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New York:: St Martin's,, (2014). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (toning to edges of textblock, spot on bottom edge, appears unread).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A highly praised account by a South African who served as Nelson Mandela's prison guard for 12 years, primarily on Robben Island. Among the… Read more about this item

New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin, , 1998.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the hardcover first edition, and especially so signed. . First printing. At the turn of the century, when European political powers were carving up Africa. King Leopold II of Belgium carried out brutal acts in the territory surrounding… Read more about this item

London:: Institute of Race Relations / Oxford University Press,, (1966). Very good in glossy orange wrappers (prev owner's name). Second edition. The first edition covered events up to January 1959, the month of the Leopoldville Riots, and the second edition goes through the date of independence in June 1960. Illustrated with three maps. vii, 82 pp.… Read more about this item

New York:: Tapplinger Publishing Co., , (1975). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in very good dust jacket (some short tears to the dj). First US printing. Using first-hand diaries and reports, including those of Rider Haggard's brother Andrew and of Father Ohrwalder (the Austrian missionary who spent ten years of captivity in the Mahdi's camp), this is… Read more about this item

Deerfield Beach, FL: : Health Communications Inc,, (2009). First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (some crinkling to the upper corners of several pages from dampness).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A comprehensive guide to traditional African names, which includes more than 5,000 common and uncommon names organized by theme from 37 countries and… Read more about this item

New York:: Viking,, (2002). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The story of William Sheppard, a 24-year-old African-American and Southern Presbyterian missionary who n 1890 left New York for the Congo. During the next 20 years, he explored that country, discovering a lake that now bears his name; made contact with… Read more about this item

New York:: International Publishers, , (1971). Very good in glossy brown and orange wrappers. . Small trade paperback. Among the contributors are Oliver Tambo, Dennis Brutus, and Breyten Breytenbach. Introduction by La Guma. Includes poetry and essays. References at the end of each selection. 245 pp.

New York:: Norton,, 1973.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name stamped on title page) . First US printing. Originally published in the UK under the title 'Politics in Ex-British Africa.' A title in the Comparative Modern Governments series. Suggestions for further reading, index. Map. xx, 236 pp.

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1969.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with relatively fewl markings,overall tight and clean in a just about fine unmarked dustjacket. An attractive copy of a surprisingly scarce book. . First printing. In June 1960, the former Belgian Congo won its independence; on January 17. 1961, the first democratically elected prime minister of… Read more about this item

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1990.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing. Based on two years of travel and research in Africa, this tells the stories of scientists who are working in virology, in the study of desertification and the causes of famine, in experimental planting, of those who are trying… Read more about this item

London:: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.,, (1964). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (small stamp of prev owner on front endpaper, some toning to dj). First printing. Brief biographies of nine men who "did well by their countries" from Arabi, the father of modern Egypt, to Said who built up Zanzibar, Chaka… Read more about this item

London:: Longmans,, (c 1967). Good only in illustrated wrappers - missing title page, previous owner's name, but otherwise a tight and clean copy. . Trade paperback. Described in the introduction as an attempt to outline the history of a large area in Africa. Illustrated with many maps and photographs. List of selected readings, glossary, index. 348 pp.… Read more about this item

London:: Penguin,, (1975). Very near fine (prev owner's name) . Paperback. "Changing Traditional Societies in the Modern World" - a study of the effects of the modern world on the traditional societies of West Africa, including the growth of the educated elite. A title in the Penguin African Library, edited by Ronald Segal. Maps. References. index. 376… Read more about this item

London:: Penguin,, (1971). Very good (prev owner's name) . Paperback. Foreword by Amilcar Cabral, An "important new field-study of guerrilla warfare in an African context.. Quoting extensively from the private archives of the African Independance Party of Guin and the Cape Verde Islands (PAIGC) and from speeches of Amilcar Cabral, Davidson shows the importance of this guerrilla war… Read more about this item

Nairobi:: Oxford University Press,, (1967). Ex-library with the usual markings, but still a sturdy and readable copy. . 1st trade paperback printing. Covers the Stone Age, the peopling of the land and the history A.D. 100 - 1840. Maps and photographs. x, 211 pp. 

London, Ibadan, Nairobi:: Oxford University Press,, (1971). Very good in glossy black illustrated wrappers (bump to top of spine, prev owner's name). Trade paperback. A collection of 12 essays - based on a series of broadcasts given in the B.B.C. African Service in 1967 - which "looks at current methods of research and shows how archaeology, anthropology… Read more about this item

London:: New African Library,, (1967). Good overall in printed wrappers - prev owner's name, some light foxing to edges of textblock.. 1st trade paperback printing. The second of two books looking at the history of Africa by this noted foreign correspondent. Part 3 - Flags and Philosophies - deals with colonial Africa, and Part 4 - Voices and… Read more about this item

Nairobi, Kenya: : Kenya Literature Bureau, , (1983, c 1970). Very good in printed blue and black wrappers (toning to pages, but otherwise clean and tight) . Trade paperback. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Includes several appendices, bibliography, index. 208 pp.

Cambridge, UK:: Cambridge University Press,, (1975). Near fine in illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name) . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A book which focuses on "the enormous changes - political, social and economic - that took place during the period 500 B.C.-A.D. 1400 all over the African continent. Early chapters describe conditions about… Read more about this item

London / Ibadan / Nairobi:: Heinemann,, (1972). First edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name).. 1st trade paperback printing. Introduction by Professor Meyer Fortes. Includes chapters on family, sex and marriage, descent systems, religion, festivals, ritual practices and taboo and more. Erratum slip tipped in. Illustrated with photographs. Reading list, glossary, appendix and… Read more about this item