Titres dans Afrique

Africa has been known as "the cradle of mankind", and its recoverable history stretches back to the Pharaohs. But the idea of studying African history is itself new, and the authors show why it is still contested and controversial. This VSI, the first concise work of its kind, will prove essential for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history. 

They called him the "Builder King." History should remember him as one of humanity's greatest monsters. From 1885 to 1908, King Leopold II turned the Congo Free State into a private empire built on terror, extracting "red rubber" with a regime of quotas, hostages, and mutilation enforced by the...

From a New York Times–bestselling author, the definitive history of Nubia, the ancient African civilization that vied with pharaonic Egypt. The ancient Nubians built the largest African state ever to exist, challenging the pharaohs for control of northeast Africa, trading with the Greek world...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. History is often told through the voices of the victors. This book gives voice to those who were silenced. Journey into the forgotten history of Suriname, where Indigenous communities lived in peace until the arrival of European colonizers changed their...

THE 'FOREMOST EGYPTOLOGIST OF HIS TIME', TOBY WILKINSON, UNVEILS THE HIDDEN LEGACY OF THE NUBIANS The Nubians created the largest African state ever to exist, stretching for more than 1500 miles, north to south. Nubian civilisation began before the pharaohs ruled in Egypt, and it was still there...

My life to date has been an ongoing transformational process. Sharing of my life at this time is with the hope that you may also recognize that your life is one of constant transformation, in which you can minimize the “pain” of the experience. It is said that we all have at least one “bestselling” book inside of us, however we must purify our mind, body, and spirit to bring it forth. I have been blessed to have had many teachers and wise Elders throughout my life who enabled me to learn more from the school of wisdom rather than from the school of hard knocks.

Uma mulher enfrenta o desejo da separação do companheiro e as dúvidas desencadeadas pelo desejo, tendo como cenário a exuberância da Namíbia. A solitária viagem de carro pelas cinematográficas paisagens namibianas são o pano de fundo para reflexões sobre o amor, a natureza, viagens e...

With an introduction by Rory Stewart Winner of the Guardian First Book award, a first-hand account one of the defining outrages of modern history. All at once, as it seemed, something we could have only imagined was upon us - and we could still only imagine it. This is what fascinates me most in...

Immerse yourself in the intricate story of Africa and discover Africa's true place in world history. Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Africa explores the history and cultures of the world's second-largest continent in vivid...

This expansive book chronicles the true story of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the perilous heart of the Sahara. The western Sahara is a baking hot...

From the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning biographer and pre-eminent scholar, a revelatory new portrait of Cecil Rhodes, the man who built South African apartheid and shaped nineteenth-century colonialism Cecil Rhodes, the tycoon and imperialist who left a wake of tragedy and...

Born in Rhodesia, raised on rebellion and rock ’n roll — Angus Shaw came of age as his country tore itself apart. Drafted into a brutal bush war, he and his friends — the “Mutoko boys” — faced madness, death, and disillusionment in a land slipping into chaos. From the smoky bars and marijuana fields of rural Rhodesia to the front lines of Africa’s bloodiest conflicts, Shaw lived and reported it all — Idi Amin’s Uganda, Somalia’s warlords, Liberia’s anarchy, and Rwanda’s unspeakable genocide.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “You don’t just leave a country. You leave a version of yourself behind.”The Weight of Leaving presents powerful, honest, and deeply personal stories of African migrants who left their homelands in search of survival, dignity, and opportunity...

Paradise of Thorns, a new William Collins book, full description to follow when available...

An outrageous miscellany of serious and light-hearted lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tells the tall tale of South Africa. The fibs come thick and fast, like a burst sewerage pipe: Why everything we've learnt about Shaka Zulu, 'Africa's Napoleon', is a pack of lies. Back in the darkest of ages (the 1970s!), citizens were told that there were satanic messages if you played some of The Beatles songs backwards. National icon Hansie Cronje was a paragon of virtue and integrity … until he wasn't.

With an approximate population of around 220 million people, Nigeria remains the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. The formation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates by the British as a business venture and joining them together was what constitutes today the paradox of Nigeria's false marriage.

On a hot night in the middle of August 1791, in a wooded clearing in the mountains above the northern plain of Saint-Domingue, men and women gathered where the lanterns of the great houses could not reach them. They came on foot through the cane, slipping away from plantations whose owners counted them as property and nothing more. Some had crossed the ocean in chains and still carried the names of African towns in their mouths. Others had been born on the island and knew only the cane, the whip, and the work that killed a grown person in a handful of years.

Out of a sidelined, colonial-era expedition in Africa comes a new history of cruelty, deception, and adventure from the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa’s resources. The key to cracking open the...

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' – Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing...

An expansive history of the Sahara from prehistory to the present that shows how Saharans have, over time, built complex and cosmopolitan lives despite scarcity, conquest, and the relentless challenges of the desert environment What comes to mind when we think about the Sahara? Rippling sand...