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This latest edition of A Modern History of the Somali brings I. M. Lewis’s definitive history up to date and shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organization. …
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 …
Kenyan historians chart Kenya's post-independence years. In this text, a group of Kenyan historians provide an analysis of the history of the 30 years since Kenya's independence in …
A social history of the Kikuyu squatters in the 'White Highlands'. The author follows the story of the squatters farming the land in the 'White Highlands' at first unused by the …
Essential overview of Uganda's National Resistance Movement's desperate inheritance. Uganda's recovery has been remarkable, but when this book was being written, Museveni's …
Abdul Sheriff analyses the early stages of the underdevelopment of East Africa. The rise of Zanzibar was based on two major economic transformations: firstly, slaves became used …
Decades on from independence the role of Mau Mau still excites argument and controversy, not least in Kenya itself. More than fifty years after the declaration of the state of …
A considerable revision in the understanding of the history of colonial Kenya and, more widely, colonialism in Africa. In the sister two volumes entitled Unhappy Valley 1 and …
This new edition features a substantial introduction by the author. Helge Kjekshus's new introduction to his book placeshis work within the context of the growing debate on ecology …
This volume explores the relationship between environment and rural culture, politics and economy in Tanzania. In his conclusion, Isaria Kimambo reflects on the efforts of …