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GENERAL HISTORY OF AFRICA.V AFRICA FROM THE 16C-18C

GENERAL HISTORY OF AFRICA.V AFRICA FROM THE 16C-18C

Volume V of the UNESCO General History of Africa covers the history of Africa from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century. Two major themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period; second, the inc
SZL 776.63
GENERAL HISTORY OF AFRICA.VIII AFRICA SINCE 1935

GENERAL HISTORY OF AFRICA.VIII AFRICA SINCE 1935

This eighth and final volume of the UNESCO General History of Africa examines the period from 1935 to the present day. As liberation from colonial rule progresses, the political, economic and cultural dimensions of the continent are analysed.
SZL 776.63
Getting Somalia Wrong?

Getting Somalia Wrong?

Somalia is a failed state, notorious for piracy and the rise of Islamist extremism. At least that is how it is usually portrayed. Getting Somalia Wrong? the first comprehensive account of the chaos engulfing much of the countryprice shownows that this ‘failed state’ is far from being a failed society, as a
SZL 805.86
GLOBALIZATION & URBANIZATION IN AFRICA

GLOBALIZATION & URBANIZATION IN AFRICA

In this book scholars present new interpretations of African cities, from the pre-colonial to the modern, set in the context of national and international economy, politics and culture. While providing insights into the evolution of African cities, they also raise issues of vital importance to the s
SZL 876.16
GLOBALIZING SOMALIA

GLOBALIZING SOMALIA

This collection of essays demonstrates how chronic state failure and the inability of the international community to provide a solution to the conflict in Somalia has had transnational repercussions.
SZL 1,318.68
Good African Story, A

Good African Story, A

Since it was founded in 2003, Good African Coffee has helped thousands of farmers earn a decent living, send their children to school and escape a spiral of debt and dependence. Africa has received over price shown trillion in aid over the last fifty years and yet despite these huge inflows, the continent re
SZL 498.21
HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AFRICA,THE

HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AFRICA,THE

The history of the Islamic faith in Africa spans fourteen centuries. This book provides a detailed mapping of the cultural, political, geographic and religious past of Islam in a single volume.
SZL 1,931.22
History of Modern Uganda, A

History of Modern Uganda, A

This book is the first major study in several decades to consider Uganda as a nation, from its precolonial roots to the present day. Here, Richard J. Reid examines the political, economic, and social history of Uganda, providing a unique and wide-ranging examination of its turbulent and dynamic past
SZL 964.04
How we made it in Africa: Learn from the stories of 25 entrepreneurs who’ve built thriving businesses

How we made it in Africa: Learn from the stories of 25 entrepreneurs who’ve built thriving businesses

How we made it in Africa: Learn from the stories of 25 entrepreneurs who’ve built thriving businesses
SZL 981.61
In Pursuit of Peace in Africa: An autobiography of General Opande

In Pursuit of Peace in Africa: An autobiography of General Opande

Lieutenant General Daniel Opande, in his autobiography In Pursuit of Peace in Africaprice shownares his experiences in childhood, education, family and military career until his retirement. He wore many hats: soldier, military leader, peacemaker, humanitarian, peace ambassador and mediator.
SZL 841.01
In the Footsteps of Mr.Kurtz

In the Footsteps of Mr.Kurtz

A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong’s vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.
SZL 630.11
Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation in Africa

Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation in Africa

The revival of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is all the more welcome for having followed one of the worst economic disasters–a quarter century of economic malaise for most of the region–since the industrial revolution. Six of the world’s fastest-growing economies in the first decade of this
SZL 3,923.85
Into Africa

Into Africa

Into Africa” examines the significance of culture, community, ethnicity, and language when establishing relationships or doing business in African countries. This second edition includes new material on politics and business practices and the continuing threat of HIV/AIDS.
SZL 644.73
Jeff Koinange: Through My African Eyes (HB)

Jeff Koinange: Through My African Eyes (HB)

Jeff Koinange is a multi-award winning journalist who has won a TV Emmy and a Peabody Businessclaud.com other assignments,during his illustrious career,he covered Africa for more than two Businessclaud.com was the CNN Lagos Bureau Chief for five years before becoming the Network’s senior Africa Corr
SZL 1,025.64
Kenya @50

Kenya @50

This is a book about the intersection of culture, identity and politics over the fifty years of Kenya’s independence .It tries to answer questions about how the states defines individuals and the means by which individuals shape their own sense of belonging. Dr. Nyairo rummages through a vast corpus
SZL 351.69
KENYA BURNING

KENYA BURNING

Kenya Burning is a collaborative visual narrative adapted from the collection ran by the GoDown Arts Centre and documents Kenya’s post-election violence. This collection features photographs by Yasuyoshi Chiba and Boniface Mwangi. Advisory Note : This collection contains graphic images
SZL 732.60
Kenya: Between Hope and Despair 1963-2011

