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The Creation of Tribalism in Sou... (1989)

Cover for General History of Africa volume 3 [pbk abridged]: Africa from the 7th to the 11th Century - Unesco General History of Africa (Paperback Book) (1992)

General History of Africa volume... (1992)

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General History of Africa volume... (1997)

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Cover for General History of Africa volume 7 [pbk abridged]: Africa under Colonial Domination 1880-1935 - Unesco General History of Africa (Paperback Book) (1990)

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Cover for V.Y. Mudimbe · The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge (Paperback Book) (1990)

The Invention of Africa: Gnosis,... (1990)

Cover for Senior, Olive (Author) · Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-speaking Caribbean (Paperback Book) (1991)

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Senior, Olive (Author)

Cover for Stephen Ellis · Africa Now: People, Policies and Institutions (Paperback Book) (1996)

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Cover for Daniel Mkude · Higher Education in Tanzania: A Case Study - Higher Education in Africa (Paperback Book) (2003)

Higher Education in Tanzania: A ... (2003)

Cover for Robin Law · Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving Port 1727-1892 - Western African Studies (Paperback Book) (2004)

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Decolonising the Mind: The Polit... (1986)

Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi (Author)

Cover for Eldred Durosimi Jones · ALT 10 Retrospect & Prospect: African Literature Today: Tenth anniversary issue - African Literature Today (Paperback Book) (1979)

ALT 10 Retrospect & Prospect: Af... (1979)

Eldred Durosimi Jones

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Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi (Author)

Cover for James Gibbs · African Theatre 4: Southern Africa - African Theatre (Paperback Book) (2004)

African Theatre 4: Southern Afri... (2004)

Cover for James Gibbs · African Theatre 1: African Theatre in Development - African Theatre (Paperback Book) (1999)

African Theatre 1: African Theat... (1999)

Cover for Basil Davidson · The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-state (Paperback Book) (1992)

The Black Man's Burden: Africa a... (1992)

Cover for Bahru Zewde · A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991: Updated and revised edition - Eastern African Studies (Paperback Book) (2001)

A History of Modern Ethiopia, 18... (2001)

Cover for Basil Davidson · The African Slave Trade (Paperback Book) (1961)

The African Slave Trade (1961)

Cover for Tom Lodge · Politics in South Africa: From Mandela to Mbeki (Paperback Book) (2003)

Politics in South Africa: From M... (2003)

Cover for Readings in Gender in Africa - Readings in... (Paperback Book) (2004)

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Cover for John Ryle Et Al. · The Sudan Handbook (Paperback Book) (2011)

The Sudan Handbook (2011)

John Ryle Et Al.

Cover for Alexandra Cosima Budabin · Sudan Looks East: China, India and the Politics of Asian Alternatives - African Issues (Paperback Book) (2011)

Sudan Looks East: China, India a... (2011)

Alexandra Cosima Budabin

Cover for Eleanor O' Gorman · The Front Line Runs through Every Woman: Women and Local Resistance in the Zimbabwean Liberation War - African Issues (Paperback Book) (2011)

The Front Line Runs through Ever... (2011)

Eleanor O' Gorman

Cover for Prof David Killingray · Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War (Paperback Book) (2012)

Fighting for Britain: African So... (2012)

Prof David Killingray

Cover for John McCracken · A History of Malawi: 1859-1966 (Paperback Book) (2012)

A History of Malawi: 1859-1966 (2012)

Cover for Andreas Dafinger · The Economics of Ethnic Conflict: The Case of Burkina Faso - Western Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2013)

The Economics of Ethnic Conflict... (2013)

Andreas Dafinger

Cover for Ebenezer Obadare · Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century (Hardcover Book) (2014)

Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of ... (2014)

Ebenezer Obadare

Cover for David W. Phillipson · Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the northern Horn, 1000 BC - AD 1300 - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2014)

Foundations of an African Civili... (2014)

David W. Phillipson

Cover for Ernest N. Emenyonu · ALT 32 Politics & Social Justice: African Literature Today - African Literature Today (Paperback Book) (2014)

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Ernest N. Emenyonu

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Cover for Mohammed Hassen, Mohammed (Customer) · The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700 - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2015)

The Oromo and the Christian King... (2015)

Mohammed Hassen, Mohammed (Custo...

