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King LeopoldS Ghost
by Adam Hochschild
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human rights movement of the...
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A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a book written by Ishmael Beah in 2007 about his experiences as a boy soldier.
Don't Let's Go To the Dogs Tonight
by Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969. In 1972 she moved with her family to a farm in Rhodesia. After that country’s civil war in 1981, the Fullers moved first to Malawi, then to Zambia. Fuller received a B.A. from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming, where she still lives. She has two children.From the Hardcover edition.
The Scramble For Africa
by Thomas Pakenham
In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civilization' and Conquest. The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history.
In Darkest Africa
by Henry M Stanley
In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry
M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the
turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown
to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley,
readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in
the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to
the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In... Read more about this item
M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the
turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown
to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley,
readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in
the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to
the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In... Read more about this item
The Boer War
by Thomas Pakenham
The war declared by the Boers of South Africa on October 11, 1899, gave the British, as Kipling said, 'No end of a lesson.' The public expected it to be over by Christmas. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and most humiliating war that Great Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda is a 1998 non-fiction book about the genocide of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994, written by The New Yorker writer Philip Gourevitch.
Dark Star Safari
by Paul Theroux
In the travel-writing tradition that made Paul Theroux’s reputation, Dark Star Safari is a rich and insightful book whose itinerary is Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town: down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda, and ultimately to the tip of South Africa. Going by train, dugout canoe, “chicken bus,” and cattle truck, Theroux passes through some of the most beautiful — and often life-threatening — landscapes on earth. This is travel as discovery and also, in...
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Kaffir Boy
by Mark Mathabane
When it comes to movie reviews, critic Violet Epps is a powerhouse voice. But that’s only because she’s learned to channel her literary hero Dorothy Parker, the most celebrated and scathing wit of the twentieth century. If only Violet could summon that kind of strength in her personal life. Violet visits the Algonquin Hotel in an attempt to find inspiration from the hallowed dining room where Dorothy Parker and so many other famous writers of the 1920s traded barbs, but she gets more...
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In the Footsteps Of Mr Kurtz
by Michela Wrong
Known as "the Leopard," the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake -- seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized, he plundered the country's copper and diamond resources, downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Conrad's crazed station manager.Michela Wrong, a correspondent...
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Conversations With Myself
by Nelson Mandela
NELSON MANDELA was born in Transkei, South Africa on 18 July, 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948 before being arrested in August 1962. In November 1962 he was sentenced to five years in prison and started serving his sentence at Robben Island Prison in 1963 before being brought back to Pretoria to stand in the Rivonia Trial. From 1964 to 1982, he was again incarcerated at Robben Island...
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African Travel Books & Ephemera
Stringer
by Anjan Sundaram
ANJAN SUNDARAM is an award-winning journalist who has reported from Africa and the Middle East for The New York Times and the Associated Press. His writing has also appeared in Foreign Policy, Fortune, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Telegraph, The Guardian, the International Herald Tribune, and the Huffington Post. He has been interviewed by the BBC World Service and Radio France Internationale for his analysis of the conflict in Congo. He received a Reuters...
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Uganda Wellspring of Africa
by Leguineche, Manuel and Ibingira, Grace S
Spain: Agencia Espanola De Cooperacion Interncional-Sirecox. 1991. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light crease to upper edge of dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour photographs by Jose Luis Gonzalez Grande. Translation by Louis Bourne. Foreword by Sam K. Sebagereka, Minister for Tourism and Wildlife of Uganda. Preface by Luis Yanez-Barnuevo. 248 pages.. A photographic safari of Uganda....
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In darkest Africa: or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria
by STANLEY, Henry M
1890 Livingstone 1ed In Darkest Africa Henry Stanley Emin Pasha Expedition MAPS
"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."
― David Livingstone
A rare, first printing of Henry Stanley's 'In Darkest Africa.' Known for his explorations in Africa, he found the Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone, whom most had assumed had been lost. His acquaintance with continuing expedition with Livingstone... Read more about this item
"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."
― David Livingstone
A rare, first printing of Henry Stanley's 'In Darkest Africa.' Known for his explorations in Africa, he found the Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone, whom most had assumed had been lost. His acquaintance with continuing expedition with Livingstone... Read more about this item
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Problems of Industrial Planning and Management in Nigeria
by Onyemelukwe, C.C
NY: Columbia Univesity Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. vi, 322pp= index. Very good hardback in a price clipped, tanned and lightly rubbed jacket.
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In Darkest Africa
by Henry M. Stanley
Condition (see photos):
Removable maps missing.
Heavy wear on covers especially vol 1,Vol 1.
Cover starting to separate from binding.
Both volumes ink on inside cover first page
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Removable maps missing.
Heavy wear on covers especially vol 1,Vol 1.
Cover starting to separate from binding.
Both volumes ink on inside cover first page
100% guaranteed that condition is as described. Prompt shipping from the US with tracking number.
