London: Heinemann, (1983). First edition - A book in which the noted novelist broke his silence about the 1983 Nigerian elections. "The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership." Index. 68 pp. ISBN: 0-435906984.

London & Nairobi: Heinemann, (1972). First edition - A title in the Histories of the Peoples of Africa series. . Maps, photographs.Includes a time chart, specimen questions, suggestions for further reading, index. pp. 251-382, xxxi. ISBN: 0-435940090.

London: Rex Collings, 1974. First edition - A look - by a Ghanian - both at Ghana's struggle for political and economic independence and an assessment of the legacy of Kwame Nkrumah. Bibliography. ix, 182 pp plus index. ISBN: 0-901720208.

Nairobi: Transafrica Publishers, (1975). A study of the man as nationalist, agitator and writer and teacher in the years before he became President, and of the historical themes that have marked his career - colonialism, settlers, Mau Mau, and above all the belief that Africans should rule Kenya. Maps, bibliography, chronological table, index. 226 pp.

Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, (1976). First edition - Covers the peopling of East Africa, its invaders, colonialism and the movement to independence. Illustrated with 8 tables and maps. Suggestions for further reading, index. 139 pp,

Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, (1980, c 1976). First edition - Covers the peopling of East Africa, its invaders, colonialism and the movement to independence. Illustrated with 8 tables and maps. Suggestions for further reading, index. 139 pp,

Nairobi: Oxford University Press, (1978). First East African publication of this work originally published in 1963. Political development from the first colonial settlement to the eve of independence; #1 in The Students library. Double page maps, notes, index, Appendices with lists of governors & ministers. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-195724682.

London: Penguin, (1986). A biography of Mandela written while he was still imprisoned in South Africa - it describes his childhood in the royal family of the Thembu people to his membership and eventual leadership of the African National Congress. Illustrated with photographs, index. 269 pp. plus publisher's ads. Cover photo by Michael Peto. ISBN: 0-140089411.

Beria: Agencia De Turismo De Mocambique, 1957. First edition - A small booklet describing a trip to Gorongosa National Park, in Mozambique, one of Africa s greatest wildlife reserves. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings in green, 2 maps in green, black and white, including one large fold out map on tissue paper. 43 pp. plus index and 2 pp listing companies that will organize excursions.

Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A candid account of pioneering in the dying days of the African frontier. While the letters tell of adventure and hardship, they also reveal the disregard for, and the ignorance of the culture and traditions of the indigenous people of South Africa. Photographs, index. xxvii, 300 pp. ISBN: 1-879373661.

London: Longman, (1976). A title in the Seminar Studies In History series. Begins with the Victorian image of Africa and the British occupation of Egypt in 1892 and covers the agreements between the European powers in which they divided much of the continent up among themselves. Map. Includes a section of documents, bibliography, index. vii, 163 pp. ISBN: 0-582352045.

Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana State University Press, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Deals with the rise of African independent churches in Southern Africa in the late 19th century and with the role that African Americans played in that rise. One of the most significant alliances was with Bishop Henry McNeal Turner of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and in addition, African students came to the US to study at black religious colleges and young African Americans were sent to Africa as missionaries. Several appendices, extensive bibliography, index. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-13190.

New York: Negro Universities Press . (1969). Hardcover - A work originally published in wrappers in 1926. Introduction by Edwin W. Smith who calls the problem one of "appalling complexity." Includes chapters on Race integrity and equality of opportunity, Intermarriage and Territorial segregation. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-837124411.

