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Awake - A Moslem Woman's Rare Memoir of Her Life and Partnership with the Editor of Molla Nasreddin, the Most Influential... Awake - A Moslem Woman's Rare Memoir of Her Life and Partnership with the Editor of Molla Nasreddin, the Most Influential Satirical Journal of the Caucasus and Iran, 1907-1931 (Hardcover)
Hamideh Khanum Javanshir; Translated by Hasan Javadi, Willem M Floor
R1,925 Discovery Miles 19 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Politics and Economics of Decolonization in Africa - The Failed Experiment of the Central African Federation (Hardcover,... The Politics and Economics of Decolonization in Africa - The Failed Experiment of the Central African Federation (Hardcover, New)
Andrew Cohen
R3,991 Discovery Miles 39 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history. With the loss of India however, the British under Harold Macmillan attempted to enforce a 'second' colonial occupation - supporting the efforts of Sir Andrew Cohen of the Colonial Office to create a Central African Federation. Drawing on newly released archival material, The Politics and Economics of Decolonization in Africa offers a fresh examination of Britain's central African territories in the late colonial period and provides a detailed assessment of how events in Britain, Africa and the UN shaped the process of decolonization. The author situates the Central African Federation - which consisted of modern day Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi - in its wider international context, shedding light on the Federation's complex relationships with South Africa, with US Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy and with the expanding United Nations. The result is an important history of the last days of the British Empire and the beginnings of a more independent African continent.

The Lands of Cazembe - Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798; no. 2 (Hardcover): Royal Geographical Society (Great Bri,... The Lands of Cazembe - Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798; no. 2 (Hardcover)
Royal Geographical Society (Great Bri, Francisco Jose de Lacerda E 1 Almeida, Richard Francis Burton
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Art Activism for an Anticolonial Future (Hardcover): Carlos Garrido Castellano Art Activism for an Anticolonial Future (Hardcover)
Carlos Garrido Castellano
R2,112 Discovery Miles 21 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Future for Africa (Hardcover): Emmanuel M. Katongole A Future for Africa (Hardcover)
Emmanuel M. Katongole
R1,310 R1,048 Discovery Miles 10 480 Save R262 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Teachings of Ptahhotep - The Oldest Book in the World (Hardcover): Battiscombe G. Gunn The Teachings of Ptahhotep - The Oldest Book in the World (Hardcover)
Battiscombe G. Gunn
R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Military History of Angola - From the Sixteenth Century to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Miguel Junior, Manuel Maria... Military History of Angola - From the Sixteenth Century to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Miguel Junior, Manuel Maria Difuila
R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Bridging the Gap, Breaching Barriers (Hardcover): Mary Carol Cloutier Bridging the Gap, Breaching Barriers (Hardcover)
Mary Carol Cloutier
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Touts - Recruiting Indentured Labor in the Gulf of Guinea (Hardcover): Enrique Martino Touts - Recruiting Indentured Labor in the Gulf of Guinea (Hardcover)
Enrique Martino
R2,247 R1,994 Discovery Miles 19 940 Save R253 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Touts is a historical account of the troubled formation of a colonial labor market in the Gulf of Guinea and a major contribution to the historiography of indentured labor, which has relatively few reference points in Africa. The setting is West Africa's largest island, Fernando Po or Bioko in today's Equatorial Guinea, 100 kilometers off the coast of Nigeria. The Spanish ruled this often-ignored island from the mid-nineteenth century until 1968. A booming plantation economy led to the arrival of several hundred thousand West African, principally Nigerian, contract workers on steamships and canoes. In Touts, Enrique Martino traces the confusing transition from slavery to other labor regimes, paying particular attention to the labor brokers and their financial, logistical, and clandestine techniques for bringing workers to the island. Martino combines multi-sited archival research with the concept of touts as "lumpen-brokers" to offer a detailed study of how commercial labor relations could develop, shift and collapse through the recruiters' own techniques, such as large wage advances and elaborate deceptions. The result is a pathbreaking reconnection of labor mobility, contract law, informal credit structures and exchange practices in African history.

The Oku Trail (Ketiantian dbkuo) - Tracing Roots, Footprints and the Edification of a Cultural Space (Hardcover): Tatah Peter... The Oku Trail (Ketiantian dbkuo) - Tracing Roots, Footprints and the Edification of a Cultural Space (Hardcover)
Tatah Peter Taimah
R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - Corporate Gangsters, Multinationals, and Rogue Politicians (Hardcover): Chernoh Alpha M. Bah The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - Corporate Gangsters, Multinationals, and Rogue Politicians (Hardcover)
Chernoh Alpha M. Bah
R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Mensches In The Trenches - Jewish Foot Soldiers In The Anti-Apartheid Struggle (Paperback): Jonathan Ancer Mensches In The Trenches - Jewish Foot Soldiers In The Anti-Apartheid Struggle (Paperback)
Jonathan Ancer; Foreword by Thabo Mbeki 1
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R61 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The defeat of Apartheid and triumph of non-racial democracy in South Africa was not the work of just a few individuals. Ultimately, it came about through the actions – large and small – of many principled, courageous people from all walks of life and backgrounds.

Some of these activists achieved enduring fame and recognition and their names today loom large in the annals of the anti-apartheid struggle. Others were engaged in a range of practical, hands-on activities outside of the public eye. These were the loyal foot soldiers of the liberation Struggle, the unsung workers at the coal face who, largely behind the scenes, made a difference on the ground and helped to bring about meaningful change.