Cover for Eldred Durosimi Jones · ALT 8 Drama in Africa: African Literature Today: A review - African Literature Today (Paperback Book) (1976)

ALT 8 Drama in Africa: African L... (1976)

Eldred Durosimi Jones

Cover for Ruth Hall · Africa's Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change - African Issues (Paperback Book) (2015)

Africa's Land Rush: Rural Liveli... (2015)

Cover for Ernest N. Emenyonu · ALT 33 Children's Literature & Story-telling: African Literature Today - African Literature Today (Paperback Book) (2015)

ALT 33 Children's Literature & S... (2015)

Ernest N. Emenyonu

Cover for Ruth Prince · Volunteer Economies: The Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa - African Issues (Hardcover Book) (2016)

Volunteer Economies: The Politic... (2016)

Cover for Insa Nolte · Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian & Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2017)

Beyond Religious Tolerance: Musl... (2017)

Cover for Mohammed Hassen, Mohammed (Customer) · The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700 - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2017)

The Oromo and the Christian King... (2017)

Mohammed Hassen, Mohammed (Custo...

Cover for Luisa Enria · The Politics of Work in a Post-Conflict State: Youth, Labour & Violence in Sierra Leone - Western Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2018)

The Politics of Work in a Post-C... (2018)

Cover for Carli Coetzee · Written under the Skin: Blood and Intergenerational Memory in South Africa - African Articulations (Hardcover Book) (2019)

Written under the Skin: Blood an... (2019)

Cover for Ousmane Oumar Kane · Islamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions and Global Contexts - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Islamic Scholarship in Africa: N... (2023)

Ousmane Oumar Kane

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African Theatre 18 - African The... (2019)

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Ernest N. Emenyonu

Cover for Rueedi, Franziska (Royalty Account) · The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa (Hardcover Book) (2021)

The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the ... (2021)

Rueedi, Franziska (Royalty Account)

Cover for Decolonising State & Society in Uganda: The Politics of Knowledge & Public Life - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2022)

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Cover for Mark Bradbury · Becoming Somaliland - African Issues (Paperback Book) [UK Ed. edition] (2008)

Becoming Somaliland - African Is... (2008)

Cover for Joseph Hanlon · Do Bicycles Equal Development in Mozambique? (Paperback Book) [Reissue edition] (2010)

Reissue edition

Do Bicycles Equal Development in... (2010)

Cover for Stefano Ponte · Contested Sustainability: The Political Ecology of Conservation and Development in Tanzania - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2022)

Contested Sustainability: The Po... (2022)

Cover for Conz, Christopher (Person) · Environment, Knowledge, and Injustice in Lesotho: The Poverty of Progress (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Environment, Knowledge, and Inju... (2024)

Conz, Christopher (Person)

Cover for ALT 40: African Literature Comes of Age - African Literature Today (Hardcover Book) (2022)

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Cover for Joanne Tomkinson · Architecture and Politics in Africa: Making, Living and Imagining Identities through Buildings - Making & Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa (Paperback Book) (2022)

Architecture and Politics in Afr... (2022)

Joanne Tomkinson

Cover for Naomi Ruth Pendle · Spiritual Contestations – The Violence of Peace in South Sudan - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Spiritual Contestations – The Vi... (2023)

Naomi Ruth Pendle

Cover for Jodie Yuzhou Sun · Kenya's and Zambia's Relations with China 1949-2019 - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2023)

Kenya's and Zambia's Relations w... (2023)

