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  • EAST AFRICA IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES: Book 2, East Africa. by Anderson, John D. with Obaro Ikime.
    Anderson, John D. with Obaro Ikime.
    EAST AFRICA IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES: Book 2, East Africa.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback,

    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.

    Condition: Near fine (stamp of previous owner, erratum slip pasted on table of contents)

    Book ID: 82727
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  • KENYATTA AND THE POLITICS OF KENYA. by Arnold, Guy.
    Arnold, Guy.
    KENYATTA AND THE POLITICS OF KENYA.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    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.

    Condition: Good in illustrated wrappers (some rubbing to the covers, prev owner's name)

    Book ID: 82760
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  • A HISTORY OF ZANZIBAR: A Study in Constitutional Development 1934-64 by Ayany, S. G.
    Ayany, S. G.
    A HISTORY OF ZANZIBAR: A Study in Constitutional Development 1934-64

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, (1983, c 1970). Illustrated with maps and photographs. Includes several appendices, bibliography, index. 208 pp.

    Condition: Very good in printed blue and black wrappers (toning to pages, but otherwise clean and tight)

    Book ID: 85081
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  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF AFRICAN CULTURE. by Ayisi, Eric O.
    Ayisi, Eric O.
    AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF AFRICAN CULTURE.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    London / Ibadan / Nairobi: Heinemann, (1972). First edition - Introduction by Professor Meyer Fortes. Includes chapters on family, sex and marriage, descent systems, religion, festivals, ritual practices and taboo and more. Erratum slip tipped in. Illustrated with photographs. Reading list, glossary, appendix and index. xv, 110 pp. ISBN: 0-435890506.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name).

    Book ID: 85108
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  • TOPICS IN EAST AFRICAN HISTORY 1000-1970. by Ayot, H. Okello.
    Ayot, H. Okello.
    TOPICS IN EAST AFRICAN HISTORY 1000-1970.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    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,

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82458
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  • TOPICS IN EAST AFRICAN HISTORY 1000-1970. by Ayot, H. Okello.
    Ayot, H. Okello.
    TOPICS IN EAST AFRICAN HISTORY 1000-1970.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    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,

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated wrappers (toning to covers and pages, stamp of previous owner).

    Book ID: 82457
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  • CAMPING WITH THE PRINCE AND OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE IN AFRICA. by Bass, Thomas A.
    Bass, Thomas A.
    CAMPING WITH THE PRINCE AND OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE IN AFRICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on two years of travel and research in Africa, this tells the stories of scientists who are working in virology, in the study of desertification and the causes of famine, in experimental planting, of those who are trying to combine traditional African methods with the modern scientific methods of the west. Bibliography, index. 304 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-395-415020.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37765
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  • CAMPING WITH THE PRINCE AND OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE IN AFRICA. by Bass, Thomas A.
    Bass, Thomas A.
    CAMPING WITH THE PRINCE AND OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE IN AFRICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on two years of travel and research in Africa, this tells the stories of scientists who are working in virology, in the study of desertification and the causes of famine, in experimental planting, of those who are trying to combine traditional African methods with the modern scientific methods of the west. Bibliography, index. 304 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-395-415020.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85552
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  • NELSON MANDELA. by Benson, Mary.
    Benson, Mary.
    NELSON MANDELA.

    Edition: Small trade paperback.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine (embossed seal of previous owner)

    Book ID: 80378
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  • AN AMERICAN FAMILY ON THE AFRICAN FRONTIER, THE BURNHAM FAMILY LETTERS, 1893-1896. by Bradford, Mary and Richard.
    Bradford, Mary and Richard.
    AN AMERICAN FAMILY ON THE AFRICAN FRONTIER, THE BURNHAM FAMILY LETTERS, 1893-1896.

    Edition: First US printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 79477
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  • MANDELA: MY PRISONER, MY FRIEND. by Brand, Christo with Barbara Jones.
    Brand, Christo with Barbara Jones.
    MANDELA: MY PRISONER, MY FRIEND.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, (2014). First edition - A highly praised account by a South African who served as Nelson Mandela's prison guard for 12 years, primarily on Robben Island. Among the comments: A story of the most astonishing, unlikely friendship. A must-read. (Mail on Sunday);" "a vivid picture of prison life in South Africa at the time.... [An] extraordinary book. (Publishers Weekly) and A perfect example of how it is possible for love to triumph over everything, for respect to triumph over everything. (Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela.) 272 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (toning to edges of textblock, spot on bottom edge, appears unread).

    Book ID: 88816
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  • THE RISE AND FALL OF KWAME NKRUMAH: A Study of Personal Rule in Africa. by Bretton, Henry L.
    Bretton, Henry L.
    THE RISE AND FALL OF KWAME NKRUMAH: A Study of Personal Rule in Africa.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Praeger, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the rule of Nkrumah in Ghana, how he consolidated power and the factors that led to his overthrow by a political science professor who spent an extended time in Ghana between 1964-1965. Notes, selected bibliography, index. xii, 232 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, missing front free endpaper, in a fair only dust jacket, with tears, stickers on front cover and spine.

    Book ID: 84631
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  • Chirenje, J. Mutero
    ETHOPIANISM AND AFRO-AMERICANS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1883-1916.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 24957
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  • Clements, Frank.
    RHODESIA: A Study of the Deterioration of a White Society.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the white minority of Rhodesia who, under Ian Smith, continued to defy the black majority, by a journalist and broadcaster, former mayor of the Rhodesian capital of Salisbury, and a resident of Rhodesia for 20 years, until he was forced to return to England by Smith's actions. Index. 286 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jackeT (dampstaining at bottom of textblock, not affecting the text at all.)

    Book ID: 24717
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  • THE RACE PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA. by Cotton, Walter Aidan BA.
    Cotton, Walter Aidan BA.
    THE RACE PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Edition: Facsimile reprint.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in brown cloth with gold lettering on spine (lettering slightly rubbed, book is tight and clean, as new)

    Book ID: 78667
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  • Davidson, Basil.
    THE LIBERATION OF GUINE: Aspects of an African Revolution.

    Edition: Paperback.

    London: Penguin, (1971). Foreword by Amilcar Cabral, An "important new field-study of guerrilla warfare in an African context.. Quoting extensively from the private archives of the African Independance Party of Guin and the Cape Verde Islands (PAIGC) and from speeches of Amilcar Cabral, Davidson shows the importance of this guerrilla war for the rest of Africa and indeed for the whole of the Third World." A very personal account which begins with Davidson witnessing the Portuguese dropping napalm on the rebels and villagers. A title in the Penguin African Library, edited by Ronald Segal. Photographs, references, bibliography. 167 pp plus 2 pp of maps.

    Condition: Very good (prev owner's name)

    Book ID: 85195
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  • THE ASSASSINATION OF LUMUMBA. by De Witte, Ludo.
    De Witte, Ludo.
    THE ASSASSINATION OF LUMUMBA.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York & London: Verso, (2001.) dj. Hardcover - In June 1960, the former Belgian Congo won its independence; on January 17. 1961, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, and a pioneer of African unity, was murdered. Using official sources and first hand accounts, this book attempts to "unravel the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the assassination" and reveals a "network of complicity from the CIA to the Belgian government." In fact, this book has prompted the Belgian government to establish an official commission to inquire into the assassination. Translated from the Dutch by Ann Wright and Renee Fenby. Photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, chronology, index. xxi, 224 pp. ISBN: 1859846181.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54066
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  • AFRICA DISCOVERS HER PAST. by Fage, J.D., editor.
    Fage, J.D., editor.
    AFRICA DISCOVERS HER PAST.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    London, Ibadan, Nairobi: Oxford University Press, (1971). A collection of 12 essays - based on a series of broadcasts given in the B.B.C. African Service in 1967 - which "looks at current methods of research and shows how archaeology, anthropology and linguistics can be combined with written and oral records to reconstruct African history." Among the contributors are Ivor Wilks, Alan Ryder, Anthony Atmore, Shula Marks and others. Index. viii, 96 p. ISBN: 0-19412276X.

