East Africa Books


Fort Jesus of MombasaFort Jesus of MombasaChurch and State in Tanzania: Aspects of Changing in Relationships, 1961-1994 (Studies of Religion in Africa) (Studies of Religion in Africa)Church and State in Tanzania: Aspects of Changing in Relationships, 1961-1994 (Studies of Religion in Africa) (Studies of Religion in Africa)
Best Price: $84.00
Mau Mau from Within: An Analysis of Kenya's Peasant RevoltMau Mau from Within: An Analysis of Kenya's Peasant RevoltMaking Ethnic Ways: Communities and Their Transformations in Taita, Kenya, 1800-1950 (Social History of Africa)Making Ethnic Ways: Communities and Their Transformations in Taita, Kenya, 1800-1950 (Social History of Africa)
Best Price: $65.00
Rather than seeing ethnicity as an exogenous construction or as a product of persistent...
Historical Dictionary of Kenya (African Historical Dictionaries/Historical Dictionaries of Africa)Historical Dictionary of Kenya (African Historical Dictionaries/Historical Dictionaries of Africa)
Best Price: $89.31
A ready reference to the history and culture of this complicated and important African nation....


A Green Place, A Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century (Social History of Africa)A Green Place, A Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century (Social History of Africa)
Best Price: $59.95
The book is informative but relies too much on linguistic data. There doesn't seem to be a lot...
East Africa (Library of Nations (Plb))East Africa (Library of Nations (Plb))Mahdish Faith & Sudanic Traditio (Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden)Mahdish Faith & Sudanic Traditio (Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden)
Best Price: $182.50
Shadows in the Grass: Britain in the Southern Sudan, 1918-1956Shadows in the Grass: Britain in the Southern Sudan, 1918-1956
Best Price: $58.95
War of Visions: Conflicts of Identities in the SudanWar of Visions: Conflicts of Identities in the Sudan
Best Price: $47.95
After reading Author Deng's book: WAR OF VISIONS: CONFLICTS OF IDENTITIES IN THE SUDAN, I came...


Time and the HourTime and the Hour
Best Price: $31.79
This is the story of a young man's experience of the Colonial Service in Nigeria from 1937 to...
Zanzibar: Revolution and Its AftermathZanzibar: Revolution and Its Aftermath
It is very disappointing that the only publication available on the 'Zanzibari Revolution' is...
Myths and Realities in the Distribution of Socioeconomic Resources and Political Power in EthiopiaMyths and Realities in the Distribution of Socioeconomic Resources and Political Power in Ethiopia
Best Price: $31.96
More often than not, the distribution of socioeconomic resources and political power in Ethiopia...
Lord, Zega and PeasantLord, Zega and Peasant
Best Price: $29.65
The history of the group in question is discussed in terms of their relationship with other...
Butterflies & Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries & Systems of Knowledge in South-East AfricaButterflies & Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries & Systems of Knowledge in South-East Africa
Best Price: $55.49
The Swiss missionaries played a primary role in explaining Africa to the literate world in the...

KauKau
Best Price: $175.29
The Kenya PioneersThe Kenya Pioneers
Best Price: $18.50
I've read many books about Kenya and East Africa (including this author's three biographies),...
Feasts and Riot: Revelry, Rebellion, & Popular Consciousness on the Swahili Coast, 1856-1888 (Social History of Africa Series)Feasts and Riot: Revelry, Rebellion, & Popular Consciousness on the Swahili Coast, 1856-1888 (Social History of Africa Series)
Best Price: $60.00
A wicked good book! One of the best on African history around
Missionary to the Malagasy: The Madagascar Diary of the Rev. Charles T. Price, 1875-1877 (American Univ Studies Series IX : History, Vol 60)Missionary to the Malagasy: The Madagascar Diary of the Rev. Charles T. Price, 1875-1877 (American Univ Studies Series IX : History, Vol 60)
Best Price: $48.00
African Underclass: Urbanization, Crime & Colonial Order in Dar es Salaam 1919-61 (Eastern African Studies)African Underclass: Urbanization, Crime & Colonial Order in Dar es Salaam 1919-61 (Eastern African Studies)
Best Price: $26.92
African Underclass examines the social, political, and administrative repercussions of rapid...

