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The Russian Revolution

by Walter Rodney

Renowned Pan-African and socialist theorist on the Bolshevik Revolution and its post-colonial legacy

5 posts
The Battlefield

by Hugh Roberts
A radical corrective to Western misconceptions that reduce Algeria’s tragedy to a clash of stereotypes
1 post
Lord Leverhulme’s Ghosts

by Jules Marchal

The definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam Hochschild

5 posts
The Verso Book of Dissent

Edited by Andrew Hsiao and Audrea Lim
Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance
38 posts

After the Party

by Andrew Feinstein
“The most important book about South Africa since the demise of apartheid in the early 1990s." – Scotsman
4 posts
Saviours and Survivors

by Mahmood Mamdani
Darfur and the ideological use of the language of genocide.
3 posts
Conspiracy to Murder

by Linda Melvern
Voted the Best Book on Africa by Foreign Affairs and Outstanding Academic Title in 2004 by Choice.
2 posts
Unfinished Business

by Terry Bell and Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza
This book pulls back the curtain on the 'political miracle' of the new South Africa.

Afrocentrism

by Stephen Howe
“Precise and courageous ... A landmark.”—Brian Appleyard, Sunday Times
Imagining Home

Edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Sidney J. Lemelle
A fresh and creative approach to the history of Pan-Africanism and diasporic movements.
4 posts
African and Caribbean Politics

by Manning Marable
Studying Ghana, Guyana and Grenada to discover the problems affecting democracy in the African diaspora.
3 posts
Ibn Khaldun

by Yves Lacoste
A sympathetic yet incisive study of the great North African polymath.
1 post