Politics

For decades, France has exerted a neocolonial grip on its former African empire, known as the Fran?afrique. Yet a series of electoral breakthroughs and military coups by opponents of this order have put its future into question. Covering a broad sweep...

Africa is a phoenix rising from the ashes of the burnt out colonial world.This sets the background for this new book in a time of genuine challenge to the power system that has dominated the world since World War II.The book begins by looking back at the...

Offering a compelling call to arms while challenging the pervasive grip of colonialism on the Black psyche, this manifesto charts a course toward a future defined by autonomy, dignity, and radical liberation. Delving into the historical currents of...

Inadequate Justice: Sierra Leone vs. Charles Ghankay Taylor by P. Alphonsus Zeon With struggles of settling down and maintaining peace following 15 years of atrocities, this book dives into the failures of Liberia to break the culture of impunity. It...

In the early nineteenth century, freed American Blacks established their own country on the west coast of Africa. Many were members of organizations such as the American Colonization Society, the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania, the...

In the early nineteenth century, freed American Blacks established their own country on the west coast of Africa. Many were members of organizations such as the American Colonization Society, the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania, the...

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...

An updated and revised biography of Patrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Patrice Lumumba (1926-61) is perhaps the most famous leader of the African independence movement. He became an icon of anti-imperialist...

Mamadou Diouf unearths the intellectual and cultural traditions that have long defined Africa, proving that history was never just written about Africa, but also by it. For too long, Africa has been framed as an afterthought in world history--a...

A powerful critique of the racial myths that shape our world Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical analysis, literary criticism, and cultural theory, Hazel V. Carby interrogates our racial fictions, which have been constructed, maintained, and...

In 1974-75 the people of two West African countries, Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, put an end to 500 years of Portuguese colonial exploitation. Led by a popular movement forged by Amílcar Cabral, their struggle triggered the collapse of Portugal's...