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A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
Updated and revised edition. Bahru Zewde has updated the first edition, adding a new chapter and taking the history through to 1991. 'The new chapter enhances the value of the …
Revolution and Religion in Ethiopia
Examines how the Mekane Yesus Church moved from supporting the 1974 Ethiopian revolution to coming under attack by the new government. As part of the Eastern African Studies …
The Mau Mau War in Perspective
Aimed at students of African politics and political sociologists interested in rural revolution and revolt. Although Mau Mau was militarily crushed in the mid-fifties, the struggle …
Brothers at War
Demonstrates the wider genesis of the conflict between the two nations. This text presents contextual aspects in order to explain the growing discord between the two former …
A Modern History of the Somali
I.M. Lewis's classic text on the history of the Somali peoples. The Fourth Edition of this history shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organisation and the …
War in Pre-colonial Eastern Africa
Of interest to researchers of pre-colonial African history, military history, and anyone involved in modern development and conflict resolution seeking to understand the deeper …
Ethnicity and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Exposes the subtle and ambiguous role ethnicity can play in social conflict. Social conflict is routinely attributed to ethnic differentiation because divinding lines between rival …
Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia
Bahru Zewde, one of the foremost historians of modern Ethiopia, has constructed a collective biography of a remarkable group of men and women in a formative period of their …
Changing Uganda
Examines the dilemmas of introducing revolutionary changes in an African country deeply affected by structural adjustment. Yoweri Museveni battled to power in 1986 and his …
Black Poachers, White Hunters
A study of hunting and poaching during the colonial era in Kenya. In 1977 the Kenyan government banned all hunting, whether by sportsmen or Kenyan Africans, in response to the …
Remapping Ethiopia
A sequel to The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia. This new volume examines the major changes effected by the socialist regime from the revolution of 1974 to its overthrow in …
Crisis and Decline in Bunyoro
Examines one society's reaction to a period of prolonged, rapid population decline, a trauma that seems likely to become ever more common in African in years to come. Colonial rule …