Afrikan historia

Kristitty, egyptinkielinen Bysantin provinssi muuttui 600-luvulta alkaen valtaosin islamilaiseksi arabimaaksi ja lopulta maailman huomion keränneen arabikevään näyttämöksi. Miten …

Pääkaupunkiseudun ensimmäinen disko avattiin helmikuussa 1966. Lehdistö ja nuoriso suhtautuivat uuteen illanviettotapaan ihastuneesti, mutta muutoin alku oli vaikea. Ensimmäiset …

In a vast and all-embracing study of Africa, from the origins of mankind to the present day, John Iliffe refocuses its history on the peopling of an environmentally hostile …

1800-luvun loppupuolella, jolloin Euroopan mahdit lohkoivat Afrikkaa, Belgian kuningas Leopold II kaappasi yksityiseksi siirtomaakseen suureksi osaksi tuntemattoman alueen …

With an Introduction by Angus Calder.As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the fighting …

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the …

When a decades-long court battle resulted in her family's freedom in 1855, seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery. Famous …

Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.

This is a study that digs deeply into this 'other' slavery, the bondage of Europeans by North-African Muslims that flourished during the same centuries as the heyday of the …

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the …