African History Books

New and Published Books

1. Nefer

   The Aesthetic Ideal in Classical Egypt

   By Willie Cannon-Brown

   Series: African Studies

   This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term used to describe the good and the beautiful, within the context of ordinary life. Because the book is based upon original research on ancient Egypt...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. 'Progress' in Zimbabwe?

   The Past and Present of a Concept and a Country

   Edited by David Moore, Norma Kriger, Brian Raftopoulos

   Zimbabwe's severe crisis - and a possible way out of it with a transitional government, and the new era for which it prepares the ground - demands a coherent scholarly response. 'Progress' can be employed as an organising theme across many disciplinary approaches to Zimbabwe's societal devastation....

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
3. Belonging in Europe - The African Diaspora and Work

   Edited by Caroline Bressey, Hakim Adi

   This publication does not just mark the presence of black people in Europe, but brings research to a new stage by making connections across Europe through the experience of work and labour. The working experience for black peoples in Europe was not just confined to ports and large urban areas –...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Origins of the Libyan Nation

   Colonial Legacy, Exile and the Emergence of a New Nation-State

   By Anna Baldinetti

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it developed through an...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
5. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence

   Time and Justice

   By Berber Bevernage

   Series: Routledge Approaches to History

   Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something ‘absent’ or ‘distant.’ Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got ‘stuck’ in the present and that it retains a haunting presence....

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization

   The Nigerian Story

   By Aje-Ori Anna Agbese

   Series: African Studies

   In the 1990s, Nigeria, like several countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, underwent transition programs to return the country to democracy. Nigeria’s democratization in the 1990s was a civil and international movement to free Nigeria from over 20 years of authoritarian...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
7. Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa

   Five Decades of Misrule

   Edited by Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi, Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o

   Series: Routledge African Studies

   Bringing together scholars from a wide array of disciplines - including anthropology, economics, history, sociology, and political science - this volume addresses the problems of the regime change and state failure in Africa in the context of the global economy, but from a specifically African...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
8. Engaging with a Legacy: Nehemia Levtzion (1935-2003)

   Edited by E. Ann McDougall

   Engaging with a Legacy shows how Nehemia Levtzion shaped our understanding of Islam in Africa and influenced successive scholarly generations in their approach to Islamization, conversion and fundamentalism. The book illuminates his work, career and family life – including his own ‘life vision’ on...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
9. Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

   By Chima J. Korieh, Raphael Chijioke Njoku

   Series: African Studies

   Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa aims to explore the ways Christianity and colonialism acted as hegemonic or counter hegemonic forces in the making of African societies. As Western interventionist forces, Christianity and colonialism were crucial in establishing and maintaining...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Clausewitz and African War

    Politics and Strategy in Liberia and Somalia

    By Isabelle Duyvesteyn

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    Oil, diamonds, timber, food aid - just some of the suggestions put forward as explanations for African wars in the past decade. Another set of suggestions focuses on ethnic and clan considerations. These economic and ethnic or clan explanations contend that wars are specifically not fought by...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge