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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 …

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 …

Emphasises the important role of Christianity in contemporary Africa. This history examines, through case studies, the ways in which African chatechists, evangelists and …

Rich and informative study of the informal economy in Kenya. During the 1980s the term jua kali (Kiswahili for 'hot sun') came to refer to anybody working in self-employment in …

Understanding colonial ideologies is central to understanding development across Africa. Colonial Baringo was in many respects an unexceptional place, a backwater in the semi-arid …

This is the most interesting general Kenyan social history that I have had the pleasure to read for many years. It fills a large gap in the colonial history of Kenyan women as they …

A book written both for and about the Luo. The authors use stories to reveal Siaya, the Luo-speaking area of western Kenya, bringing together ideas and debates which Luo express …

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 …

This volume assesses Uganda's recovery since Museveni came to power in 1986. Uganda's recovery has been one of the heartening achievements in a continent where the media have given …

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 …

Zanzibar Stone Town presents the problems of conservation in its most acute forms: should it be preserved for the tourists or should it be allowed to grow for the benefit of 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 …