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Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kebra Nagast: The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gandhi Before India Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cleopatra: The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Slave Ship: A Human History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hannibal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Arabs: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Anglo-Boer War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Warlord: A True Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mandela: An Audio History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mirror to the Church: Resurrecting Faith after Genocide in Rwanda Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African Mythology: Mysterious Stories from Ancient Folklore Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5African Mythology: The Old World of Gods, Myths, and Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Old Way: A Story of the First People Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644 – 1865 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican Myths: Captivating Stories, Folk Tales, Gods, and Goddesses of African Mythology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mansa Musa and and Timbuktu: The History of the West African Emperor and Medieval Africa’s Most Fabled City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Jew a Negro: Being a Study of the Jewish Ancestry from an Impartial Standpoint Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African Mythology: Enthralling Myths, Fables, and Legends from Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaile Selassie: The Life and Legacy of the Ethiopian Emperor Revered as the Messiah by Rastafarians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Africa’s Origin Stories: The History and Legacy of the Ancient African Stories that Sought to Explain Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5History of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModern Africa: A Captivating Guide to Modern African History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African Origin of Civilization: The Myth or Reality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary of Yepoka Yeebo's Anansi’s Gold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMansa Musa: The Richest Man to Ever Live Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Italian Invasion of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Mussolini's War in Abyssinia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kingdom of Kush: The Civilization of Ancient Nubia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ancient Carthage: An Enthralling Guide to the Phoenicians and Carthaginian Civilization Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBiafra: History and Atrocities of the Nigerian Civil War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The New Apartheid Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black Africa - The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSlaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of African Myths Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Moors: The History of the Muslims Who Lived in North Africa and Europe during the Middle Ages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ancient Libyans and Nubians: The History and Legacy of Ancient Egypt’s Most Prominent Neighbors in Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpirit Service: Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rwandan Genocide: Hutus, Tutsis, and United Nations Soldiers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ancient Africa for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Ancient African Civilizations, Empires, and History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Moors of the Maghreb: The History of the Muslims in North Africa during the Middle Ages Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Colonization of South Africa: The History and Legacy of the European Subjugation of South Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Arabs: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife: African American Letters of Love and Family in the Civil War Era Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMukiwa: A White Boy in Africa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mali Empire: The Tales of Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa and Timbuktu Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yoruba Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of the Yoruba and Other West African Peoples Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMandela: An Audio History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Barbary Wars: A Captivating Guide to the First Overseas Wars Conducted by the United States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Great Anglo-Boer War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gandhi Before India Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora, 2nd Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer's Awakening Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCarthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Madame President Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stolen Girls: Survivors of Boko Haram Tell Their Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gratitude in Low Voices: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFormation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Empire and Jihad: The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burned: The Spy South Africa Never Caught Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African History: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South Africa: History in an Hour Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cleopatra: The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Challenge For Africa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Warlord: A True Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kimpa Vita: The Life and Legacy of the Influential Christian Prophet in the Kingdom of Kongo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hannibal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5‘Young Man - You'll Never Die' Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Larry Simply Larry: The story of Fr Larry McDonnell and the selflessness of the Salesians of Manzini. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEthiopia: A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican Mythology: Culture, History, and Mythological Folklore Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great Kingdoms of Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kebra Nagast: The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Congo Wars: History and Causes of Its Bloody Massacres Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTen Years On Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSierra Leone: History of Its Colonization, Conflicts, and Blood Diamonds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLike Wolves on the Fold: The Defense of Rorke's Drift Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mirror to the Church: Resurrecting Faith after Genocide in Rwanda Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Of This Our Country: Acclaimed Nigerian writers on the home, identity and culture they know Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5History of South Africa: Racism, Apartheid, Colonialism, and Other Details Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Slave Ship: A Human History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Empire of Rubber: Firestone's Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed as Nazi Stormtroopers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Real Facts about Ethiopia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExplorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5DO NOT ACCEPT TO DIE Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World's Newest State Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack History: History in an Hour Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History of South Africa: South African History Through the Ages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Modern Zimbabwe: The History of Zimbabwe from the Colonial Era to Today Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5African Mythology: Folklore, Creatures, and Myths from Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Martin Dugard's Into Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMedieval Africa for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Mansa Musa, the Mali Empire, and other African Civilizations of the Middle Ages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEthiopia: History of the Ethiopian Middle Ages, Colony, and Civil War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The First Victory: The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood, sweat and treason - Henry Olonga - My story - Expanded version Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrench Senegal: The History of the French Colony and Senegal’s Transition to Independence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Battle of Zama: The History of the Battle Between Rome and Carthage that Decided the Second Punic War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South Africa: The History of South Africa from its Origins to Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaile Selassie: The Ethiopian Emperor Who Modernized the Country Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMcFecane: History of the Zulu and Nguni Wars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMythology: African and Norse Gods, Goddesses, and Myths in a Nutshell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African Mythology: Stories from Some of the Oldest Civilizations on Earth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nelson Mandela: The First Black President of South Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Garden of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African Mythology: Understanding Ancient History and Culture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5African Mythology: The Folklore and History of Ancient Africa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5German South West Africa: The History and Legacy of Germany’s Biggest African Colony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Regeneration of Africa: From the Colored American Magazine of New York (June, 1906) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTip and Run: The Untold Tragedy of the First World War in Africa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5South Africa and the British Empire: The History and Legacy of the Region Under Great Britain’s Control Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boer War: The South African War and the Horrors of the Concentration Camps Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIm Not Your Nigga Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSunjata and Bakaridjan Koné: Two Captivating Legends from Mali Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMythology: African and Egyptian Myths from the Past Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5African Mythology and Folklore: The Origins and History of Legends and Myths across Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lalibela Churches: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Cave Churches in Ethiopia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History of Busoga Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Uganda: History of Its Early Days and the Ugandan Bush War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Night Trains: Moving Mozambican miners to and from the Witwatersrand Mines, 1902–1955 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of Africa for Kids: A Captivating Guide to African History, from Ancient Times through the Middle Ages to the Modern Era Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouth African History: A History Book of South Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Africans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The African Wars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Gigantic Zoo: A German Quest to Save the Serengeti Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Strange Campaign: The Battle for Madagascar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Battle of Kadesh: The History of the Most Important Battle Between the Egyptians and Hittites Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican Genocides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Genocides in Rwanda and Sudan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Java Hill: An African Journey: A Nation's Evolution Through Ten Generations of a Family Linking Four Continents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSam Jonah And The Remaking of Ashanti Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican History: A Closer Look at Colonies, Countries, and Wars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGenocide in Darfur: Facts, Causes, and Deaths in the Civil War of Sudan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali: The life and tales of Mansa Musa and Sundiata Keita Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Angel in a Thorn Bush Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTraders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemocracy and Delusion: 10 Myths in South African Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Candice Millard's River of the Gods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tragedy of White Injustice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings30 Black Folklore Fable Bed time Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican History for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the History of Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLead You: Notes to Young Africans on Creating a More Representative Continent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Big Book of Pyramids Worldwide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Zulu War: A Captivating Guide to the Origins, Battles, and Legacy of the 19th-Century Anglo-Zulu Conflict Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803–1805 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
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