Jihad in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions, Paperback - Paul E. Lovejoy

In Jihad in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions, a preeminent historian of Africa argues that scholars of the Americas and the Atlantic world...

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Publisher: Peter Lang LtdAuthor(s): Michael BroersIllustration(s): 7 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 234Publication date: 2017Dimensions...

This is not your usual 'I grew up as a white person in Africa' combined with an 'I worked in a difficult, dangerous place and this is what happened...

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This volume of essays proposes a new, historical approach to the comparative study of revolutions by exploring the ways in which they create, inher...

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Publisher: Jeppestown PressAuthor(s): Muriel R. TewIllustration(s): 15 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 232 x...

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