Kenya: Between Hope and Despair 1963-2011

On December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation approaches the fiftieth anniversary of its independence, however, the people’s dream remains elusive. During its first f
SZL 1,901.80
Kenya’s 50 Years of Diplomatic Engagement: From Kenyatta to Kenyatta

Kenya’s 50 Years of Diplomatic Engagement: From Kenyatta to Kenyatta

Kenya’s Fifty Years of Diplomatic Engagement is a collection of experiences by Kenyan diplomats and academic essays which traces Kenya’s early diplomacy since independence in 1963 to 2013. The narrative of the history of a young nation’s diplomacy is told by the men and women who took the mantle of
SZL 410.33
KENYAN STUDENTS AIRLIFTS TO AMERICA

KENYAN STUDENTS AIRLIFTS TO AMERICA

What did it take to get hundreds of Kenyan students, thirsting for higher education, into US colleges in the late 1950s and early 1960s? It took perseverance, help from countless people, and the overwhelming desire of the students themselves. This is an engaging and insightful book about an importan
SZL 366.30
LAND & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

LAND & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

This book links contemporary debates on land reform with wider discourses on sustainable development within Africa, with chapters and in-depth case studies on South Africa and Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Botswana and West Africa. It traces the development of ideas about sustainable development and addr
SZL 981.61
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria

Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria

Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria — a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed
SZL 410.33
LOST KINGDOMS OF AFRICA, THE

LOST KINGDOMS OF AFRICA, THE

For many of us the history of Africa is, at best, vague. We might think of Egyptian pyramids, legendary queens (of Sheba or Cleopatra) and Zulu warriors. The truth, however, is one of remarkably diverse, creative, culturally rich civilisations. In this book, which accompanies an 8-part BBC series, G
SZL 630.11
MACHETE SEASON:THE KILLERS IN RWANDA SPEAK

MACHETE SEASON:THE KILLERS IN RWANDA SPEAK

During the spring of 1994, in a tiny country called Rwanda, some price shown people were hacked to death, one by one, by their neighbors in a gruesome civil war. Several years later, journalist Jean Hatzfeld traveled to Rwanda to interview ten participants in the killings, eliciting extraordinary testim
SZL 879.12
MAGNIFICIENT AND BEGGAR LAND- ANGOLA SINCE THE CIVIL WAR

MAGNIFICIENT AND BEGGAR LAND- ANGOLA SINCE THE CIVIL WAR

Magnificent and Beggar Land is a powerful account of fast-changing dynamics in Angola, an important African state that is a key exporter of oil and diamonds and a growing power on the continent. Based on three years of research and extensive first-hand knowledge of Angola, it documents the rise of a
SZL 1,025.64
Making Futures: Young Entrepreneurs in a Dynamic Africa

Making Futures: Young Entrepreneurs in a Dynamic Africa

Making Futures: Young Entrepreneurs in a Dynamic Africa
SZL 703.37
MARKETS & STATES IN TROPICAL AFRICA

MARKETS & STATES IN TROPICAL AFRICA

Most Africans live in rural areas and derive their incomes from farming; but because African governments follow policies that are adverse to most farmers’ interests, these countries fail to produce enough food to feed their populations. Markets and States in Tropical Africa analyzes these and other
SZL 1,318.68
Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda

Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda

As a foreign correspondent, Scott Peterson witnessed firsthand Somalia’s descent into war and its battle against US troops, the spiritual degeneration of Sudan’s Holy War, and one of the most horrific events of the last half century: the genocide in Rwanda. In Me Against My Brother , he brings these
SZL 2,461.61
Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind

Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind

This unique book explores the many misperceptions and stereotypes about Africa in the United States with both historical and contemporary examples, from high culture and pop culture.
SZL 846.93
Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City

Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City

Despite being a large capital city in Africa in terms of size and its regional role, Nairobi is an unrecognised entity. For the majority of its inhabitants, the capital of Kenya is a transit point rather than a dwelling place. Since its origins, Nairobi has been a city of migrants, more predisposed
SZL 688.57
NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONFLICT IN AFRICA

NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONFLICT IN AFRICA

Conflict over natural resources has made Africa the focus of international attention, particularly during the last decade. From oil in Nigeria and diamonds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to land in Zimbabwe and water in the Horn of Africa, the politics surrounding ownership, management, and co
SZL 1,391.94
New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa

New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa

African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa can feed itself in a generation and help contribute to global food security. To achieve this Africa has to define agriculture as a forc
SZL 1,345.14
NEW KINGS OF CRUDE,THE

