History - Africa - Central

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.Author: Cheikh Anta DiopPublisher: Lawrence Hill BooksPublished: 08/01/1988Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.49h x...

Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "An intense and gripping new drama . . . the kind of new play we desperately need: well-informed and unafraid of the world's brutalities."--David Cote, Time Out New York A rain forest bar and brothel in...

An extraordinary chronicle of youth that evokes the paradoxes of modern Africa--complex, contradictory, and full of conflict, tragedy, and joy. Patrice Nganang, the acclaimed author of Dog Days, Mount Pleasant, and, most recently, A Trail of Crab Tracks, which was a 2022 New Yorker...

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 control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect."...

Stanley in Africa - The Wonderful Discoveries and Thrilling Adventures of the Great African Explorer, and Other Travelers, Pioneers and MissionariesA volume of travel, exploration and adventure is never without instruction and fascination for old and young. There is that within us all which...

Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa - A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark ContinentFor centuries Africa has been "the dark continent" of our globe. The sea-washed edges of this immense tract have...

Stanley's Story; Or, Through the Wilds of Africa - A Thrilling Narrative of His Remarkable Adventures, Terrible Experiences, Wonderful Discoveries and Amazing Achievements in the Dark ContinentFifty years have hardly elapsed since Dr. Livingstone first entered the dark and benighted regions of South Africa...

Stanley's tocht ter opsporing van Livingstone - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873Reeds vroeger maakten wij met enkele woorden melding van de merkwaardige reis, door den Amerikaan Henry Stanley, ter opsporing van Dr. Livingstone ondernomen, eene reis, met zoo gelukkigen uitslag bekroond. Wat wij...

The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration, Vol. 1 I had intended this record of personal adventure to appear immediately after my return to Europe, in May 1859. The impaired health, the depression of spirits, and worse still the annoyance of...

The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration, Vol. 2The fourth division is a hilly table-land, extending from the western skirts of the desert Mgunda Mkhali, in E. long. 33 57, to the eastern banks of the Malagarazi River, in E. long....

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868In the midst of the universal sorrow caused by the intelligence that Dr. Livingstone had lost his life at the furthest point to which he had...

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 - Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And SusiBad beginning of the new year. Dangerous...

The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller--about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New...

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. An unforgettable firsthand account of a people's response to genocide and what it tells us about humanity. This...

Filled with "fascinating information, original research, and bold ideas" (NPR), a revelatory account of how African Independence was systematically undermined by the US In 1958 in Accra, Ghana, the Hands Off Africa conference brought together the leading figures of African independence in a public...