General History

Part revisionist history, part treasure hunt, this is the forgotten story of Ethiopia's 'Elgin Marbles' and a young prince taken out of Africa to live in Victorian Britain 'Extraordinary and thrilling ... This story should be known to every man, woman...

Dr. Opiyo Oloya's The Best Army Doesn't Wear Kilts offers a compelling exploration of the professionalization of Uganda's People's Defence Forces (UPDF). Drawing on the extraordinary transformation of the National Resistance Army (NRA) from a rebel group...

The shocking history of France's secret war in Cameroon and its neocolonial afterlives Legend has it that the end of France's empire in sub-Saharan Africa was a peaceful affair. This book tells a very different story, exposing the shocking violence of a...

A powerful history of Africa's warrior queens--bold rulers who defied empires, led nations, and shaped the ancient world.Discover the untold stories of Africa's warrior queens, rulers who defied empires, led armies, and shaped the course of history. In...

Dominique Jean-Louis identifies and reveals New York City's most significant Black historical landmarks in our latest map. Featuring fifty locations, descriptions, original photography, and an introduction to the history and impact of Black people in New...

Discover the Extraordinary True Story of America's First Free Black CommunityIn 1738, decades before the American Revolution, a former slave named Francisco Men?ndez achieved something historians once thought impossible: he founded and commanded North...

Discover the Extraordinary True Story of America's First Free Black CommunityIn 1738, decades before the American Revolution, a former slave named Francisco Men?ndez achieved something historians once thought impossible: he founded and commanded North...

An Amazon Best History Title of the Month A revelatory history of enslaved people's resistance and self-emancipation, across the Atlantic world and beyond. In the 1720s, the West African chief Tomba was abducted for organizing the local resistance...

This book is the first true and full account of the 34 months of weapons manufacturing activities of Biafra s Research and Armaments Production (RAP).RAP was secretly nucleated and named by an Arrowhead Troika of engineers in March 1967, following...

A bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear precedent for paying reparations to atone for America's original sin of slavery, offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goal--from the acclaimed author of The Whiteness of Wealth. The idea of...

Hidden History of Black Cincinnati reveals the untold stories that shaped a city and defined a people. Long before the Civil Rights Movement or the Harlem Renaissance, Black Cincinnatians were building communities, owning businesses, and resisting...

Our nation's transportation system is crumbling: highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah Archer warns in Dividing Lines, before we can think about rebuilding...