Afrikas historia

Magical realism has deep roots across many African languages and regions. This book explores African magical realism from a transregional and inclusive approach, drawing on …

In this eminently readable, concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. For the updated edition, …

I en årrekke var Tomm Kristiansen vår «stemme fra Afrika». I denne boka gjengir han Afrikas historie fra menneskehetens begynnelse til dagens moderne samfunn på en konsis og …

Pyramiderna i Egypten har förundrat människor i tusentals år. De ikoniska byggnaderna var inte bara gigantiska maktdemonstrationer som skulle slå omvärlden med häpnad. Framför allt …

I boken Det forntida Egypten – Enligt Edgar Cayce kommer vi närmare det gamla Egyptens liv och gåtor. Nutida forskning bekräftar mycket av det som Edgar Cayce avslöjade för …

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas was nineteen when her father took his family to live among the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Fifty years later, after a life of writing and study, Thomas …

A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as 'the bravest woman of all my knowledge'.Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life …

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, Adam Hochschild's King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. In …

Andrée Blouin-once called the most dangerous woman in Africa-played a leading role in the struggles for decolonization that shook the continent in the 1950s and '60s, advising the …

In this sequel to The Flame of Thika, Elspeth Huxley takes up her story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. ' The Times 'What a marvellous writer. ' …