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  • ’Dignity of Labour’ for African Leaders
    Shoko Yamada
    From 1910 to the 1930s, educating Africans was a major preoccupation in the metropole and in the colonies of imperial Britain. This richly researched book untangles the discourse on education for African leaders, which involved diverse actors such as colonial officials, missionaries, European and American educationists or ideologues in Africa and diaspora. The analysis is prese...
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    54,22 €

  • Pan-Africanism and Education
    Kenneth J. King / Kenneth JKing
    This is an analysis of the complex links between Black America and Africa in the period of 1880 to 1945. It examines an extended white attempt to pattern politics and education in colonial Africa upon the example of the U.S. South. This export of United States race relations to Africa was resisted by Black intellectuals in the United States and many of the early nationalists in...
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    24,60 €

  • Freedom by a Thread
    Freedom by a Thread: The History of Quilombos in Brazil brings together some of the best scholars in the world working on the history of quilombos (maroon societies) in Brazil from a variety of perspectives and approaches. Over 40 percent of the total volume of captive Africans arrived in Brazil during a 400-year period of legal and contraband transatlantic slaving. If slavery ...
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    36,71 €

  • Conservation Song
    Wapulumuka Oliver Mulwafu
    Conservation Song explores ways in which colonial relations shaped meanings and conflicts over environmental control and management in Malawi. By focusing on soil conservation, which required an integrated approach to the use and management of such natural resources as land, water and forestry, it examines the origins and effects of policies and their legacies in the post-colon...
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    50,75 €

  • Kulubnarti I
    William Y. Adams / William YAdams
    Sudan Archaeological Research Society. Publication Number 18In 1998 and 1999 volumes II and III of the reports on the University of Kentucky excavations at Kulubnarti were published by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society as numbers 2 and 4 in its monograph series. Kulubnarti III was also available through British Archaeological Reports in its International Series no. 814....
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    104,23 €

  • Scapegoats of the Empire
    George Witton
    According to persistent rumours, the Australian government suppressed the book because its untold story of a slice of colonial history was an embarrassment to the British Empire.  Opens a window on the Boer War, politics of the empire, and the life of enlisted soldiers of the time. George Witton’s Scapegoats of the Empire was published in 1907; however, only seven copies of th...
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    23,91 €

  • Tishio la Ukombozi
    Amrit Wilson / Ahmada Shafi Adam
    Tishio la Ukombozi examines the role of the Umma Party of Zanzibar and its leader in the turbulent years of the Zanzibar revolution of the 1960s that was perceived in those Cold War years as a threat to the interests of the US and Europe. Based on declassified US and British documents, in-depth interviews and information released by WikiLeaks, Amrit Wilson offers an insightful ...
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    16,00 €

  • Art and Museum in Africa
    Emery Patrick Effiboley
    This book is a collection of essays on the history of museums and art in Africa. The publication addresses the decolonization of African museums before analysing forms and encounter, a major aspect in the African artistic creation. The issue of repatriation is also addressed not only in the complexity of the phenomenon but also as resulting to conflicting sovereignties in Afric...
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    37,42 €

  • Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal
    Henry M. Stanley
    Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, rety...
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    20,98 €

  • In Endless Wrath
    Xebo
    'IN ENDLESS WRATH' opens with a gripping scene in Raleigh, North Carolina where, in the summer of 2013, a former political refugee lady from war-torn Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo confronted a former warlord who, in the not so distant past and in the same area, had murdered her husband and fifteen members of her family. This chilling encounter sets the stage for a riveti...
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    17,75 €

  • Mountain life in Algeria
    Edgar Barclay
    Mountain life in Algeria, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books ar...
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    21,92 €

  • Temple in the Sand
    Marjorie Vernelle
    Seti I is most frequently known as the father of Ramesses II, but in fact, he was a great pharaoh himself, though with a relatively short reign of just eleven years. A great warrior king, a strategic thinker, and a man who knew the life of the ordinary people, he was an extraordinary ruler. His brand was excellence, and he used that in many forms to win his people to a king who...
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    15,90 €

  • Temple in the Sand
    Marjorie Vernelle
    Seti I is most frequently known as the father of Ramesses II, but in fact, he was a great pharaoh himself, though with a relatively short reign of just eleven years. A great warrior king, a strategic thinker, and a man who knew the life of the ordinary people, he was an extraordinary ruler. His brand was excellence, and he used that in many forms to win his people to a king who...
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    23,85 €

  • The Creation of the Boer Identity
    Wiets Buys
    The history of the Boer identity is an epic saga. The Boer identity emerged in the isolation of an expansive landscape and evolved as a unique cultural entity deeply rooted in the principles of individualism, localism, independence, and freedom. The development of the Boer identity is an action-packed tale of sacrifice, suffering, loss, victory, and resilience that shaped the B...
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    20,60 €

  • Die Skepping van die Boeridentiteit
    Wiets Buys
    Die geskiedenis van die Boeridentiteit is ’n epiese sage. Die Boeridentiteit het in die isolasie van ’n uitgestrekte landskap, as ’n unieke kulturele entiteit ontstaan wat diep gewortel is in die beginsels van individualisme, lokalisme, onafhanklikheid en vryheid. Die ontwikkeling van die Boeridentiteit is ’n aksie-belaaide verhaal van opoffering, lyding, verlies, oorwinning, e...
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    20,56 €

