James Currey

A compact and useable introduction to the understanding of contemporary Sudan, and a convenient reference work.

Highlighted in this volume is the detective play The Inspector and the Hero by Femi Osofisan, one of Africa's leading playwrights. The play has unt...

An up-to-date, comparative, examination of the developing economy of Tanzania and its grass roots progress out of poverty, with pointers to its wid...

In-depth examination of the inherent tensions and dynamics of transport corridors in Africa: between short-term optics and long-term durability; be...

Why has Somaliland not followed Somalia into 'state collapse'?

An historical overview of Ethiopia's transformation from a multicultural empire into a modern nation state.

Easily the leading and most engaging voice of her era and generation, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has bridged gaps and introduced new motifs and narra...

Contributors analyse the theories behind children's literature, its functions and cultural significance, and suggest the new directions this litera...

Reducere. The liberation movements of Southern Africa arose to combat racism, colonialism and settler capitalism and engaged in armed struggle to establish d...

WINNER OF THE ASAUK FAGE & OLIVER PRIZE 2016 The author meticulously contextualises the experiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Governme...

Analysis of South African politics under the administration of Mandela and Mbeki

This revisionary account of the Oromo people and the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia transforms our perception of the country's development, rebuttin...

A groundbreaking analysis of 21st century labour practices in the mining industry and the new scramble for industrial power on the African continen...

Examines the making and remaking of Nairobi, one of Africa's most fragmented, vibrant cities, contributing to debates on urban anthropology, the po...

1959 was the year James Currey arrived in South Africa and found a nation in crisis. Hopes of change rose and foundered over the next five years. L...

A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west Nigeria, of...

Reducere. This book considers commercial agriculture in Africa in relation to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the institution of slavery within Africa its...

DescriptionCo-published with the International Labour Organization on the centenary of its founding in 1919, the General Labour History of Africa i...

A new history of the 1976 Soweto Uprising and the events leading to it in the preceding decade, that will transform our understanding of the histor...

Offers new insights into the struggle against Apartheid, and the poverty and inequality that instigated political resistance.Illustrations: 3 Line ...

Reducere. Nigerian society has long been perceived as divided along religious lines, between Muslims and Christians, but alongside this there is an equally i...

A lively historical account of the rise of Ethiopia's student movement by one of those involved, its role in overthrowing the imperial regime, and ...

Ouidah, an African town in Dahomey, now Benin, was the principal pre-colonial commercial centre of its region and this is the first detailed study ...

Provides a new perspective on the struggle against apartheid, and contributes to key debates in South African history, gender inequality, sexual vi...

Shortlisted for the SAUK Fage & Oliver Prize 2020'Honorable Mention' for the ALA First Book Award - Scholarship 2021 A path-breaking contribution t...

This well-illustrated book provides an up-to-date survey of a key period in the history of northern Ethiopia and south-central Eritrea. It is acces...

Reducere. Sudan's post-independence history has been dominated by political and civil strife. Most commentators have attributed the country's recurring civil...

Reducere. This work provides an account of the West Indian soldiers in World War I. It focuses on the processes and politics surrounding the participation of...

This work provides an account of the West Indian soldiers in World War I. It focuses on the processes and politics surrounding the participation of...

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom 1550 to colonial partition in the mid-1880s, trade was key to Afro-European relations on the western Slave Coast (the coastal areas...