Jodie Yuzhou Sun

Cover for Riina Turtio · State-building and National Militaries in Postcolonial West Africa: Decolonizing the Means of Coercion 1958–1974 - Western Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2023)

State-building and National Mili... (2023)

Cover for Walter E A Van Beek · Masquerades in African Society: Gender, Power and Identity - Western Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2023)

Masquerades in African Society: ... (2023)

Walter E A Van Beek

Cover for ALT 41: African Literature in African Languages - African Literature Today (Hardcover Book) (2023)

ALT 41: African Literature in Af... (2023)

Cover for Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Centre for Forestry Research (CIFOR) – World Agroforestry (ICRAF)) · A Political Ecology of Kenya’s Mau Forest: The Land, the Trees, and the People - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2023)

A Political Ecology of Kenya’s M... (2023)

Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Pos...

Cover for Democracy and Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Governance, Political Economy, and Party Politics 1999–2023 - Western Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2023)

Democracy and Nigeria’s Fourth R... (2023)

Cover for Dr Mario Schmidt · Migrants and Masculinity in High-Rise Nairobi: The Pressure of being a Man in an African City - Making & Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Migrants and Masculinity in High... (2024)

Dr Mario Schmidt

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The African Charter on Human and... (2023)

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The African Charter on Human and... (2023)

Cover for Vos, Jelmer (Contributor) · Coffee and Colonialism in Angola, 1820-1960 (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Coffee and Colonialism in Angola... (2025)

Vos, Jelmer (Contributor)

Cover for Dr Salvatory S. Nyanto · Slave Emancipation, Christian Communities, and Dissent in Post-Abolition Tanzania, 1878-1978 - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Slave Emancipation, Christian Co... (2024)

Dr Salvatory S. Nyanto

Cover for Tom Lodge · Red Road to Freedom: A History of the South African Communist Party 1921 – 2021 (Paperback Book) (2024)

Red Road to Freedom: A History o... (2024)

Cover for Dr Christian A Williams · Christian Faith and Namibian Liberation: An Ethnographic Biography of Salatiel Ailonga - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Christian Faith and Namibian Lib... (2025)

Dr Christian A Williams

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Cover for Emily Bridger · Young Women against Apartheid: Gender, Youth and South Africa's Liberation Struggle (Paperback Book) (2023)

Young Women against Apartheid: G... (2023)

Cover for Shola Adenekan · African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Nigeria and Kenya - African Articulations (Paperback Book) (2023)

African Literature in the Digita... (2023)

Cover for Professor Joost Fontein · The Politics of the Dead in Zimbabwe 2000-2020: Bones, Rumours & Spirits (Paperback Book) (2023)

The Politics of the Dead in Zimb... (2023)

Professor Joost Fontein

Cover for Earle, Jonathon L. (Royalty Account) · Contesting Catholics: Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Contesting Catholics: Benedicto ... (2023)

Earle, Jonathon L. (Royalty Acco...

Cover for Rueedi, Franziska (Royalty Account) · The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the ... (2023)

Rueedi, Franziska (Royalty Account)

Cover for Van Klinken, Adriaan (Person) · Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives & the Bible - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LG... (2023)

Van Klinken, Adriaan (Person)

Cover for Revd Dr Liz Carmichael · Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in South Africa: The National Peace Accord, 1991-1994 (Paperback Book) (2023)

Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in... (2023)

Revd Dr Liz Carmichael

Cover for Kitunda, Professor Jeremiah M (Contributor) · Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Kenya: Sources, Origins & History - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2023)

Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Keny... (2023)

Kitunda, Professor Jeremiah M (C...

