Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean

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 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 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

Documents from the African Past
	Collins, Robert O., editor Subject: Africa	This fascinating collection spans two millennia, beginning with a first-century merchant’s guide to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean ports. Primary sources describe ancient and medieval trade routes, China’s discovery of Africa, the slave trade, kingdoms and court life in … More Information

East Africa and the Indian Ocean
	Alpers, Edward A. Subject: Africa, World History	For centuries, East Africa has played a central role within the Indian Ocean world. The Arabs built the first trade networks there; these were laid siege to by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century, followed by British colonialists in the … More Information

First Sultan of Zanzibar: Scrambling for Power in the Nineteenth-Century Indian Ocean
	Nicolini, Beatrice Subject: World History	The Indian Ocean was long one of the world’s most important trade zones, controlled by Arab and Indian merchants. But in the 19th century, the British-French rivalry spilled over into the Indian Ocean. Pirates looted, adventurers sought their fortunes, and … More Information

The Life and Times of General China: Mau Mau and the End of Empire in Kenya
	Osborne, Myles (editor) Subject: Colonial Africa, Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean	An important addition to the corpus on Mau Mau, this book will be a wonderful asset in the classroom, and will be welcomed by all those interested in Africa’s modern history.” — David M. Anderson, Professor of African History, University … More Information

The Siege of Magdala: The British Empire Against the Emperor of Ethiopia
	Matthies, Volker (foreword by Richard Pankhurst; translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Africa, Europe, World History	In 1867-68, a petty diplomatic dispute between Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II and Queen Victoria led to one of the strangest and most dramatic military campaigns in history. The British Indian Army, with 60,000 men, 30,000 elephants, mules and horses, and … More Information

The Travels of Ibn Battuta to India, the Spice Islands, and China
	Ibn Battuta, author; King, Noël Q., translator; Butters, Albion, M., editor Subject: Middle Eastern History, World History, Asia, India, China, Religion	The era in which Ibn Baṭṭūṭa traveled to the East was exciting but turbulent, cursed by the Black Plague and the fall of mighty dynasties. His chronicle provides a first-hand account of increased globalization due to the rise of … More Information