Lamu: History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City (Topics in World History)Lamu: History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City (Topics in World History)
Best Price: $48.95
"With this sensible book, Romero has prepared a careful study of modern Lamu that dissects...
Blood, Land, and Sex: Legal and Political Pluralism in EritreaBlood, Land, and Sex: Legal and Political Pluralism in Eritrea
Best Price: $54.94
In Eritrea, state, traditional, and religious laws equally prevail, but any of these legal...
State and Society in Dar FurState and Society in Dar FurPeace Under Fire: Sudan's Darfur CrisisPeace Under Fire: Sudan's Darfur CrisisA Modern History of Somalia: Nation and State in the Horn of AfricaA Modern History of Somalia: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa

The Upper Nile Province Handbook: A Report of Peoples and Government in the Southern Sudan, 1931 (Oriental and African Archives, 3)The Upper Nile Province Handbook: A Report of Peoples and Government in the Southern Sudan, 1931 (Oriental and African Archives, 3)
Best Price: $298.95
This account of one of the Sudan's remotest provinces, at the end of 1930, provides the...
Historical Relations Across the Indian Ocean: Report and Papers of the Meeting of Experts Org by UNESCO at Port Louis, Mauritius, July 1974 (G)Historical Relations Across the Indian Ocean: Report and Papers of the Meeting of Experts Org by UNESCO at Port Louis, Mauritius, July 1974 (G)Battle for Peace in SudanBattle for Peace in Sudan
Best Price: $64.95
I read this book and found it to be very informative. It takes about the history of the peace...
Return of the African-AmericanReturn of the African-American
Best Price: $54.28
Mr. Morrow was brave and adventurous, no surprise given his earlier experiences described in his...
Unfinished Business: Ethiopia And Eritrea At WarUnfinished Business: Ethiopia And Eritrea At War
Best Price: $28.36
This book tries to present a wide view/approach into the so called 'border' conflict between...

Historical Discord in the Nile Valley (Series in Islam and Society in Africa)Historical Discord in the Nile Valley (Series in Islam and Society in Africa)
Best Price: $45.79
This book focuses on the conflicting interpretations by Egyptian, Sudanese and European writers...
Chronology, Migration and Drought in Interlacustrine Africa (Dalhousie African studies series)Chronology, Migration and Drought in Interlacustrine Africa (Dalhousie African studies series)
Best Price: $59.50
The Rising of the Red Shawls: A Revolt in Madagascar, 1895-1899 (African Studies)The Rising of the Red Shawls: A Revolt in Madagascar, 1895-1899 (African Studies)
This book examines the rising of the menalamba, the Red Shawls, against French colonial rule in...
Zanzibar: Its History and Its PeopleZanzibar: Its History and Its People
Best Price: $37.00
East African Archaeology: Foragers, Potters, Smiths, and TradersEast African Archaeology: Foragers, Potters, Smiths, and Traders
Best Price: $49.95

East Africa Through a Thousand Years: A History of the Years Ad 1000 to the Present DayEast Africa Through a Thousand Years: A History of the Years Ad 1000 to the Present Day
Best Price: $14.24
Surrogates of the State: NGOs, Development and Ujamaa in TanzaniaSurrogates of the State: NGOs, Development and Ujamaa in Tanzania
Best Price: $50.00
* Uses an instructive historical event to show how NGOs with good intentions are sometimes...
Uganda: An Annotated Bibliography of Source Materials (With Particular Reference to the Period Since 1971 and Up to 1988)Uganda: An Annotated Bibliography of Source Materials (With Particular Reference to the Period Since 1971 and Up to 1988)Obote: A Political BiographyObote: A Political Biography
Best Price: $140.04
In Milton Obote , Kenneth Ingham examines the contribution of one of Africa's most...
In Search of Truth and Justice. Confrontations Between Church and State in Malawi 1960-1994 (Kachere book)In Search of Truth and Justice. Confrontations Between Church and State in Malawi 1960-1994 (Kachere book)
Best Price: $55.79
This is the required textbook for an upper level Spanish conversation class I am taking at Ball...

