Colonial Africa

In the late 1890s, Edmund Dene Morel, a young British shipping company agent, noticed something strange about the cargoes of his company’s ships as they arrived from and departed for the Congo, Leopold II’s vast new African colony. Incoming ships were crammed with valuable ivory and rubber...

Discover the Extraordinary True Story of America's First Free Black Community In 1738, decades before the American Revolution, a former slave named Francisco Menéndez achieved something historians once thought impossible: he founded and commanded North America's first legally sanctioned free Black settlement. Through groundbreaking archaeological discoveries and meticulous historical detective work, this remarkable biography brings to light one of America's most inspiring yet forgotten freedom fighters. From Chains to Command: An Epic Journey Across Empires Born in West Africa around 1700,...

Western civilization is under attack. At universities and in the media, professors and pundits decry Western civilization as exploitative, destructive, and without value. But fear not: coming to its defense is this "P.I." guide to Western civilization.

Step into the riveting saga of the Scramble for Africa and learn about the dramatic reshaping of the African continent. This audiobook offers a lens into the pivotal moments that saw Africa carved and claimed by European powers. Explore the technological revolution that was occurring in the backdrop, as well as the indomitable spirit of the Africans who resisted colonial rule.

World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings it to life as never before. He focuses on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were Britain's leading investigative journalist, a future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and an editor who, behind bars, published a newspaper for his fellow inmates on toilet paper.

A Historical Adventure Book Set in the Congo River Region during the Late 19th to Early 20th Century "Steamboats of the Congo" is a riveting chronicle unfolding amidst the European expansion into Africa. As you traverse through the pages, you will follow Captain John Kinsley, a man grappling with the challenges of survival and morality on the tumultuous waterways of the Congo River. The Journey Begins From sandbars to smallpox, Kinsley's adversities on his fateful voyage onboard the British and African Steamship M’poso encompass not only the treacherous natural elements of African river ...

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge - a tradition that continues today within some black populations.

Francis Hall's letters are among the earliest colonial record of daily life in British East Africa, now modern day Kenya. In 1892 Hall was posted to Fort Smith with orders to build 150 miles of road, to re-supply caravans between the coast and Uganda and to keep the peace between the Kikuyu and the Maasai. His was a hard life in difficult, dangerous conditions and every day was an adventure. He was gored by a rhino and mauled by a leopard, which he strangled with his rifle, and survived bush surgery and frequent bouts of malaria. While on leave in England he married Bee Russell, a ...

In a sweeping account, Atlantic Wars explores how warfare shaped the experiences of the peoples living in the watershed of the Atlantic Ocean between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Revolution.

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of listeners. A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world.

South Africa, 1838. Two worlds on a collision course. One, a migrating band of Voortrekkers—pioneers seeking a promised land. The other, a proud Zulu kingdom defending its sovereignty. At a bend in the Ncome River, their destinies would be sealed. "Blood River" tells the gripping true story of the Battle of Blood River—where fewer than 500 Voortrekkers stood their ground against over 10,000 Zulu warriors. With wagons locked in a defensive circle and rifles loaded, they faced an onslaught like no other. Outnumbered, outmatched, but not outwitted.

Ken Masters dreams of being a hero—a hairy-chested adventurer laughing at danger, collecting Nobel Prizes, and winning the love of a tender goddess. In reality, he’s an awkward professor, lecturing bored students at Prairie University in Hickory Flats. Then fate strikes. Inspired by Ken’s otherwise overlooked research, Shamgar Van der Meer, the world’s richest man, sweeps Ken off to Africa as his Director of Exploration, hunting a rare-earth mineral that might change the balance of world power—or might not exist at all. Caught between the corporate greed of Biff Jezos’ Omnizon, ...

Filled with “fascinating information, original research, and bold ideas” (NPR), a revelatory account of how African Independence was systematically undermined by the US In 1958 in Accra, Ghana, the Hands Off Africa conference brought together the leading figures of African independence in...

A Historical Fiction Book Set in Eastern Africa During the Late 19th Century"Englishmen in Africa" whisks readers away on a thrilling journey aboard a steamer ship, following protagonist Guy Tritt as he embarks from Aden, anticipating a direct journey to Zaila. In turn of events, Guy is rerouted to Berbera, home of the grand fair, and his course changes further when he falls into friendship with a dubious Portuguese trader, Manuel Torres. Adventure in BerberaTheir landing in Berbera situates them into a maelstrom of conflict and treachery. True to the spirit of historical fiction, the ...

PUPPETS OF POWER: The Colonial Grooming of Africa’s Political Elite and the Blueprint for True Sovereignty is a groundbreaking exposé that rips the veil off one of the most closely guarded secrets of modern African history: how colonial powers handpicked, groomed, and installed political leaders to serve foreign interests long after official independence was declared. From Félix Houphouët-Boigny’s secret deals with France to Mobutu Sese Seko’s CIA-backed reign, this authoritative, eye-opening work uncovers the step-by-step grooming process that turned African presidents into ...

J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace and Racism in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Postcolonial AnalysisDive into the complex and haunting world of J.M. Coetzee's "Disgrace" as you explore the depths of racism in post-apartheid South Africa. This thought-provoking analysis delves into the heart of apartheid's legacy and how it continues to shape the country's narrative. Postcolonial analysis of J.M. Coetzee's "Disgrace" in the context of post-apartheid South Africa can be immensely helpful to readers in several ways:Deeper Understanding of the Novel: Readers will gain a profound understanding of the ...

Over a few weeks in 1741, 10 fires blazed across Manhattan. With each new fire, panicked whites saw more evidence of a slave uprising. Tried and convicted before the colony's Supreme Court, 13 black men were burned at the stake and 17 were hanged. Four whites, the alleged ringleaders of the plot, were also hanged, and seven more were pardoned on condition that they never set foot in New York again.

For more than two centuries, the story of the Zulu kingdom has captured the world’s imagination—its warriors, its kings, its endurance. But behind the legend lies a deeper, more human saga of ambition, ingenuity, betrayal, and survival. Empire of the Zulu is a sweeping narrative history that traces the rise of one of Africa’s most remarkable civilizations—from the boy Shaka, born under a shadow of shame, to the modern monarchs who inherited his legacy under the glare of colonial rule and beyond. Blending vivid storytelling with meticulous research, Temba Khumalo brings to life the ...

In this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American ideas of freedom in varying ways in different regions of the early United States. African Founders...

A historical exploration book set in Mashonaland during the late 19th century. Join an unforgettable journey into the heart of Africa's ancient realms with "Whispers From Ruins." This gripping expedition narrative transports you to the rugged landscapes and intricate cultures of late 19th century Mashonaland. Guided by the eyewitness accounts of an intrepid trio – the narrator, his resilient wife, and their steadfast cartographer, Robert McNair Wilson Swan – this tale unfolds with vivid descriptions of the African terrain, teeming with ancient ruins and the mystique of Zimbabwe's lost ...