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Facing The Sea Of Sand - The Sahara And The Peoples Of Northern Africa

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 Northern Africa is dominated now by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its challenges, establishing networks of communication across its expanse.
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Angola In Africa - Nation-state or political-ethnicity state?

by Marcolino Moco

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 Moreover, globalism, the global economic and financial crisis governed by unknown centres of power, or known but without a legal status, lead Westerners to discuss whether the State as we know it is still an instrument capable of governing, with justice and equity, all cultures who finally speak freely about their values, goals, and future, for the first time in the history of humankind. Nevertheless, these cultures are still too often incapable of putting the power of words above the words of the power. This is one of the goals of the present book, written in the body of thought, let my people pass. In Adriano Moreira (President of the Institute of Higher Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon Emeritus Professor of the Technical)
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

by Walter Rodney

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 "First published in the UK by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications 1972."
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King Leopold'S Ghost - A Story Of Greed, Terror And Heroism In Colonial Africa

by Adam Hochschild

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 A riveting and highly readable account of the Congo massacre, peopled by callous monarchs, corrupt adventurers and a handful of genuine heroes.
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The Rise And Fall Of Ancient Egypt

by Toby Wilkinson

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 A brilliantly readable, beautifully illustrated general history of ancient Egypt, from the builders of the first pyramids to Cleopatra

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Africa Since 1940 - The Past Of The Present

by Frederick (New York University) Cooper

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 Fully revised to include the history and scholarship of Africa since the turn of the millennium, this text helps students understand the historical process out of which Africa's position in the world has emerged. It explores the significance of political independence, and how the people of Africa sought to refashion their lives after colonialism.
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States And Power In Africa - Comparative Lessons In Authority And Control - Second Edition

by Jeffrey Herbst

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 Originally published: A2000. With new preface and revised chapter nine by the author.
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Congo - The Epic History Of A People

by David Van Reybrouck

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 FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY â€˜Not only deserves the description â€œepicâ€, in its true sense, but the term â€œmasterpieceâ€ as wellâ€™ Independent
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Beyond The Battlefield - Women And The Nation In Twentieth-Century Angola

by Selina S. Makana

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 This book explores Angolan womenâ€™s vital role in nation building through maternalist nationalism. Challenging male-centered war narratives, it highlights womenâ€™s political activism, labor, and patriotic motherhood, revealing how they shaped Angolaâ€™s history beyond the battlefield.
Can Feminism Be African? - A Most Paradoxical Question

by Minna Salami

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 What happens when we consider Africa through a feminist lens and feminism through an African one? And what does it mean to centre selfhood in this journey?
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Can Feminism Be African? - A Most Paradoxical Question

by Minna Salami

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 What happens when we consider Africa through a feminist lens and feminism through an African one? And what does it mean to centre selfhood in this journey?
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White Malice - The Cia And The Neocolonisation Of Africa

by Susan Williams

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 The shocking, untold story of how African independence was strangled at birth by Americaâ€™s systematic interference.
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Wealth, Land, And Property In Angola - A History Of Dispossession, Slavery, And Inequality

by Mariana P. (Emory University, Atlanta) Candido

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 Mariana Candido explores the history of dispossession, consumption, and inequality in Angola from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Centring the experiences of West Central Africans, and particularly African women, Candido advances the push to decolonize African history.
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Operations Â€˜Leopardâ€™ And Â€˜Red Beanâ€™ Kolwezi 1978 - French And Belgian Intervention In Zaire

by Daniel Kowalczuk

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 The Battle of Kolwezi in Zaire in 1978 between FNLC (ex-Katanga Gendarmerie) and a Zaire Army, French and Belgian task force.
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The Carthaginians 6thâ€“2nd Century Bc

by Andrea Salimbeti e Raffaele (Author) Dâ€™Amato; Illustration: Giuseppe (Illustrator) Rava e Giuseppe Rava

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 Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this study presents up-to-date research on the armies of Romeâ€™s most dangerous rival, which under the leadership of Hannibal Barca came close to snuffing out Romeâ€™s rise before its reach extended much beyond Italy itself.
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Shake Hands With The Devil - The Failure Of Humanity In Rwanda

by Romeo Dallaire

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 Thirteen months after Lt-Gen Romeo went to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he flew home broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans. This book takes us on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, recreating the events the international community turned its back on.
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Themes In The Economic And Social History Of Zimbabwe, 1890-1979 - Rethinking Colonial Spaces

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 This book captures Zimbabwe's economic and social history with a focus on the various colonial categories as they interacted and unfolded.
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Conflictual Democracy And The South African Constitution - Dignity, Equality, And Freedom

by Henk Botha

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 Human dignity, equality, and freedom are central to the South African Constitution. This book examines these values through a conflictual democratic lens, which views conflict, power, and disagreement as constitutive of democracy. The book will be an important read for researchers of constitutional law and critical legal theory.
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Mining And Financial Imperialism - The Central African Copper Bonanza, C. 1890â€“1970

by Timo Sarkka

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 Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the worldâ€™s leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century.
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Gabon - The Development Of A Nation

by Marc Aicardi De Saint-Paul

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 First published in 1987 and in English in 1989, Gabon provides an essential introduction to the geography, history, sociology, economics and politics of Gabon in considerable detail.
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The Political Economy Of South Africa'S Post-Apartheid Transition: The Rejection Of Alternatives To Neoliberalism

by Ben Fine

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 This peer-reviewed book series offers insights into our current reality by exploring the content and consequences of power relationships under capitalism, and by considering the spaces of opposition and resistance to these changes that have been defining our new age.
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Geohistory, Capitalist Development, And South Africa - From Racial Domination To Zim-Lite

by Kevin R. Cox

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 This peer-reviewed book series offers insights into our current reality by exploring the content and consequences of power relationships under capitalism, and by considering the spaces of opposition and resistance to these changes that have been defining our new age.
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The Barrel Of A Gun - Political Power In Africa And The Coup D'Etat

by Ruth First

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 The classic study of coups d'Ã©tat in post-colonial Africa, with incisive new foreword
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The West African Revival - Faith Tabernacle Congregation On The Guinea Coast, 1918-1929

by Adam Mohr

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 The West African Revival was the predecessor to Pentecostalism in West Africa - Ghana and Nigeria particularly. Katharine Mohr compels scholars to rethink the historical relationship of African indigenous churches to Pentecostalism in West Africa in addition to the historical relationship between South African Zionism and Nigerian Aladura.
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