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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book African Activists of the Twentieth Century: Hani, Maathai, Mpama/Palmer, Saro-Wiwa by Hugh Macmillan, Tabitha Kanogo, Robert R. Edgar, Roy Doron and Toyin Falola
    African Activists of the Twentieth Century: Hani, Maathai, Mpama/Palmer, Saro-Wiwa - by Hugh Macmillan, Tabitha Kanogo, Robert R. Edgar, Roy Doron and Toyin Falola

    £32.00   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780821425145 | ISBN 10: 0821425145

    An omnibus collection of concise and up-to-date biographies of four influential figures from modern African history.  Chris Hani, by Hugh Macmillan Chris Hani was one of the most highly respected leaders of the African National Congress, the S ... more

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  • Cover image of book Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin
    Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa - by Dipo Faloyin

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529114829 | ISBN 10: 1529114829

    Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story.   You already know these stereotypes. So often Africa is depicted simplistically as an arid red landscap ... more

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    It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's History One Country at a Time - by Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529376814 | ISBN 10: 1529376815

    ‘We need this book’ SIMON REEVE ‘Illuminating’ FINANCIAL TIMES   Why is Africa often perceived as a single country? What role did African soldiers play in the Second World War? Who else led the charge against Apartheid in South Afri ... more

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  • Cover image of book Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
    Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - by Trevor Noah

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781473635302 | ISBN 10: 1473635306

    The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.   One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but ... more

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    Africa's Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent - by Adekeye Adebajo

    £15.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781780329437 | ISBN 10: 1780329431

    As Africa and its diaspora commemorate fifty years of post-independence Pan-Africanism, this unique volume provides profound insight into the thirteen prominent individuals of African descent who have won the Nobel Peace Prize since 1950.   From t ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Scramble for African Oil by Douglas A. Yates
    The Scramble for African Oil - by Douglas A. Yates

    £26.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780745330457 | ISBN 10: 0745330452

    Africa is often seen as a place to be pitied or feared as an area of instability. This book challenges these complacent assumptions, showing how our demand for oil contributes to the chronic problems plaguing the continent.  Douglas A. Ya ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Politics of Land Reform in Africa by Ambreena Manji
    The Politics of Land Reform in Africa - by Ambreena Manji

    £26.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781842774953 | ISBN 10: 1842774956

    Across African land is being commodified: private ownership is replacing communal and customary tenure and farms are turned into collateral for rural credit markets. Law reform is at the heart of this revolution. The Politics of Land Reform in Africa ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Didn
    I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation - by Michela Wrong

    £10.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780007150953 | ISBN 10: 0007150954

    A story of betrayal, belligerence and bloodshed, I Didn't Do It For You is the portrait of a country torn by war and buffeted by the capricious manoeuveringgs of foreign powers, which remains defiant throughout. It is a story that reveals the colonia ... more

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