African History Books

New and Published Books

1. Ambiguities of Empire

   Essays in Honour of Andrew Porter

   Edited by Robert Holland, Sarah Stockwell

   This book comprises essays offered by friends, colleagues, and former students in tribute to Andrew Porter, on the occasion of his retirement from the Rhodes Chair in Imperial History at the University of London. The contributors, including many distinguished historians, explore through a...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Iconography of Independence

   'Freedoms at Midnight'

   Edited by Robert Holland, Susan Williams, Terry Barringer

   This book explores the phenomenon of Independence Days. These rituals had complex meanings both in the territories concerned and in Britain as the imperial metropole, where they were extensively reported in the press. The text is concerned with the political management, associated rhetoric and...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Antebellum Slave Narratives

   Cultural and Political Expressions of Africa

   By Jermaine O. Archer

   Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

   Though America experienced an increase in a native-born population and an emerging African-American identity throughout the nineteenth century, African culture did not necessarily dissipate with each passing decade. Archer examines the slave narratives of four key members of the abolitionist...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Rethinking Labour in Africa, Past and Present

   Edited by Lynn Schler, Louise Bethlehem, Galia Sabar

   This book offers a broad range of perspectives on major transformations in the research of labor in Africa contexts over the last twenty years. This is a groundbreaking work by social scientists and historians; adopting innovative paradigms in the study of African laborers,...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Africa

   Edited by Toyin Falola, Jessica Achberger

   Series: Routledge African Studies

   While Africa is too often regarded as lying on the periphery of the global political arena, this is not the case. African nations have played an important historical role in world affairs. It is with this understanding that the authors in this volume set out upon researching and writing their...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. 'Progress' in Zimbabwe?

   The Past and Present of a Concept and a Country

   Edited by David Moore, Norma Kriger, Brian Raftopoulos

   Zimbabwe's severe crisis - and a possible way out of it with a transitional government, and the new era for which it prepares the ground - demands a coherent scholarly response. 'Progress' can be employed as an organising theme across many disciplinary approaches to Zimbabwe's societal devastation....

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
7. Belonging in Europe - The African Diaspora and Work

   Edited by Caroline Bressey, Hakim Adi

   This publication does not just mark the presence of black people in Europe, but brings research to a new stage by making connections across Europe through the experience of work and labour. The working experience for black peoples in Europe was not just confined to ports and large urban areas –...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
8. The Origins of the Libyan Nation

   Colonial Legacy, Exile and the Emergence of a New Nation-State

   By Anna Baldinetti

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it developed through an...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
9. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence

   Time and Justice

   By Berber Bevernage

   Series: Routledge Approaches to History

   Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something ‘absent’ or ‘distant.’ Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got ‘stuck’ in the present and that it retains a haunting presence....

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization

    The Nigerian Story

    By Aje-Ori Anna Agbese

    Series: African Studies

    In the 1990s, Nigeria, like several countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, underwent transition programs to return the country to democracy. Nigeria’s democratization in the 1990s was a civil and international movement to free Nigeria from over 20 years of authoritarian...

    Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge