History - Africa - Central

In August 1998, a daring operation unfolded deep in the heart of Central Africa. With a bold strike, Rwanda launched Operation Kitona, a mission that nearly toppled the Congo's government and changed the fate of the entire region. But what was behind this audacious...

In the haunting echoes of Rwanda's tragic history lies a profound tale, one that reverberates with the collective cry of a people silenced by the horrors of genocide. "The Cry of the Tutsis" delves deep into the heart of this devastating chapter, tracing the...

Driven by her family's devastating losses, Congolese expatriate Francisca Thelin embarks, with human rights activist Lisa J. Shannon, on a perilous journey back to her beloved homeland, now under the shadow of one of Africa's most feared militias -- Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army....

Alternative Narratives offers a compelling scholarly reappraisal of the Bamenda Grassfields, confronting dominant historiographies and privileging indigenous epistemologies. Through rigorous analysis of migrations, displacements, marital rites, matrilineal systems, chieftaincy formation, traditional security mechanisms, gender roles in agriculture, and traditional medicine, it exposes overlooked aspects...

Although Herman Melville's masterworks Moby-Dick and Benito Cereno have long been the subject of vigorous scholarly examination, the impact of African culture on these works has received surprisingly little critical attention. Presenting a groundbreaking reappraisal of these two powerful pieces of fiction, Sterling Stuckey...

Countries in Africa continue to fall prey to civil war and the disintegration of governmental authority and social order. The contributors to this book believe that a development agenda to improve people's lives and strengthen national economies cannot be effective until Africa masters its...

Recent years have found much of Africa to be a land of turmoil and revolution. Distress in the Sudan and countries such as Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia have made Africa the site of a variety of atrocities from displacement to torture...

This richly documented account of the arrival of rubber traders, new Christian missionaries, and the Portuguese colonial state in the Kongo realm is told from the perspective of the kingdom's inhabitants. Jelmer Vos shows that both Africans and Europeans were able to forward differing...

Bantu Contribution in Brazilian Popular Music: Ethnomusicological Perspectives is a seminal work that spearheaded the new trend in ethnomusicology, when this discipline shifted the focus of its objective from music in human history to music in culture contact, and from the comparative method of...

In a study of Africa's political and religious past, Christopher Wrigley uses local traditions and comparative mythology to explore an ancient system of myth and ritual in the precolonial kingdom of Buganda, the nucleus of modern Uganda. The study includes critical assessment of oral...

Erik Kennes and Miles Larmer provide a history of the Katangese gendarmes and their largely undocumented role in many of the most important political and military conflicts in Central Africa. Katanga, located in today's Democratic Republic of Congo, seceded in 1960 as Congo achieved...

For centuries, African societies have been guided by deep-rooted customs and ethical traditions that honor community, respect, justice, and harmony with nature. The Soul of the Land explores these timeless principles, revealing the wisdom that continues to shape African identity and values in a...

Mozambique: A War against the People examines the nature of the war that has been waged by the Renamo rebels in Mozambique since 1976, and the profound effects that it has had on, in particular, the country's human infrastructure. The toll of the war...

In a study of Africa's political and religious past, Christopher Wrigley uses local traditions and comparative mythology to explore an ancient system of myth and ritual in the precolonial kingdom of Buganda, the nucleus of modern Uganda. The study includes critical assessment of oral...

This is the first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania). After introductory chapters on the nineteenth century, Dr Iliffe concentrates on the colonial period, and especially on economic, social and intellectual change among Africans as the core of their colonial...

The coming of colonialism to Subsaharan Africa generated many forces that historians often describe in abstract terms: peasantization, leadership, nationalism and even colonialism. Such terms often hide or overwhelm the individual experiences of those who, in some way, contributed to the development and demise...

This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence...

Mozambique: A War against the People examines the nature of the war that has been waged by the Renamo rebels in Mozambique since 1976, and the profound effects that it has had on, in particular, the country's human infrastructure. The toll of the war...

The two main arguments in the book are to contest the reduction of African civil wars to ethnic conflicts, and to point out the emergence of civil wars as the result of political struggles. The construction of Africa as the "other" has entailed that...

This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story of khat, the book will serve as a vehicle for the analysis of social change, development priorities...

It's late in 1994. People in New York City are navigating the Sexual Revolution: what it means for who they are and how they relate to others. For some, long-standing relationships are on the point of falling apart; for others, their potential is about...

Scholars often equate a Swahili presence with the moment history began on the Tanzanian central coast. In this book, Rhonda M. Gonzales proposes an altogether different and more comprehensive narrative. Societies, Religion, and History is the first study to apply historical linguistic methods to...

This volume contains previously unpublished accounts of the operations of the FATAC provided by the veterans of the unit.Although Belgium officially withdrew its military forces from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in July 1960, unofficially the former colonial ruler of this central...

From his first research there in 1959 until shortly before his death in 2010, Victor Le Vine was a major Cameroon scholar. What he wrote during Cameroon's first half-century of independence carries implications for the years ahead. This volume introduces and presents eight of...

The name Dar es Salaam comes from the Arabic phrase meaning house of peace. A popular but erroneous translation is "haven of peace" resulting from a mix-up of the Arabic words "dar" (house) and "bandar" (harbour). Named in 1867 by the Sultan of Zanzibar,...

This is a rich and compelling volume of readings in social history on Nso' and its neighbours in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon. It consists of 19 essays by some of the leading historians, archeologists and ethnographers of the region, with seminal contributions by...

