Africa
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Mary Slessor of Calabar, pioneer missionary
- £15.00
- A pioneering woman missionary hailing from Aberdeen in Scotland, Mary Slessor's journey to Nigeria set an example to all Christian missions; she gained the trust, respect and thanks of the local peoples, and introduced the gospel of Christ. Most notably from a social viewpoint, Slessor managed to convince the Ibibio…
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Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
- £300.00
- "In 1842 his Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa appeared, to become a widely read Victorian missionary classic" (DNB). Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a missionary in Africa and linguist. One of Moffat's greatest achievements was the translation and printing of the New Testament into Tswana, for the use of…
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Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Frantz Fanon was born in Martinique, a French colony, in 1925. As a young man, he volunteered to fight in de Gaulle's army for the liberation of France, and trained to become a doctor and psychiatrist. His experiences as a black man under French colonial rule had a profound effect…
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Sowing the Mustard Seed: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Uganda
- £75.00
- The autobiography of Yoweni Kaguta Museveni. Museveni led a guerilla war to liberate his country from tyranny and, as President of Uganda, has established a reputation as one of the most widely respected African leaders of his generation.
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The Caliban Shore: the fate of the Grosvenor castaways (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, but she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa. An astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely, but the castaways found themselves hundreds of miles from the nearest…
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The Christian Ministry in Africa
- £8.00
- Abridged from Sundkler's longer title of the same name published in 1960, this paperback version is the result of the swedish theologian's experiences as missionary bishop in what was then Tanganyika. 'No anthropologist concerned with the nature of African thought, and no politician concerned with the African future, can afford…
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The Coup: a novel
- £25.00
- Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives...
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The Dogs of War
- £18.00
- An astonishing discovery is made in the remote African republic of Zangaro, one which could change the course of a nation's history forever. But such a discovery cannot be kept secret for long and Sir James Manson will stop at nothing to protect this find. A ruthless and bloody-minded tycoon,…
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The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
- £25.00
- One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying scores of West Africans he thought were slaves. They weren't. Having earlier seized control of the vessel and slaughtered most of the crew,…
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The Last King of Scotland (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- A gripping tale of tropical corruption' Spectator. 'A genuine imaginative achievement' Daily Telegraph. 'As convincing and terrifying a portrait of a capricious tyrant as I have ever read' Evening Standard. In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of…
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the…
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Towards Asmara: an African Novel
- £20.00
- During the Eritrean struggle for independence from Ethiopia, four Westerners travel under Eritrean rebel escort through a land of savage beauty and bitter drought towards the ancient capital of Asmara. Each is on a personal mission, all are irrevocably changed as they bear witness to the devastation of war as…
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Waugh in Abyssinia
- £75.00
- In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic account of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the crisis is coupled with amusing descriptions of the often bizarre and seldom straightforward life of a war correspondent…
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Mary Slessor of Calabar, pioneer missionary
- £15.00
- A pioneering woman missionary hailing from Aberdeen in Scotland, Mary Slessor's journey to Nigeria set an example to all Christian missions; she gained the trust, respect and thanks of the local peoples, and introduced the gospel of Christ. Most notably from a social viewpoint, Slessor managed to convince the Ibibio…
- Add to basket
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Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
- £300.00
- "In 1842 his Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa appeared, to become a widely read Victorian missionary classic" (DNB). Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a missionary in Africa and linguist. One of Moffat's greatest achievements was the translation and printing of the New Testament into Tswana, for the use of…
- Add to basket
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Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Frantz Fanon was born in Martinique, a French colony, in 1925. As a young man, he volunteered to fight in de Gaulle's army for the liberation of France, and trained to become a doctor and psychiatrist. His experiences as a black man under French colonial rule had a profound effect…
- Add to basket
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Sowing the Mustard Seed: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Uganda
- £75.00
- The autobiography of Yoweni Kaguta Museveni. Museveni led a guerilla war to liberate his country from tyranny and, as President of Uganda, has established a reputation as one of the most widely respected African leaders of his generation.
- Add to basket
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The Caliban Shore: the fate of the Grosvenor castaways (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, but she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa. An astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely, but the castaways found themselves hundreds of miles from the nearest…
- Add to basket
-
The Christian Ministry in Africa
- £8.00
- Abridged from Sundkler's longer title of the same name published in 1960, this paperback version is the result of the swedish theologian's experiences as missionary bishop in what was then Tanganyika. 'No anthropologist concerned with the nature of African thought, and no politician concerned with the African future, can afford…
- Add to basket
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The Coup: a novel
- £25.00
- Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives...
- Add to basket
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The Dogs of War
- £18.00
- An astonishing discovery is made in the remote African republic of Zangaro, one which could change the course of a nation's history forever. But such a discovery cannot be kept secret for long and Sir James Manson will stop at nothing to protect this find. A ruthless and bloody-minded tycoon,…
- Add to basket
-
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
- £25.00
- One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying scores of West Africans he thought were slaves. They weren't. Having earlier seized control of the vessel and slaughtered most of the crew,…
- Add to basket
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The Last King of Scotland (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- A gripping tale of tropical corruption' Spectator. 'A genuine imaginative achievement' Daily Telegraph. 'As convincing and terrifying a portrait of a capricious tyrant as I have ever read' Evening Standard. In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of…
- Add to basket
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the…
- Add to basket
-
Towards Asmara: an African Novel
- £20.00
- During the Eritrean struggle for independence from Ethiopia, four Westerners travel under Eritrean rebel escort through a land of savage beauty and bitter drought towards the ancient capital of Asmara. Each is on a personal mission, all are irrevocably changed as they bear witness to the devastation of war as…
- Add to basket
-
Waugh in Abyssinia
- £75.00
- In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic account of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the crisis is coupled with amusing descriptions of the often bizarre and seldom straightforward life of a war correspondent…
- Add to basket