After the Jihad: The Reign of Ahmad Al-Kabir in the Western Sudan (African Historical Sources)After the Jihad: The Reign of Ahmad Al-Kabir in the Western Sudan (African Historical Sources)The Scattering Time: Turkana Responses to Colonial Rule (Oxford Studies in African Affairs)The Scattering Time: Turkana Responses to Colonial Rule (Oxford Studies in African Affairs)
Best Price: $186.78
This book studies the armed resistance of the Turkana people of north western Kenya to British...
The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars (African Issues)The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars (African Issues)
After reading this book, you will laugh at newspaper reports that describe the conflict in Sudan...
The Sudan: Unity and Diversity in a Multicultural State (Nations of the Contemporary Middle East)The Sudan: Unity and Diversity in a Multicultural State (Nations of the Contemporary Middle East)Islamic Fundamentalism. The Quest for the Rights of Muslims in UgandaIslamic Fundamentalism. The Quest for the Rights of Muslims in Uganda
Best Price: $19.91
This book aims to provide an understanding of the rights of Muslims as practised in Uganda. On...

Islands of White: Settler Society and Culture in Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1939 (Duke University Center for International Studies Public)Islands of White: Settler Society and Culture in Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1939 (Duke University Center for International Studies Public)
In his study, "Islands of White," Dane Kennedy offers a novel perspective on the...
Kenya, Beyond the Marich Pass: A District Officer's StoryKenya, Beyond the Marich Pass: A District Officer's Story
Best Price: $128.82
A personal account of the life of a district officer in the West Pokot District of Rift Valley...
Iron Technology in East Africa: Symbolism, Science, and ArchaeologyIron Technology in East Africa: Symbolism, Science, and Archaeology
Best Price: $39.13
This book comes as a very welcome surprise. For most of the 1980s and 1990s, Western...
Mau Mau: An African CrucibleMau Mau: An African Crucible
Best Price: $24.98
Men Who Ruled Kenya: The Kenya Administration, 1892-1963Men Who Ruled Kenya: The Kenya Administration, 1892-1963
This book is a study of the Kenyan Administrative Service from its establishment in 1892 until...

Historical Dictionary of RwandaHistorical Dictionary of Rwanda
Best Price: $85.00
An extensive survey of political, social, and economic events in Rwanda from antiquity to the...
A Handbook on The Eritrean Economy: Problems and Prospects for DevelopmentA Handbook on The Eritrean Economy: Problems and Prospects for Development
This is a comprehensive survey of the Eritrean economy from a historical and contemporary...
Kenya's Freedom Struggle: The Dedan Kimathi PapersKenya's Freedom Struggle: The Dedan Kimathi Papers
Best Price: $90.80
Soldiers Traders & SlavesSoldiers Traders & Slaves
In the Nuba hills, on the frontiers of the Islamic Sudan, a dynasty of Muslim warrior kings...
Towards a Reconstructed Past: Historical Texts from Busoga, Uganda (Fontes Historiae Africanae Series Varia)Towards a Reconstructed Past: Historical Texts from Busoga, Uganda (Fontes Historiae Africanae Series Varia)
Best Price: $94.40

Historical Dictionary of Kenya (African Historical Dictionaries)Historical Dictionary of Kenya (African Historical Dictionaries)Sudan: The Passing of TimeSudan: The Passing of Time
Best Price: $74.35
The Bible or the Axe: One Man's Dramatic Escape from Persecution in the SudanThe Bible or the Axe: One Man's Dramatic Escape from Persecution in the Sudan
Best Price: $45.76
This was given to me as a gift for the purpose of review in November 2005. I'm so glad I got...
The History of the Mazru`i Dynasty of Mombasa (Fontes Historiae Africanae Series Arabica)The History of the Mazru`i Dynasty of Mombasa (Fontes Historiae Africanae Series Arabica)
Best Price: $55.98
This history of the Mazru'i family, who ruled Mombasa for more than 100 years up to 1837, is...
 
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