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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 MorePublished: 14th May 2019Hardback | £60.00
Paperback | £21.99
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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 MorePublished: 16th October 2017Hardback | £60.00
Paperback | £21.99
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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 MorePublished: 15th July 2015
Hardback | £60.00
Paperback | £22.99
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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 MorePublished: 8th June 2015Hardback | £60.00
Paperback | £21.99
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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 MorePublished: 24th June 2014Paperback | £20.99
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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 MorePublished: 14th February 2010Paperback | £24.99
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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 MorePublished: 30th November 2009Paperback | £20.99