Important books on Africa

Discover the most important books on Africa with our curated list of must-read titles. Explore African history, culture, and literature through these essential reads for scholars and enthusiasts alike.

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The Afrikaners

 

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The Washing Of The Spears

by Donald R. Morris

Filled with colorful characters, dramatic battles like Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, and an inexorable narrative momentum, this unsurpassed history details the sixty-year existence of the …
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Black Hawk Down

by Mark Bowden

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.
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Imperial Reckoning

by Caroline Elkins

Reveals how the British colonial government detained more than one million members of Kenya's largest ethnic minority in prisons and work camps where many met …
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

by Philip Gourevitch

In 1994 the Rwandan government implemented a policy for the Hutu majority to murder everyone in the Tutsi majority.
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Dark Star Safari

by Paul Theroux

In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle …
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Wizard of the Crow

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongơo

The individual stories of characters both powerful and ordinary create a kaleidoscopic portrait of postcolonial Africa in the twentieth century, in a novel set in …
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Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” …
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A Savage War of Peace

by Alistair Horne

The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle …
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