Cover for Naylor, Paul (Person) · From Rebels to Rulers: Writing Legitimacy in the Early Sokoto State - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) [New edition] (2024)

From Rebels to Rulers: Writing L... (2024)

Naylor, Paul (Person)

Cover for Dr Michelle Liebst · Labour & Christianity in the Mission: African Workers in Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1864-1926 - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Labour & Christianity in the Mis... (2024)

Dr Michelle Liebst

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Namib: The archaeology of an Afr... (2024)

Dr John Kinahan

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Marikana: A People's History (2024)

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Whites and Democracy in South Af... (2024)

Southall, Roger (Customer)

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Sports & Modernity in Late Imper... (2024)

Dr Katrin Bromber

Cover for Vehrs, Hauke-Peter (Person) · Pokot Pastoralism: Environmental Change and Socio-Economic Transformation in North-West Kenya - Future Rural Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

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Vehrs, Hauke-Peter (Person)

Cover for Jean-Luc Enyegue SJ · Competing Catholicisms: The Jesuits, the Vatican & the Making of Postcolonial French Africa - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Competing Catholicisms: The Jesu... (2024)

Jean-Luc Enyegue SJ

Cover for Philippe Denis · The Genocide against the Tutsi, and the Rwandan Churches: Between Grief and Denial - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

The Genocide against the Tutsi, ... (2024)

Cover for Dr Nat Rubner · The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights [2 volume set] (Book) (2023)

The African Charter on Human and... (2023)

Cover for Dr Lea Lacan · Forest Politics in Kenya's Tugen Hills: Conservation Beyond Natural Resources in the Katimok Forest - Future Rural Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Forest Politics in Kenya's Tugen... (2024)

Cover for Newell, Stephanie (Royalty Account) · Newsprint Literature and Local Literary Creativity in West Africa, 1900s – 1960s - African Articulations (Hardcover Book) (2023)

Newsprint Literature and Local L... (2023)

Newell, Stephanie (Royalty Account)

Cover for Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings · Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Mystical Power and Politics on t... (2024)

Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings

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Anglophone African Detective Fic... (2024)

Professor Matthew J. Christensen

Cover for Dr Gautam Bhatia · Transformative Constitutionalism and Kenya: Law-making, Political Process, and the State (2010 – 2025) - Law, Justice and Society in Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

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Dr Gautam Bhatia

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Religious Plurality in Africa: C... (2024)

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Cover for Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa · Party Politics and Populism in Zambia: Michael Sata and Political Change, 1955–2014 (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Party Politics and Populism in Z... (2024)

Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa

Cover for Dr Jonathan M Jackson · Visions for an African Valley: Histories of Development in Kilombero, Tanzania since 1877 - Future Rural Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Visions for an African Valley: H... (2025)

Dr Jonathan M Jackson

Cover for Professor Meghan E. Ference · Matatu Work: Gender, Labor, and Mobility in Nairobi - Making & Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Matatu Work: Gender, Labor, and ... (2024)

Professor Meghan E. Ference

Cover for JoAnn McGregor · Crossing the Zambezi: The Politics of Landscape on a Central African Frontier (Hardcover Book) (2009)

Crossing the Zambezi: The Politi... (2009)

Cover for Joseph Kasule · Islam in Uganda: The Muslim Minority, Nationalism & Political Power - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Islam in Uganda: The Muslim Mino... (2024)

Cover for Schaefer, Professor Charles (Customer) · Peace Not War: Traditions of Restorative Justice in Imperial Ethiopia, 1769 - 1960 - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Peace Not War: Traditions of Res... (2025)

Schaefer, Professor Charles (Cus...

Cover for Professor Louis Brenner · Histories of Religious Thought and Practice in Africa: Thematic Perspectives - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Histories of Religious Thought a... (2024)

Professor Louis Brenner

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The Literature of Contemporary S... (2025)

Cover for Professor Rasheed Oyewole Olaniyi · Migration and Diaspora Identity in Northern Nigeria and Ghana, 1900–1970: Yoruba Citizenship and Belonging - Western Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2025)

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Professor Rasheed Oyewole Olaniyi

Cover for Currey, James (Person) · Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature (Paperback Book) (2008)

Africa Writes Back: The African ... (2008)

Currey, James (Person)