Even though Apartheid was aimed at entrenching white power and privilege, a number of whites rejected that system and instead joined their fellow South Africans in opposing it. Of these, a noteworthy proportion came from the Jewish community.

Mensches in the Trenches tells the hitherto unrecorded stories of some of these activists and the essential, if seldom publicised role that they and others like them played in bringing freedom and justice to their country.

Fictions of African Dictatorship (Hardcover): Hannah Grayson, Charlotte Baker Fictions of African Dictatorship (Hardcover)
Hannah Grayson, Charlotte Baker
R1,165 Discovery Miles 11 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Canadian Contingents and Canadian Imperialism [microform] - a Story and a Study (Hardcover): W Sanford (William Sanford)... The Canadian Contingents and Canadian Imperialism [microform] - a Story and a Study (Hardcover)
W Sanford (William Sanford) Evans
R955 Discovery Miles 9 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Labour in Portuguese West Africa (Hardcover): Cadbury William, Burtt Joseph, Horton W. Claude Labour in Portuguese West Africa (Hardcover)
Cadbury William, Burtt Joseph, Horton W. Claude
R823 Discovery Miles 8 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Natal and Zululand From Earliest Times to 1910 - A New History (Paperback): Andrew Duminy, Bill Guest Natal and Zululand From Earliest Times to 1910 - A New History (Paperback)
Andrew Duminy, Bill Guest
R90 R71 Discovery Miles 710 Save R19 (21%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days
Campaigning in Zuluand - Experiences on Campaign During the Zulu War of 1879 with H. M. 94th (North Worcestershire) Regiment... Campaigning in Zuluand - Experiences on Campaign During the Zulu War of 1879 with H. M. 94th (North Worcestershire) Regiment (Hardcover)
W.E. Montague
R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Egyptian Mythology - Captivating Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals (Hardcover): Matt Clayton Egyptian Mythology - Captivating Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals (Hardcover)
Matt Clayton
R540 R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Save R94 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 (Paperback): Elizabeth Schmidt Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 (Paperback)
Elizabeth Schmidt
R871 R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Save R90 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In September 1958, Guinea claimed its independence, rejecting a constitution that would have relegated it to junior partnership in the French Community. In all the French empire, Guinea was the only territory to vote "No." Orchestrating the "No" vote was the Guinean branch of the Rassemblement Democratique Africain (RDA), an alliance of political parties with affiliates in French West and Equatorial Africa and the United Nations trusts of Togo and Cameroon. Although Guinea's stance vis-a-vis the 1958 constitution has been recognized as unique, until now the historical roots of this phenomenon have not been adequately explained.
Clearly written and free of jargon, "Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea" argues that Guinea's vote for independence was the culmination of a decade-long struggle between local militants and political leaders for control of the political agenda. Since 1950, when RDA representatives in the French parliament severed their ties to the French Communist Party, conservative elements had dominated the RDA. In Guinea, local cadres had opposed the break. Victimized by the administration and sidelined by their own leaders, they quietly rebuilt the party from the base. Leftist militants, their voices muted throughout most of the decade, gained preeminence in 1958, when trade unionists, students, the party's women's and youth wings, and other grassroots actors pushed the Guinean RDA to endorse a "No" vote. Thus, Guinea's rejection of the proposed constitution in favor of immediate independence was not an isolated aberration. Rather, it was the outcome of years of political mobilization by activists who, despite Cold War repression, ultimately pushed the Guinean RDA tothe left.
The significance of this highly original book, based on previously unexamined archival records and oral interviews with grassroots activists, extends far beyond its primary subject. In illuminating the Guinean case, Elizabeth Schmidt helps us understand the dynamics of decolonization and its legacy for postindependence nation-building in many parts of the developing world.
Examining Guinean history from the bottom up, Schmidt considers local politics within the larger context of the Cold War, making her book suitable for courses in African history and politics, diplomatic history, and Cold War history.

The Struggle between Boer and Brit - The Memoirs of Boer General C. R. De Wet (Hardcover): Christiaan de Wet The Struggle between Boer and Brit - The Memoirs of Boer General C. R. De Wet (Hardcover)
Christiaan de Wet
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
West African Youth Challenges and Opportunity Pathways (Hardcover): Mora L. Mclean West African Youth Challenges and Opportunity Pathways (Hardcover)
Mora L. Mclean
R1,501 Discovery Miles 15 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Fight for the Flag in South Africa [microform] - a History of the War From the Boer Ultimatum to the Advance of Lord... The Fight for the Flag in South Africa [microform] - a History of the War From the Boer Ultimatum to the Advance of Lord Roberts (Hardcover)
Edgar 1838-1907 Sanderson
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Interpreting Ethiopia - Observations of Five Decades (Hardcover): Donald N. Levine Interpreting Ethiopia - Observations of Five Decades (Hardcover)
Donald N. Levine
R1,709 Discovery Miles 17 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Reign - Africa (Hardcover): C Nichole The Reign - Africa (Hardcover)
C Nichole; Illustrated by Sailesh Acharya
R626 Discovery Miles 6 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Voice from the Congo - Comprising Stories, Anecdotes, and Descriptive Notes (Hardcover): Herbert Ward A Voice from the Congo - Comprising Stories, Anecdotes, and Descriptive Notes (Hardcover)
Herbert Ward
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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