History (Africa)
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Black And White In Colour - Bickford-Smith & MendelsohnBlack and White in Colour: African History on Screen considers how the African past has been represented in a wide range of historical films. Written by Vivian Bickford-Smith and Richard Mendelsohn, an eminent team of scholars, the volume provides extensive coverage of both place and time and deals with issues that have been prominent in the written history of Africa. |
ZAR 75.00 |
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Fort Jesus and the Portuguese in Mombasa 1593-1729 - C. R. Boxer & Carlos de AzevedoFort Jesus and the Portuguese in Mombasa 1593-1729 by C. R. Boxer & Carlos de Azevedo deals with the Portuguese period of Fort Jesus at Mombasa, which is commonly considered to be an outstanding historical monument on the Swahili coast. Illustrated with b&w photos and drawn maps and plans. |
ZAR 500.00 |
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A History of West Africa - J D FageA History of West Africa: An Introductory Survey by J D Fage is an outline history of West Africa from 900AD up until the end of the colonial period and the re-emergence of independent African states in the 1960s. |
ZAR 60.00 |
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The African Dream - Brian GardnerThe African Dream by Brian Gardner details the British colonial fascination with Africa, from the early days of exploration up till the early days after Uhuru and the disintegration of the British empire |
ZAR 120.00 |
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The Communist Challenge to Africa - Ian GreigThe Communist Challenge to Africa: an analysis of contemporary Soviet, Chinese and Cuban policies by Ian Greig takes a close look at the pattern of events that has emerged in Africa and makes it plain that foreign communism is using the "liberation" of Africa as a stepping-stone to its self-proclaimed goal of world domination. |
ZAR 120.00 |
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Dawn in Darkest Africa - John H HarrisDawn in Darkest Africa by John H Harris describes years of colonial influence in the Congo. Based on his experience of travel in West Africa and the Congo Basin, the missionary author provides his insights on native tribes, commercial prospects and other matters. Illustrated with b&w photos with an introduction by The Earl of Cromer |
ZAR 600.00 |
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Trekking the Great Thirst - Arnold W. HodsonTrekking the Great Thirst: Sport and Travel in The Kalahari Desert by Arnold W. Hodson describes journeys and hunting expeditions of the author in Botswana in the early twentieth century in the years 1904 - 1910. |
ZAR 400.00 |
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Some Impressions of East and South-East Africa - C D JamesSome Impressions of East and South-East Africa by C D James presents a fascinating account of the author's travels through East and South-East Africa, and includes notes on East London, Durban, Delegoa Bay and Biera, Chinde and Mozambique, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar and Tanga and Aden. |
ZAR 150.00 |
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Mozambique - R. N. LyneMozambique: Its Agricultural Development by R. N. Lyne looks into the agricultural development of Portuguese East Africa, in specific Mozambique, and is based on the author's examination of the territory and its agricultural resources and prospects. This volume includes illustrations and a map. |
ZAR 550.00 |
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The African Experience - Roland OliverThe African Experience by Roland Oliver is an authoritative work which covers the entire span of human history across the African continent from the earliest emergence of hominids in eastern and southern Africa to the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990. |
ZAR 150.00 |
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The Romance of the Portuguese in Abyssinia - Charles F. ReyThe Romance of the Portuguese in Abyssinia; an account of the adventurous journeys of the Portuguese to the empire of Prester John, their assistance to Ethiopia in its struggle against Islam and their subsequent efforts to impose their own influence and religion 1490-1633 by Charles F. |
ZAR 1,850.00 |
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Africa: North of the Limpopo - Smith & NothlingAfrica: North of the Limpopo; The Imperial Experience Since 1800 by Ken Smith and F.J. Nothling aims to supplement studies of relevant developments in Europe and South Africa by placing them within the wider perspective of the African continent as a whole. |
ZAR 350.00 |
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Africa and Some World Problems - J C SmutsAfrica and Some World Problems: Including the Rhodes Memorial Lectures Delivered in Michaelmas Term, 1929 by J C Smuts presents a series of lectures by the eminent South African statesman on the problems of Africa and such questions as democracy, the League and world peace. |
ZAR 300.00 |
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Antonio Fernandes - Hugh TraceyAntonio Fernandes: Descobridor Do Monomotapa 1514-1515 by Hugh Tracey describes expeditions in search of the sources of the gold trade of the inland kingdom of Mwene Matapa, penetrating 300 miles (500 km) inland into present-day Zimbabwe and returning with reports of the goldfields of Matabeleland. |
ZAR 500.00 |
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Angola: The Land of the Blacksmith Prince - John T. TuckerAngola: The Land of the Blacksmith Prince by John T. Tucker seeks to present the situation in Angola from the religious standpoint of the Kingdom of God. Dr. J. T. Tucker is a missionary of the United Church of Canada. He has recorded several interesting facts in this review, such as the appointment of the first Bantu Bishop, and so on. |
ZAR 500.00 |
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Renamo - Alex VinesRenamo: Terrorism in Mozambique by Alex Vines provides essential detail regarding the Renamo rebel movement in Mozambique. |
ZAR 125.00 |