Black History: Africa and the Slave Trade (Lyndon Dan)(Paperback / softback)

Black History: Africa and the Slave Trade (Lyndon Dan)(Paperback / softback)

This book looks at the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on Africa and on the lives of enslaved

Black History: African Empires (Lyndon-Cohen Dan)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the great civilisations of the African continent and the people within these complex

Black History: Resistance and Abolition (Lyndon Dan)(Paperback / softback)

Learn about the struggle for freedom and the key events in the build up to the abolition of

Fistful of Shells - West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (Green Toby)(Paperback / softback)

Short History of Slavery (Walvin James)(Paperback / softback)

Presents an account of the Atlantic slave trade which helps us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful chapters in British

Capoeira: An Exercise of the Soul (Dawson C. Daniel)(Paperback)

The Atlantic slave trade caused havoc on the cultures and political states of Africa and led to the forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas. The Africans could not bring their material cultures and artifacts, but most important, they brought their histories and

African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade - Beyond the Silence and the Shame (Bailey Anne C.)(Paperback / softback)

The Slave Trade (Monaghan Tom)(Paperback)

This book examines the key questions behind slavery and the slave trade, with a wide-ranging survey from the ancient world to the practice of slavery today. It looks at the driving forces and vested interests behind the slave trade and assesses the legacy slavery has had on working practices around

Diamonds, Gold and War - The Making of South Africa (Meredith Martin)(Paperback / softback)

An epic, sweeping history of the making of South Africa by the bestselling and acclaimed author of The State of

Slave Ship (Rediker Marcus)(Paperback / softback)

The human drama of the slave trade told from a new perspective, from the decks of the slave

Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity (Miller Monica L.)(Paperback)

Slaves to Fashion is a pioneering cultural history of the black dandy, from his emergence in Enlightenment England to his contemporary incarnations in the cosmopolitan art worlds of London and New York. It is populated by sartorial impresarios such as Julius Soubise, a freed slave who sometimes

Shadow World - Inside the Global Arms Trade (Feinstein Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Reveals the corruption behind BAE's controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the relationships that characterise the US Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex. This title exposes both the formal government-backed trade in arms as well as the illicit deals and

Fortunes of Africa - A 5,000 Year History of Wealth, Greed and Endeavour (Meredith Martin)(Paperback / softback)

In this vast and vivid panorama of history, Martin Meredith, bestselling author of The State of Africa, follows the fortunes of Africa over a period of 5,000 years. With compelling narrative, he traces the rise and fall of ancient kingdoms and empires; the spread of Christianity and Islam; the

Reading Planet KS2 - Journeys: the Story of Migration to Britain - Level 7: Saturn/Blue-Red band (Lyndon-Cohen Dan)(Paperback / softback)

Congo: The Epic History of a People (Van Reybrouck David)(Paperback)

From the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu's brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo: The Epic History of a People traces the history of one of the most devastated nations in the

Precolonial Black Africa (Diop Cheikh Anta)(Paperback)

Thiscomparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western

Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora (Smallwood Stephanie E.)(Paperback)

This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market

Boundless Sea - A Human History of the Oceans (Abulafia David)(Paperback / softback)

For most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the spread of ideas and religion as well as commerce. This book traces the history of human movement and interaction around and across the world's greatest bodies

Art History: A Very Short Introduction (Arnold Dana)(Paperback)

Art history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture and the other visual arts. In this Very Short Introduction, Dana Arnold presents an introduction to the issues, debates, and artefacts that make up art history. Beginning with a consideration of what art history

Architecture - A History in 100 Buildings (Cruickshank Dan)(Paperback / softback)

This stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic

More - The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy (Coggan Philip)(Paperback / softback)

A panoramic history of trade, industry and economic thought, from prehistoric times to the

Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas (Covington-Ward Yolanda)(Paperback)

The contributors to Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and transformation of social relationships and political and economic power. Among other topics, the essays examine the

Land of My Fathers (Sherif Vamba)(Paperback / softback)

In 1822, a group of ex-slaves and freeborn African Americans leave to settle in West Africa and found Liberia. Against a backdrop of French and British colonialists, and tribes unashamedly trading in human bondage, the hopes and dreams of the newly arrived become entangled in the reality of

The History Of Islam In Africa (Levtzion Nehemia)(Paperback)

The history of the Islamic faith on the continent of Africa spans fourteen centuries. For the first time in a single volume, The History of Islam in Africa presents a detailed historic mapping of the cultural, political, geographic, and religious past of this significant presence on a