Among African countries, Uganda is unique in its affirmative action program for women. In the late 1980s, President Yoweri Museveni announced his belief that Uganda's successful development depended on increased gender equity and backed his opinions by setting several women-centered policies in motion, including...

This book provides a history of the roots of FNLC (Front for the National Liberation of the Congo: ex-Katanga Gendarmerie) in Angola and Zaire, political situation under Mobutu regime, FNLC incursions into Zaire border since 1977 ("Shaba Wars I and II") and subsequent hostage...

From The Cape To Cairo: The First Traverse Of Africa From South To North is a travelogue written by Ewart S. Grogan, an adventurer who completed the first-ever journey from the southernmost point of Africa to the northernmost point. The book details Grogan's journey,...

Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics argues that as much as the 'Congo crisis' (1960-1965) was a Cold War battleground, so too was it a battleground for Southern Africa's decolonisation. Author: Lazlo PassemiersISBN-10: 0815352794ISBN-13: 9780815352792Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2019Pages: 252Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d

How people engaged with materials such as clay or stone, why people dug features such as pits, why they decorated their bodies, or treated their dead in certain ways, were all meaningful in the African past. However, these are subjects that have been generally...

First Published in 1920, "Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil" is the first of three autobiographical works by W. E. B. Du Bois, the American sociologist, educator, author, historian, and civil rights activist. Presented as a collection of essays, poems, and spiritual songs, "Darkwater"...

This volume deals with aspects of genocide in Rwandaand Cambodia that have been largely unexplored to date, including the impact of regional politics and the role played by social institutions in perpetrating genocideAuthor: Susan E. CookISBN-10: 1138524247ISBN-13: 9781138524248Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2017Pages: 318Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize:...

During a one-hundred-day period in 1994, Hutus murdered between half a million and a million Tutsi in Rwanda. The numbers are staggering; the methods of killing were unspeakable. Utilizing personal interviews with trauma survivors living in Rwandan cities, towns, and dusty villages, We Cannot...

The first long-durée history of large-scale violence in the Congo BasinSince the early nineteenth century, political and military violence has played an exceptionally significant role in the territory corresponding to the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo. By emphasising the periodic re-occurrence of "warlordism" and...

Whether you're planning a trip, learning about a new culture, or just curious, this book is the perfect introduction to the traditions, history, and modern life of this Central African country.What You'll Learn: Rich Traditions: Explore the customs, festivals, and music of the Fang,...

A "meticulously researched and comprehensive" (Financial Times) history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa's Congo At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of western Europe. It borders nine other nations, and since 1996 it has been...

Military coups are a constant threat in Africa and many former military leaders are now in control of 'civilian states', yet the military remains understudied, especially over the last decade. Drawing on extensive archival research, cross-national data, and four in-depth comparative case studies, When...

This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young woman's coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the obligations and strictures of family and society. By the time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision ceremony; at eleven, her innocent...

God the Politician is a compelling analytical, critical, informed and largely eyewitness account of the major events that have taken place in Cameroon since the return of multiparty politics in the 1990s. The accession of Paul Biya to power under the one-party regime in...

An original study of the internationally inspired effort to rebuild this war-torn African country. It seeks to understand the role of the international community in constructing a new kind of African state in the aftermath of conflict and socialism. At the heart of the...

A multidisciplinary study of power in Central AfricaCentral Africa has long been a fertile ground for engendering new concepts and innovative research, significantly influencing not only African studies but other fields as well. This edited volume offers groundbreaking, multidisciplinary reflections on power in Central...

""Red Rubber: The Story of the Rubber Slave Trade Flourishing on the Congo in the Year of Grace 1907"" is a book written by Edmund Dene Morel and first published in 1907. The book exposes the atrocities committed by the Belgian colonial government in...

A fictional perspective of a young African American youth's experiences in Memphis during the late stages of the Civil War. His experiences take him from Memphis, to Fort Pillow and end in Nashville, with the Union Victory there against Hood.Author: James Jr. GholsonISBN-10: 1432741268ISBN-13:...

Delve into a pivotal moment in colonial history with Frederick Starr's "The Truth About the Congo: The Chicago Tribune Articles." This republication offers a crucial perspective on the Congo Free State under the reign of Leopold II, later known as the Belgian Congo. Starr's...

Landmark archaeological excavations that radically revise the early history of Africa. For the past fifty years, Charles Bonnet has been excavating sites in present-day Sudan and Egypt that point to the existence of a sophisticated ancient black African civilization thriving alongside the Egyptians. In...

Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity . . . INTO THE HOUSE OF THE ANCESTORS "Rich . . . fascinating." --The New York Times Book Review "A master of eyewitness description and of the telling interview, [Maier]...

This is the first biographical dictionary of major political leaders in sub-Saharan Africa since 1945, leaders who have made important and often determinative contributions to politics and government in their countries and in the region as a whole. Editor Harvey Glickman has brought together...

This book explores the influence of oral poetry on Somali politics. By reconstructing the history of the Somali nationalist resistance movement, mainly through the use of political oratory in verse form by its leader, Sayyid Mahammad 'Abdille Hasan', the 'Mad Mullah' of British history,...

International stabilization interventions in so-called fragile states have failed everywhere they have been tried. The United Nation's Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, for example, recently withdrew at the request of Mali's military government. It left conditions of even greater instability than when the...