Africa

'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama 'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book' The Times...

Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African perspective, for fans of William Dalrymple, David...

A Different Way of Looking at Race'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya....

The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to AmalgamationWhat do you get when dare-devil Jihadists, mad English missionaries and proud, stubborn, warring natives meet in a clash? Nigeria.Formation: From Jihad to...

In this new edition, leading historian David Olusoga sets the book in its historical context helping us to understand this complex, spiritual, politically astute and deeply passionate man. Although Equiano...

A Short History of Conquest and RuleMost accounts of Nigeria’s colonisation were written by British officials, presenting it as a noble civilising mission to rid Africans of barbaric superstition and...

A critical biography of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel laureate and social activist, discussing his personal life, major works, and political legacy.This timely and expansive biography of Wole Soyinka, the...

Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Hayward GalleryThis is an expressive exploration of Black popular culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious and politically urgent.In the...

1902 to the Present*** Winner of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences non-fiction book award ***South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and...

Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link...

The must-read exploration of the birth and death of the internet, from award-winning journalist Marie Le Conte.Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I...

A haunting, intimate account of the women and men who built a feminist revolution in the middle of the Arab Spring.In 2012, the joyful hopes of the democratic Egyptian Revolution...

Unravelling Africa's history one country at a timeWhy is Africa still perceived as a single country? How did African soldiers contribute to World War II? Who else led the charge...

Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor and human rights activist, Dr Mukwege has dedicated his life to caring for victims of sexual violence. Over the past two decades living and working in...

An Untold HistoryA Guardian Best Book of 2020Renowned historian Olivette Otele uncovers the untold history of Europeans of African descent, from Saint Maurice who became the leader of a Roman...

A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History An astonishing search for a missing person, the hidden tragedies of war and the truth of Nigeria’s history. Emmanuel Iduma never met his...

A Philosophy of ViolenceTranslated from the French by Kieran Aarons.A brilliant study of violent self-defense in the struggle for liberation by an award-winning philosopherIs violent self-defense ethical? In the history...

Breaking Stereotypes of Modern AfricaDefinitive proof that Africa is *not* a country. A lively, entertaining and informative portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a...

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous...