Africa — Markus Wiener Publishers

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A Black Woman’s Odyssey Through Russia and Jamaica: The Narrative of Nancy Prince
	Prince, Nancy (introduction by Ronald Walters; edited by Patricia Romero) Subject: Africa, Europe, U.S. History, Caribbean, History of Slavery, Women's History	Memories of Africa, pre-civil war New England, political turmoil in Russia, the end of slavery in Jamaica, and Caribbean pirates; an intrepid black woman experiences many turning points in world history. Nancy Prince paints a blunt picture of the struggle … More Information

A History of Madagascar
	Brown, Mervyn Subject: Africa	Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. It is a unique blend of Asian and African culture and is well known as the home of some of the world’s most unusual and most endangered flora and fauna, from … More Information

Africa: A Short History
	Collins, Robert O. Subject: Africa, Textbook	This is a concise but sweeping account of the African past, its peoples, and their institutions. The book attempts to provide an overview of African history without getting bogged down in details and data. This approach is very useful for … More Information

African Geopolitics
	Hugon, Philippe (translated by Steve Randall) Subject: Africa, Colonial, World History	For over a thousand years, foreign powers, including the Arabs, Portuguese, Spanish, British, French, and now Chinese, interfered in African affairs to pursue economic and political gains. In a similar way, African rulers exploited this foreign presence for their own … More Information

African History in Documents, Vol. I: Western African History
	Collins, Robert O., editor Subject: Africa, Documentary Readers	This volume covers five hundred years of history, beginning with the writings of travelers Ibn Battuta, Leo Africanus, Mungo Park, Heinrich Barth, René Caillé, and Mary Kingsley, as well as many others. Religious wars are described by chroniclers such as … More Information

African History in Documents, Vol. II: Eastern African History
	Collins, Robert O., editor Subject: Africa, Documentary Readers	This volume covers three thousand years of African history beginning with reports about the ancient kingdoms of Ethiopia and Kush; ancient and medieval trade routes, including China’s discovery of Africa; the history of the east coast; the Nilotic slave trade; … More Information

African History in Documents, Vol. III: Central and South African History
	Collins, Robert O., editor Subject: Africa, Documentary Readers	Beginning with the kingdoms of the Congo in the 14th and 15th centuries, and their histories, this volume analyzes the influence and pressures of the Portugese, the Catholic Church, and slave traders on these blossoming African states. Included are reports … More Information

African Identity in Asia: Cultural Effects of Forced Migration
	Jayasuriya, Shihan de Silva Subject: Africa, Asia, History of Slavery	In contrast to the dispersion of slaves across the Atlantic, African movement to Asia has received scant attention because forced migrations across the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, which endured for centuries, were not part of a significant economic network. … More Information

African Sites Archaeology in the Caribbean
	Haviser, Jay B. Subject: Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Archaeology	This book examines archaeological research about African peoples who were brought to the Caribbean, as well as their descendants in the twentieth century. These contributions cover a wide geographic sample of regions and range from Caribbean studies to individual investigations … More Information

African Women: A Historical Panorama
	Romero, Patricia W. Subject: African History, Women's History, Textbook	African women have made history as doctors, merchants, slaves, prostitutes, and religious leaders. In this survey of the roles women have played in sub-Saharan Africa, from the Queen of Sheba in Ethiopia to the elected presidents of contemporary Liberia and … More Information