African History: Postwar, From C 1945 -

BIC code: HBHW3
See also: African History

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  Against A Tide Of Evil: How One Man Became The Whistleblower To The First Mass Murder Of The Twenty-First Century
  Mukesh Kapila - Hardback - Mainstream Publishing
  When darkness stalked the plains of Africa one man stood alone to face the evil. In this no-holds-barred account, the former head of the United Nations in Sudan reveals the shocking depths of evil plumbed by those who designed and orchestrated 'the final solution' in Darfur. A veteran of humanitarian crisis and ethnic cleansing in Iraq, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, Mukesh Kapila arrived in Sudan in March 2003 having made a promise to himself that if he were ever in a position to stop the mass-killers, they would never triumph on his watch.
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  In The Old Chief's Country
  Chris McIvor - Paperback - Sandstone
  In the second volume of his African memoirs Chris McIvor recalls his first stint in Zimbabwe, the many great characters he met, the poverty, the enormous job of repair required to European-African relations and, through it all, the hope.
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  Eyes To The South: French Anarchists And Algeria
  David Porter - Paperback - AK
  Studying the currents of the Algerian revolution alongside the development of French anarchists from the 1950s to the present, this book presents a mosaic of theoretical positions, actions and writings as it follows the shifting contexts of Algerian politics and the evolving consciousness of French anarchists in all their diversity.
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  My Friend The Mercenary
  James Brabazon - Paperback - Canongate
  'My Friend The Mercenary' tells the story of a coup - & also the story of all coups. It is an exploration of the mercenary myth & a chapter of the story of modern Africa. It is a brutally honest & undeniably human account of a journey into the heart of what it takes to be a friend, a survivor & a journalist in the corrosive crucible of war.
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  On The State Of Egypt: What Caused The Revolution
  ʻAlāʼ Aswānī - Paperback - Canongate
  The author considers issues such as class difference, poverty, police brutality, sexual harassment and political corruption as they torment modern Egyptian society. He discusses who the next president of Egypt could be and the moral ambiguity of appointed politicians.
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  Palm Oil And Small Chop
  John Goble - Paperback - Whittles
  From the unique perspective of working aboard merchant ships trading to the area, the author provides a viewpoint of the first 25 years of West African independence; it is simultaneously the story of the final years of many of the British Merchant Navy's liner trades where fortunes largely depended upon imperial routes.
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  My Friend The Mercenary
  James Brabazon - Paperback - Canongate
  'My Friend The Mercenary' tells the story of a coup - & also the story of all coups. It is an exploration of the mercenary myth & a chapter of the story of modern Africa. It is a brutally honest & undeniably human account of a journey into the heart of what it takes to be a friend, a survivor & a journalist in the corrosive crucible of war.
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  My Friend The Mercenary
  James Brabazon - Hardback - Canongate
  'My Friend The Mercenary' tells the story of a coup - & also the story of all coups. It is an exploration of the mercenary myth & a chapter of the story of modern Africa. It is a brutally honest & undeniably human account of a journey into the heart of what it takes to be a friend, a survivor & a journalist in the corrosive crucible of war.
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  The Storm Leopard
  Martyn Murray - Paperback - Whittles
  'The Storm Leopard' is an alchemic blend of travel and nature writing that explores the primary dilemma of the 21st century - the conflict of modern lifestyles with the natural environment.
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  Six Months In Sudan: A Young Doctor In A War-Torn Village
  James Maskalyk - Paperback - Canongate
  Dr James Maskalyk returned last year from Sudan where he was the first official blogger for Médecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders. He wrote about his life on assignment in Abyei, a town near the Darfur region of Sudan, where he spent almost six months tending patients at great personal risk.