Standard shipping typically takes 7-14 business days within the US. PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE SUPPORT LITERACY PROGRAMS THROUGH CAMAS PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CAMAS, WA
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The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies) by Dorothy Stanley (Author)
ISBN: 9781108031196
August 25, 2011
Paperback – 539 pages
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Welsh-born explorer famous for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone, published this intimate autobiography in 1909. Through his recollections we learn how his troubled early life - an impoverished childhood in a workhouse and some harrowing experiences as a young soldier - were what drove him to succeed as an explorer, and gave him the strength to deal with the sometimes vehement... Read more about this item
August 25, 2011
Paperback – 539 pages
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Welsh-born explorer famous for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone, published this intimate autobiography in 1909. Through his recollections we learn how his troubled early life - an impoverished childhood in a workhouse and some harrowing experiences as a young soldier - were what drove him to succeed as an explorer, and gave him the strength to deal with the sometimes vehement... Read more about this item
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Africa : A Biography of the Continent
by John Reader
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1999. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$9.13
Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo
by Anjan Sundaram
Paperback. Very Good.
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CA$3.79
RHODES The Race for Africa
by Antony Thomas
New York: St. Martin's Press. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312169825 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.1 inches; 368 pages .
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In Darkest Africa : or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria (Vol. 2 only)
by Stanley, Henry M
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. G+/Fair, cover is heavily worn, spine less so. Front hinge is loose. Owner's inscription inside. Pages are clean. Maps good.. Textured green cloth; map of Africa; gilt lettering. No dust jackets. Vol. II: xvi, 540 pp. with bw frontis (tissue guarded) and several bw plates/illustrations; 2 folding maps in back pocket. Stanley's classic about Africa. "Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who had made his name after...
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Early Visitors to the Eastern Cape
by Forbes, Vernon S
Grahamstown: Rhodes University. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1982. First Edition. Light grey card cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 23pp. .
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The Boer War
by PAKENHAM, Thomas
New York: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Illustrated American edition. Quarto. 304pp. Illustrated with black-and-white, and color photographs, drawings and maps. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
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CA$103.72
Madiba A To Z: The Many Faces Of Nelson Mandela
by Danny Schechter
Hardback. New.
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The Way of the Chariots Niger River - Sahara - Libya
by Toy, Barbara
London: The Travel Book Club. 1964. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine is mildly age-toned. Faint speckling to top edge (dust stains). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 161 pages. Alone in her Land-Rover, the author crossed the Sahara from Algeria to Timbuktu by the desolate Tanesrouft, to begin her real journey which was across the...
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Darfur
by Alex de Waal
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Darfur has become synonymous with genocide and humanitarian crisis. A guide to the conflict, this book provides a short history of the region, and traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous Janjawiid and other rebel g
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With the Mission to Menelik 1897
by Gleichen, Count; Pankhurst, R [intro.]
London: Gregg Internatioanl Publishers Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 1971. Facsimile Edition. Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 363pp. B/w illustrations and two fold out maps. .
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CA$48.45
THE FATE OF AFRICA From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair
by Martin Meredith
New York: Publicaffairs. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. .
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CA$76.00
On the Road of the Settlers, Highlands Nek
by Lanham, W Bain
Grahamstown: Grocott & Sherry. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1958. First Edition. Green card cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 48pp. .
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CA$41.52
THE BOER WAR
by Thomas Pakenham
New York: Random House Inc. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394427424 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/2 inch open tear at top of front/rear panels and spine crown. Light creasing on front flap. ; 9.1 X 6.4 X 2.4 inches .
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CA$186.64
In the Land of the Settlers
by Pretorius, Dirk J J [ed.]
Grahamstown: Grocott & Sherry. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1956. First Edition. Blue card cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 74pp. .
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CA$32.18
Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa
by Robert Klitgaard
Paperback / softback. New. Selected as one of the six best nonfiction books of 1990 by the editors f the New York Times Book Review , this is a compelling and entertaining account of the author's two-and-a-half year adventure in Equatorial Guinea, and his efforts to get this small bankrupt African nation on the path of structural development.
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The Rise of our East African Empire: Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda. 2 volume set
by Lugard, F D
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. G : in good condition. Cover lightly rubbed with some edge fading.. Spine of volume II rubbed and faded. Heraldic book-plate on paste-downs. Contents includng maps VG. 1893. First Edition. Red hardback pictorial cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xix, 563pp; ix, 682pp. 130 illustrations and 14 maps. Book-plate of Charles E. Allen 'Spero'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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A Short History of South Africa (1486-1826)
by Theal, George McCall
Darter Brothers & Walton, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First in this edition, in original binding. The pressed boards are shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked. The cloth at the edges of the spine is lightly torn and frayed, but the boards remain otherwise strong and square. Internally, there is mild, sporadic foxing throughout, and the end pages are a touch tanned. This does not affect the clarity of the text in any way, and the pages within remain clean and complete, with 10...
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families : Stories from Rwanda
by Philip Gourevitch
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$8.39