    Condition: Very good in glossy black illustrated wrappers (bump to top of spine, prev owner's name)

    Book ID: 85082
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  • LIBYA: The Elusive Revolution. by First, Ruth.
    First, Ruth.
    LIBYA: The Elusive Revolution.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    London: Penguin, (1974). First edition - Focuses on the causes and consequences of the 1969 revoltion, in which a group of young Army officers ousted the monarchy . A title in the Penguin African Library, edited by Ronald Segal. Map, index. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-140410406.

    Condition: Near fine (previous owner's name, usual light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 85152
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  • AFRICANUS HORTON, 1835-1883, West African Scientist and Patriot by Fyfe, Christopher
    Fyfe, Christopher
    AFRICANUS HORTON, 1835-1883, West African Scientist and Patriot

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon and especially so in this condition.

    Book ID: 79420
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  • CAMEROON: United Nations Challenge to French Policy. by Gardinier, David E.
    Gardinier, David E.
    CAMEROON: United Nations Challenge to French Policy.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    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.

    Condition: Very good in pale turquoise wrappers (some rubbing to the covers, prev owner's name stamp)

    Book ID: 79501
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  • MONETARY ECONOMICS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. by Ghatak, Subrata.
    Ghatak, Subrata.
    MONETARY ECONOMICS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

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

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 82753
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  • UNDERSTANDING NYAYO: Principles and Policies in Contemporary Kenya. by Godia, George I.
    Godia, George I.
    UNDERSTANDING NYAYO: Principles and Policies in Contemporary Kenya.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in light green wrappers (some rubbing to the covers).

    Book ID: 79358
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  • Grundy, Kenneth W.
    SOLDIERS WITHOUT POLITICS: Blacks in the South African Armed Forces

    Edition: First printing.

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

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 7872
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  • KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. by Hochschild, Adam.
    Hochschild, Adam.
    KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - At the turn of the century, when European political powers were carving up Africa. King Leopold II of Belgium carried out brutal acts in the territory surrounding the Congo River, which reduced the population of that area by ten million,while he still managed to cultivate a reputation as a humanitarian. In this book, the author recounts the horrific details of the monster verses the man, and tells of those who defied Leopold - rebel leaders, and a handful of missionaries and travelers. SIGNED on the title page. Maps, photographs, notes, bibliography and Index. 366 pp. ISBN: 0-395759242.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the hardcover first edition, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 88740
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  • THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES: 5,000+ Common and Uncommon Names from the African Continent. by Hodari, Askhari Johnson PhD.
    Hodari, Askhari Johnson PhD.
    THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES: 5,000+ Common and Uncommon Names from the African Continent.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications Inc, (2009). First edition - A comprehensive guide to traditional African names, which includes more than 5,000 common and uncommon names organized by theme from 37 countries and at least 70 different ethnolinguistic groups (note the cover of this advance copy states 6000+, while the title page notes 4000+ but the final published version has 5000+). Pronunciation guide, naming ceremonies and more. Endnotes, bibliography. Index to come. 397 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (some crinkling to the upper corners of several pages from dampness).

