A story of a publishing enterprise. It also tells the story of African literature and its dissemi...

New and more complex partnerships linking donors, governments, community-based organizations, NGO...

Ouidah, an African town in Dahomey, now Benin, was the principal pre-colonial commercial centre o...

Intended as a reference and textbook, it does not assume prior knowledge of the subject.

Analysis of South African politics under the administration of Mandela and Mbeki

Why has Somaliland not followed Somalia into 'state collapse'?

The proliferation of 'new wars' since the end of the Cold War has forced scholars to re-open the ...

A compact and useable introduction to the understanding of contemporary Sudan, and a convenient r...

Contributors analyse the theories behind children's literature, its functions and cultural signif...

A single coherent narrative of Aksumite civilisation revealing the roots of medieval Christian Et...

In-depth account of the Marikana massacre, based on the voices of the miners and their families t...

The first full-length examination of the archaeology and history of the Namib Desert.