  • Die Skepping van die Boeridentiteit
    Wiets Buys
    Die geskiedenis van die Boeridentiteit is ’n epiese sage. Die Boeridentiteit het in die isolasie van ’n uitgestrekte landskap, as ’n unieke kulturele entiteit ontstaan wat diep gewortel is in die beginsels van individualisme, lokalisme, onafhanklikheid en vryheid. Die ontwikkeling van die Boeridentiteit is ’n aksie-belaaide verhaal van opoffering, lyding, verlies, oorwinning, e...
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    28,55 €

  • The Southern Sudan
    Elijah Malok
    For many centuries, the politics of Sudan has been characterised by racial dichotomy and identity crisis, specifically between the North and the South. Added to these is the long history of domination, unfavourable policies and uneven development. The resulting marginalisation, neglect and underdevelopment has bred a series of fierce conflicts culminating in one of the longest ...
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    56,02 €

  • Les Victimes de Bokhara
    Philarète Chasles
    ' Ce qui me toucherait le plus, si je mettais le pied dans ces grands pays du Gange, de l’Indus et de l’Oxus, ce ne seraient pas les mœurs curieuses des vieilles monarchies asiatiques, ni le combat qu’elles soutiennent contre l’envahissement occidental, mais une douzaine de tombes européennes éparses sur ces domaines ; il y a là le Français Victor Jacquemont, le bon évêque Hébe...
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    9,74 €

  • Shajara ya Mwana Mzizima 4
    Alhaji Abdallah Mohammed Tambaza
    This is the fourth part in the series of the history of Dar es salaam. This book is about Kariakoo, the first area where Africans were allowed to live and stay. It traces the history of the area before independence and up till the 1970’s.Kitabu hiki ni mfululizo wa vitabu vya kumbukumbu ya sehemu na watu mashuhuri katika jiji la Dar es Salaam. Kitabu hiki ni cha tatu ambacho ki...
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    39,49 €

  • The Dark Road from Romarong
    Wilfred Kanu / Wilfred Kanu Jr.
    How did the region of West Africa called Romarong become what we know as Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone? Romarong was a hotbed. The Mali Empire collapsed, and the Songhai came into prominence. There were the Arab and European slave trades. This story concludes when the British colonized the region. Exploring this anecdote from the natives’ perspective fits Freddy Will’s ...
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    35,02 €

  • The Untold Beginning
    Corie A Moment
    Title: 'The Untold Beginning: The Creation, is an enlightening and captivating children’s picture book that delves into the history of melanated people and their ancestral connections to the 12 tribes of Israel. Written to make biblical scriptures accessible and understandable to children aged 3 to 18, this book unveils a hidden history that will inspire, educate, and empower y...
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    27,30 €

  • America, Land of My Dreams
    Adel G. Hanna
    WITH A CANDID, CLEAR, and engaging voice, Dr. Hanna, born in Sudan, shares captivating true-life stories about his immigrant journey in America. He traces his Christian ancestral history in the Levant, Egypt, and Ethiopia and recounts his multiracial parents’ immigrant journeys to Sudan.He describes vividly the hidden secrets and long-forgotten stories of his ancestors and pare...
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    23,84 €

  • Was I Your First?
    Derk R. Mattocks
    Derk Mattocks was raised during a time when the fight for social justice was at its peak in the United States. Instead of shying away, he learned to challenge the circumstances and not let them dictate how he would live his life. Of course, Derk would say while he does not consider himself a fighter, there was something innate that led him to the top of a career field that was ...
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    28,38 €

  • Was I Your First?
    Derk R. Mattocks
    Derk Mattocks was raised during a time when the fight for social justice was at its peak in the United States. Instead of shying away, he learned to challenge the circumstances and not let them dictate how he would live his life. Of course, Derk would say while he does not consider himself a fighter, there was something innate that led him to the top of a career field that was ...
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    24,65 €

  • Splinter
    Andrew Jackson
    SPLINTER: Rhodesia’s Lake War aims to fill a gap in the record of the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. Related partly in participants’ own words, it is the first written account of the history and operations of the waterborne units of the Rhodesian Corps of Engineers and the British South Africa Police. From the early days of the war, both these units patrolled the strategically imp...
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    41,49 €

  • SACRED WORDS OF AFRICA
    Dr. Dawn Airhart Witte
    'Sacred Words of Africa: Journey into Wisdom, Unity, and Universal Truths'Embark on a profound exploration of Africa’s cultural richness with 'Sacred Words of Africa.' This transformative book takes you on a captivating journey into the heart of wisdom, unity, and universal truths across the continent, unveiling the power of 20 carefully selected words from diverse African coun...
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    14,57 €

  • A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate
    De Lacy O’Leary
    A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned...
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    26,62 €

  • The New Black Master
    George Otieno
    'The New Black Master: The Unseen Chains of Post-Independence Africa' is a compelling exploration of Africa’s post-independence journey, meticulously divided into three parts. Part 1 delves deep into the historical and colonial contexts that set the stage for African empowerment. Part 2 sheds light on the rise of new masters - African leaders - and their often detrimental leade...
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    16,82 €

  • Performing Memories and Weaving Archives
    Sayan Dey
    This book engages with how the South African Indians in South Africa and Siddis in Gujarat perform creolized musical, spiritual, and culinary practices in their respective geopolitical spaces in the contemporary era. ...
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    36,02 €

  • African Camp Fires
    Edward White Stewart
    'African Camp Fires' by using Stewart Edward White is an exciting collection of recollections that display what the writer saw, did, and experienced at the same time as he became in Africa. Published inside the early 1900s, White’s testimonies vividly seize the essence of the African desolate tract, its human beings, and the spell binding animals that lived there. White tells a...
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    14,45 €


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