    Book ID: 87560
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  • BLACK AFRICA: Africa South of the Sahara from Pre-History to Independence: Parts 3 & 4 From the Colonial Era to Modern Times. by Howe, Russell Warren.
    Howe, Russell Warren.
    BLACK AFRICA: Africa South of the Sahara from Pre-History to Independence: Parts 3 & 4 From the Colonial Era to Modern Times.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    London: New African Library, (1967). The second of two books looking at the history of Africa by this noted foreign correspondent. Part 3 - Flags and Philosophies - deals with colonial Africa, and Part 4 - Voices and Votaries - covers decolonization. He compares teh colonial policies of Britain, Portugal, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, and Italy. Select bibliography, index. vii, 399 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in printed wrappers - prev owner's name, some light foxing to edges of textblock.

    Book ID: 85120
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  • NIGER DELTA RIVALRY: Itsekiri - Urhobo Relations and the European Presence 1884-1936. by Ikime, Obaro.
    Ikime, Obaro.
    NIGER DELTA RIVALRY: Itsekiri - Urhobo Relations and the European Presence 1884-1936.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very good in dark blue wrappers,

    Book ID: 82761
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  • AND STILL PEACE DID NOT COME: A Memoir of Reconciliation. by Kamara-Umunna, Agnes Fallah and Emily Holland
    Kamara-Umunna, Agnes Fallah and Emily Holland
    AND STILL PEACE DID NOT COME: A Memoir of Reconciliation.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2011). Hardcover first edition - As a child Agnes Kamara-Umunna and her family fled Liberia in advance of the army of child soldiers led by Charles Turner. After years of exile, with the fighting seemingly over, she returned to Liberia, a country devastated by years of civil war with families torn apart and villages destroyed. She accepted a job at UN-run radio station and, as a 43-year-old single mother of four, she headed out to the ghettos of Monrovia and befriended these former child soldiers. One by one, as they spoke on her program, 'Straight from the Heart,' it seemed like reconciliation and forgiveness might be possible. This book is not only Agnes's memoir: it is…

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    New York: Hyperion, (2011). Hardcover first edition - As a child Agnes Kamara-Umunna and her family fled Liberia in advance of the army of child soldiers led by Charles Turner. After years of exile, with the fighting seemingly over, she returned to Liberia, a country devastated by years of civil war with families torn apart and villages destroyed. She accepted a job at UN-run radio station and, as a 43-year-old single mother of four, she headed out to the ghettos of Monrovia and befriended these former child soldiers. One by one, as they spoke on her program, 'Straight from the Heart,' it seemed like reconciliation and forgiveness might be possible. This book is not only Agnes's memoir: it is also a testimony to a nation's descent into the horrors of civil war and its subsequent rise out of the ashes. x, 302 pp. ISBN: 978-1401323578.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 83331
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  • BLACK LIVINGSTON: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo. by Kennedy, Pagan.
    Kennedy, Pagan.
    BLACK LIVINGSTON: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of William Sheppard, a 24-year-old African-American and Southern Presbyterian missionary who n 1890 left New York for the Congo. During the next 20 years, he explored that country, discovering a lake that now bears his name; made contact with the Kuba kingdom (he was made a Kuba prince), although he failed in his attempt to create a "utopia of African-American achievement in Africa." He exposed the brutal, genocidal treatment of Africans by the Belgian colonial authorities, which resulted in his being tried for slander, and more. Publisher's Weekly notes that this book "captures the undercurrent of horror found everywhere in the late 19th-century Congo while honoring Sheppard's…

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    New York: Viking, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of William Sheppard, a 24-year-old African-American and Southern Presbyterian missionary who n 1890 left New York for the Congo. During the next 20 years, he explored that country, discovering a lake that now bears his name; made contact with the Kuba kingdom (he was made a Kuba prince), although he failed in his attempt to create a "utopia of African-American achievement in Africa." He exposed the brutal, genocidal treatment of Africans by the Belgian colonial authorities, which resulted in his being tried for slander, and more. Publisher's Weekly notes that this book "captures the undercurrent of horror found everywhere in the late 19th-century Congo while honoring Sheppard's accomplishments, heroism and character." SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with many never before published photographs, notes, bibliography, index. xviii, 237 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-670030368.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84431
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