African History Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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 December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. 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 November 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism

   Afrikaner Unity, the National Party and the Radical Right in Stellenbosch, 1934–1948

   By Joanne L. Duffy

   Series: African Studies

   The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism is the first significant local study of National Party and Afrikaner politics. By focusing on Stellenbosch as a university and a town, the book extends our understanding of the complex interaction between the GNP/HNP and various organizations of the radical right...

   Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies

   Edited by Ruth Barnes

   Series: Routledge Indian Ocean Series

   Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies considers the importance of trade, and the transformation of the meaning of objects has the move between different cultures. It also addresses issues of gender, ethnic and religious identity, and economic status. The book covers a broad geographic range from East...

   Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Darfur Conflict

    Geography or Institutions?

    By Osman Suliman

    Series: Routledge African Studies

    Although it is often simplified as an "ethnic conflict" in popular media, the current crisis in Darfur can only be superficially defined across ethnic lines. Any long-term solution to the conflict must also address the underlying social and environmental influences such as changing resource...

    Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge