Immerse yourself in Africa's vast and intricate story and discover Africa’s true place in world history, written and authenticated by experts of African heritage.Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of...

History of African animals and the attempts of conservationists to preserve the many species from extinction.

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Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international interventionWell into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a “forever war”―a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringA pathbreaking analysis of the relationship between Mandela the myth, and Mandela the historical figure, looking at the way images, stories, and politics have been combined to create the iconic image...

Exploring Africanity, the unique cultural heritage shared by the many peoples of black Africa, Jacques Maquet's provocative study describes the similarities of kinship and marriage institutions, political organizations, religious beliefs, and world views...

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting portrait of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity, by one of its leading new writers.So often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land...