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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story Of Greed, Terror, And Heroism In Colonial Africa
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An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." - Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread." - Los Angeles Times Book…
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney

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|November 27, 2018

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The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading…

PRISON LETTERS OF NELSON MANDELA

NELSON MANDELA

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|November 15, 2022

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One of NPR's Great Reads of 2018 An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth. Arrested in 1962 as South Africa’s apartheid regime intensified its…
A History of Nigeria

A History of Nigeria

Toyin Falola

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|April 24, 2008

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Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin…
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
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Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.
The Innocents: A Novel

The Innocents: A Novel

Tatamkhulu Afrika

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|May 2, 2006

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Inspired by the author’s years as an activist in Apartheid-era Cape Town, The Innocents is a gripping account of how, in the myriad political battles of our recent past, an even greater number of private wars were lost or won. Yusuf and three of his friends…
Scramble For Africa...

Scramble For Africa...

Thomas Pakenham

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|December 1, 1992

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White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
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A sweeping history the fortune seekers, adventurers, despots, and thieves who have ruthlessly endeavored to extract gold, diamonds, and other treasures from Africa and its people. Africa has been coveted for its rich natural resources ever since the era of the…
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
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To save ancient Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven in this “fast-paced narrative that is…part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract, and part out-and-out thriller” (…
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