African History Books

New and Published Books

1. Contested Sudan

   The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction

   By Ibrahim Elnur

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has endured a troubled history, including the longest civil war in African history in Southern Sudan and more recent conflicts such as the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This book explores this history of ensuing conflict, examining why Sudan failed to...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Ancient Egyptian Family

   Kinship and Social Structure

   By Troy D. Allen

   Series: African Studies

   Scholars in Egyptology have often debated the following question: was the ancient Egyptian society organized along patrilineal or matrilineal lines? In taking a fresh and innovative look at the ancient Egyptian family, Allen attempts to solve this long-standing puzzle. Allen argues that the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Routledge History of Slavery

   Edited by Gad Heuman, Trevor Burnard

   Series: Routledge Histories

   The Routledge History of Slavery is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery from ancient Greece to the present day. Taking stock of the field of Slave Studies, the book explores the major advances that have taken place in the past few...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
4. Origins of Pan-Africanism

   Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora

   By Marika Sherwood

   Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History

   Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora recounts the life story of the pioneering Henry Sylvester Williams, an unknown Trinidadian son of an immigrant carpenter in the late-19th and early 20th century. Williams, then a student in Britain, organized the...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
5. Psychiatry, Mental Institutions, and the Mad in Apartheid South Africa

   By Tiffany Fawn Jones

   Series: African Studies

   In the late 1970s, South African mental institutions were plagued with scandals about human rights abuse, and psychiatric practitioners were accused of being agents of the apartheid state. Between 1939 and 1994, some psychiatric practitioners supported the mandate of the racist and...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
6. Subalterns and Social Protest

   History from Below in the Middle East and North Africa

   Edited by Stephanie Cronin

   Series: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East

   The articles in this collection provide an alternative view of Middle Eastern history by focusing on the oppressed and the excluded, offering a challenge to the usual elite narratives. The collection is unique in its historical depth - ranging from the medieval period to the present - and its...

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. Africa after Modernism

   Transitions in Literature, Media, and Philosophy

   By Michael Janis

   Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

   Africa after Modernism traces shifts in perspectives on African culture, arts, and philosophy from the conflict with European modernist interventions in the climate of colonialist aggression to present identitarian positions in the climate of globalism, multiculturalism, and mass media. By focusing...

   Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
8. The African American People

   A Global History

   By Molefi Kete Asante

   The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in the world. Author Molefi Kete Asante synthesizes the familiar tale of history’s effect on the African people who found themselves forcibly part of the...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
9. Music, Performance and African Identities

   Edited by Toyin Falola, Tyler Fleming

   Series: Routledge African Studies

   Cutting across countries, genres, and time periods, this volume explores topics ranging from hip hop’s influence on Maasai identity in current day Tanzania to jazz in Bulawayo during the interwar years, using music to tell a larger story about the cultures and societies of Africa....

   Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
10. Landscape, Environment and Technology in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

    Edited by Toyin Falola, Emily Brownell

    Series: Routledge African Studies

    This volume seeks to identify and examine two categories of colonial and postcolonial knowledge production about Africa. These two broad categories are "environment" and "landscape," and both are useful and problematic to explore. Discussions about African environments often concentrate on Africans...

    Published November 8th 2011 by Routledge