrast to "treating" which is limited and short-sighted, as Hawkins has emphasized in his best-selling ...

The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting...both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the powe...

Father To The Fatherless Tells The True Story Of A Man Who Makes A Decision To Sell Everything He Has To Help The Poor. It's A Decision That Goes So Counter...

For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took con...

Combining richly detailed empirical research on transnational connections with bold and imaginative theoretical argument, this innovative study offers fres...