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Africa in World History

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  1. Converging on Cannibals

    Converging on Cannibals

    Terrors of Slaving in Atlantic Africa, 1509–1670

    By Jared Staller

    Series Africa in World History

    Ohio University Press

    In Converging on Cannibals, Jared Staller demonstrates that one of the most terrifying discourses used during the era of transatlantic slaving—cannibalism—was coproduced by Europeans and Africans. When these people from vastly... Learn More
    Published: 14th May 2019
    Hardback | £62.00
    Paperback | £22.99
  2. Making Money

    Making Money

    Life, Death, and Early Modern Trade on Africa’s Guinea Coast

    By Colleen E. Kriger

    Series Africa in World History

    Ohio University Press

    A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change.... Learn More
    Published: 16th October 2017
    Hardback | £62.00
    Paperback | £22.99
  3. The Story of Swahili

    The Story of Swahili

    By John M. Mugane

    Series Africa in World History

    Ohio University Press

    Swahili was once an obscure dialect of an East African Bantu language. Today more than one hundred million people use it: Swahili is to eastern and central Africa what English is to the world.... Learn More
    Published: 15th July 2015
    Hardback | £62.00
    Paperback | £23.99
  4. The Boy Is Gone

    The Boy Is Gone

    Conversations with a Mau Mau General

    By Laura Lee P. Huttenbach

    Series Africa in World History

    Ohio University Press

    A story with the power to change how people view the last years of colonialism in East Africa, The Boy Is Gone portrays the struggle for Kenyan independence in the words of a freedom fighter whose life spanned the twentieth century's... Learn More
    Published: 8th June 2015
    Hardback | £62.00
    Paperback | £22.99
  5. Stones of Contention

    Stones of Contention

    A History of Africa’s Diamonds

    By Todd Cleveland

    Series Africa in World History

    Ohio University Press

    Stones of Contention explores the major developments in the remarkable history of Africa’s diamonds, from the earliest stirrings of international interest in the continent’s mineral wealth in the first millennium A.D. to the... Learn More
    Published: 24th June 2014
    Paperback | £20.99
  6. African Soccerscapes

    African Soccerscapes

    How a Continent Changed the World’s Game

    By Peter Alegi

    Series Africa in World History

    Ohio University Press

    From Accra and Algiers to Zanzibar and Zululand, Africans have wrested control of soccer from the hands of Europeans, and through the rise of different playing styles, the rituals of spectatorship, and the presence of magicians... Learn More
    Published: 14th February 2010
    Paperback | £22.99
  7. Stirring the Pot

    Stirring the Pot

    A History of African Cuisine

    By James C. McCann

    Series Africa in World History

    Ohio University Press

    Africa\u2019s art of cooking is a key part of its history. All too often Africa is associated with famine, but in Stirring the Pot, James C. McCann describes how the ingredients, the practices, and the varied tastes of African... Learn More
    Published: 30th November 2009
    Paperback | £20.99

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