NEW KINGS OF CRUDE,THE

In the past decade, the need for oil in Asia’s new industrial powers, China and India, has grown dramatically. The need for oil in Asia’s new industrial powers, China and India, has grown dramatically. The New Kings of Crude takes the reader from the dusty streets of an African capital to Asia’s gli
SZL 1,054.87
No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74

No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74

No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky stands as a key text in the history of the eleven-year struggle against Portuguese rule in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Though perhaps less well known than the struggles in Angola and Mozambique, the liberation war waged by the African Party for the Independenc
SZL 820.48
No Picnics on Mount Kenya

No Picnics on Mount Kenya

In No Picnic on Mount Kenya, Felice Benuzzi recounts one of the most bizarre and daring adventures of this century. In 1943, Benuzzi and two fellow Italian prisoners of war escaped from a British camp in equatorial East Africa with one goal–to climb the seventeen-thousand-foot Mount Kenya. Filled wi
SZL 553.89
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass)

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass)

Malidoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however he was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, where he remained for the next fifteen years, being harshly indoctrinated into European ways of thought and worship. The story tells of his return to his people, his hard initiation back into t
SZL 846.93
Oxford Handbook of Modern African History, The

Oxford Handbook of Modern African History, The

The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History represents an invaluable tool for historians and others in the field of African studies. This collection of essays, produced by some of the finest scholars currently working in the field, provides the latest insights into, and interpretations of, the his
SZL 1,465.20
Pirates of Somalia, The

Pirates of Somalia, The

For centuries stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the world. The recent ragtag band of pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking multimillion dollar tankers owned by international shipping conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. Jay Bahadur’s rivetin
SZL 630.11
Police In Africa: The Street Level View

Police In Africa: The Street Level View

State police forces in Africa are a curiously neglected subject of study, even within the study of security issues and African states. This book brings together important new work on the subject from a group of criminologists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, political scientists and other
SZL 879.12
Political Protest in Contemporary Africa

Political Protest in Contemporary Africa

From spray-painted slogans in Senegal to student uprisings in South Africa, twenty-first century Africa has seen an explosion of protests and social movements. But why? Protests flourish amidst an emerging middle class whose members desire political influence and possess the money, education, and po
SZL 1,110.56
POLITICS IN AFRICA

POLITICS IN AFRICA

Democracy, prosperity and self-rule, this was the vision of African independence. Across the continent, however, the ‘optimism’ that characterized the immediate post-independence period has largely faded. Meanwhile, ordinary Africans lurch between undemocratic, unaccountable and unresponsive governm
SZL 732.60
Precolonial Black Africa

Precolonial Black Africa

This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civilization.
SZL 1,025.64
Radio Congo: Signals Of Hope From Africa’S Deadliest War

Radio Congo: Signals Of Hope From Africa’S Deadliest War

While poring over dust-caked pamphlets in the library, Ben Rawlence stumbles upon the photo of a lost city of colonial Congo–a glistening, modern metropolis built by huge tin mines and European capitalists. Today, that city, Manono, sits beyond the infamous “Triangle of Death,” in an area rarely rea
SZL 586.08
Real Politics of the Horn of Africa, The

Real Politics of the Horn of Africa, The

“The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa” delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war to achieve their goals.
SZL 1,230.81
RELIGION & POLITICS IN EAST AFRICA

RELIGION & POLITICS IN EAST AFRICA

This volume describes attempts by governments to manage religious affairs in both Muslim and Christian areas of East Africa. It also shows how religious denominations act in opposition to one-party state regimes; Islamic fundamentalism
SZL 1,315.72
Rise of China and India in Africa

Rise of China and India in Africa

In recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, transforming Africa’s international relations in a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India’s engagement in Africa has been positive i
SZL 993.45
Rise of the Brics in Africa, The

Rise of the Brics in Africa, The

A little over a decade ago Africa was being spoken of as the ‘lost’ or ‘hopeless’ continent in the media. Now it has some of the fastest growing economies in the world, in large part because of the impacts of a group of large developing countries – the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South A
SZL 641.77
ROOT CAUSES OF SUDAN’S CIVIL WARS,THE

ROOT CAUSES OF SUDAN’S CIVIL WARS,THE

Sudan’s post-independence history has been dominated by political and civil strife. Most commentators have attributed the country’s recurring civil war either to an age-old racial divide between Arabs and Africans, or to recent colonially constructed inequalities. This book attempts a more complex a
SZL 1,315.72
ROOTS OF AFRICAN CONFLICT, THE

ROOTS OF AFRICAN CONFLICT, THE

Violent conflicts have exacted a heavy toll on Africa’s societies, polities and economies. The causes of conflict are too often examined by scholars from the countries that run the proxy wars and sell the arms to fuel them. This volume offers theoretically sophisticated, empirically grounded and com
SZL 1,931.22