History - Africa - Central

In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa's most devastating recent history-from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor's arrival in Monrovia, to the...

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries - And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864It has been my object in this work to give as clear an account as I was able of tracts of...

How Africa's most notorious tyrant made his oppressive regime seem both necessary and patriotic Idi Amin ruled Uganda between 1971 and 1979, inflicting tremendous violence on the people of the country. How did Amin's regime survive for eight calamitous years? Drawing on recently uncovered...

Beiträge zur Entdeckung und Erforschung Africa's. - Berichte aus den Jahren 1870-1875 1. Der Kanal von Suez. 2. Bauten in Afrika. 3. Lagos an der Westkste von Afrika. 4. Das Gora-Gebirge in Central-Afrika. 5. Hflichkeitsformen und Umgangsgebruche bei den 6. Beitrag zur Kenntni der...

2020 Reprint of the 1915 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. According to the author, his only ... "object in sending forth this volume to the public is with the hope of inspiring a greater desire...

Now in paperback: the powerful, revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation--and the moral implications that affect...

From the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu's brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo: The Epic History of a People traces the history of one...

A "meticulously researched and comprehensive" (Financial Times) history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa's Congo At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of western Europe. It borders nine other nations, and since 1996 it has been...

How I Found Livingstone - Travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley On the sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,...

In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of EquatoriaOR THE QUEST, RESCUE, AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA BY HENRY M. STANLEY WITH TWO STEEL ENGRAVINGS, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS IN TWO...

In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of EquatoriaOR THE QUEST, RESCUE, AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA BY HENRY M. STANLEY WITH TWO STEEL ENGRAVINGS, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS IN TWO...

Timely, relevant, and illuminating, this essential book by respected cultural historian, teacher, and author John G. Jackson sheds long overdue light on standard Eurocentric and distorting approaches to the history of Africa from early African civilizations to Africa's significance in world history. With brilliantly...

IsmailiaAn interval of five years has elapsed since the termination of my engagement in the service of His Highness the Khedive of Egypt, "to suppress the slave-hunters of Central Africa, and to annex the countries constituting the Nile Basin, with the object of opening...

The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver "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 . ....

Kolme matkaa Afrikassa - Henry M. Stanleyn nuoruus ja ensimmäiset tutkimusmatkat Afrikan sisämaissa1. Stanleyn nuoruus. Englantilainen sotaretki Abyssiniaan. Kapina Espanjassa. 2. Stanley lhtee etsimn Livingstonea. Varustus matkalle. 3. Matkan alku rantamaalta Ugogoon. 4. Matka Ugogosta Unianjembehen. 5. Matka Unianjembest Ujijiin. 6. Stanleyn matkustukset yhdess...

Les Explorateurs du Centre de l'AfriqueL'Afrique centrale a certainement t connue des anciens gyptiens. L'gypte seule avec sa valle du Nil, ses dserts de Nubie et de Libye n'est pas une base suffisante pour expliquer la puissance des pharaons, des Ssostris et des Ptolme....

Les grands explorateurs: La Mission Marchand (Congo-Nil)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Pour les illustrations des pages...

Life on the CongoAlthough only four years have elapsed since my colleague penned the accompanying chapters, yet events have followed each other so fast that another short chapter seems to be needed to bring them up to date. During this brief interval, our knowledge...

Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 - Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's GovernmentThe task of the Editor of these volumes has been principally one of arrangement and compression. The late lamented...

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