London: Longman, (1970). A classic work, a title in the Growth of African Civilisation Series, originally published in 1965. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Includes List of maps, notes on the sources, references, questions, a table of comparative dates, a subject index and guide to the chapters and index. xii 320 pp. ISBN: 0-582602432.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1982.). Hardcover first edition - Bwiti is a spiritual discipline of the Fang people of Gabon and Cameroon - "it is a religion that seeks to recapture the totality of the old way of life." (p 9.) Bwiti practitioners use the psychedelic, dissociative root bark of the Tabernanthe iboga plant (or eboga), specially cultivated for the religion, to promote spiritual growth. Illustrated with 66 photographs and numerous figures and drawings by Renate Lellep Fernandez. Glossary. Notes. Extensive Bibliography and index. xxiv, 731 pp. ISBN: 0-691093903.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first full-length biography of one of outstanding Africans of the nineteenth century - a medical doctor and officer in the British Army, geologist, botanist, and a pioneer thinker on race and development as well as a prolific author (notably "West African Countries and Peoples" written in 1868.) His life is portrayed against the political and economic background of West Africa in the period before "the fog of the colonial era" descended over black ambitions and achievements. Frontispiece portrait,map, footnotes, selected bibliography, index. xi, 169 pp.

London: Institute of Race Relations / Oxford University Press, 1963. First edition - "Traces the effect on the relations between France and Cameroon by the United Nations presence and activity - and in particular why these ran contrary to French trusteeship policy." It also discusses events since independence. Map, bibliogaphy. 142 pp.

London: Macmillan / ELBS (English Language Book Society), (1973). Cover describes this reprint as a low-priced edition - includes charts. References, index. vi, 174 pp.

Nairobi, Kenya: Transafrica, (1984). First edition - Outlines the social, economic and political direction of Kenya since President Moi took office in 1978. Photographs. Notes at the end of each chapter, bibliography. Index. 89 pp.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983. Hardcover first edition -

London: Methuen, (1975). No 11 in Studies in African History series, this looks at 20 cases of significant military intervention in Africa between 1963 and 1970. Map, bibliography, index. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-41678240X.

London: Longmans, (1977). A title in the Ibadan History Series. Contents include Indigenous Antecedents; The rgime of Chief Nana, 1884-1894; The native court system and the career of Chief Dogho, 1900-1925 and more. Contains 3 folding maps. Appendices, bibliography, index. xxi, 301. ISBN: 0-582646383.

New York: Times Books, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning, New York Times South Africa correspondent (who was expelled from South Africa in the mid-60's and returned 15 years later), this is a frank look at the South African way of life and a searing indictment of the effects of apartheid. Dustjacket comments from Athol Fugard and Bishop Desmond Tutu. Includes index and notes. 390 pages. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-8129-12373.

New York: Carnot USA Books, 2003. SIGNED first edition - A controversial work by this Moroccan born African scholar, one which focuses on "the failure of the West to take into account the continent's ethnic realities. . . . His book describes a seven-step process leading to a redesign of the borders inherited from the colonial era and a healthy recognition of the ethnic realities that are tearing Africa apart." SIGNED on the half title page and dated in Los Angeles in May 2003 - that is, before publication. Translated and adapted by Tom Clegg. Map, index, footnotes. 225 pp.

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1931. dj. Hardcover first edition - Volume One only - but each tribal section is complete in itself. As noted in the preface, they are the result of five years of collecting reports on fifty non-Muslim tribes in northern Nigeria. Includes significant information on traveling in the area, on the different languages, and the customs of the various tribes. This volume includes studies of The Bachama and Mbula, Bura and Pabir Tribes, the Bata speaking peoples, the Kilba and Margi of Adamawa, the Chamba, the Verre, the Mambila and others. Vocabulary at the end of each chapter. Illustrated with 60 photographic plates, folding map tipped in at rear. x, 582 pp.

New York: Dutton, 1963. dj. Hardcover first edition - An autobiography, banned in South Africa upon its publication in 1963, which describes growing up and living under apartheid. Praise from Langston Hughes who calls Modisane a "writer of power and persuasion." Includes a postscript by the author. 311 pp.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887. Hardcover first edition - A book which attempts to rectify the idea that most of Africa is nothing but "bush." Includes several appendices, index to the economic plants and a general index. vi, 533 pp plus a 32 pp publisher's catalogue.

London: Institute of Race Relations and Central Asian Research Center / Oxford University Press , 1964. A look at Soviet aims, attitudes and a significant section on African Studies in Soviet Russia. Includes a 50 pp appendix on Soviet views on Africa, country by country, showing the political forces, the economy and foreign policy for each country. Map, vii, 124 pp.