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1	An Ordinary Atrocity: Sharpeville and Its Massacre by Philip Frankel see all copies from $2.25! first editions
2	A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela In this acutely nuanced and original study of a state-sanctioned mass murdered, Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township, enters Pretoria's maximum security prison to meet a man called "Dr. Death" who is serving 212 years in prison for crimes against humanity. see all copies from $2.85! first editions
3	Miriam's Song: A Memoir by Miriam Mathabane, Mark Mathabane The author of the best-selling apartheid memoir KAFFIR BOY tells his sister's story here. When the author moved to America to escape the oppressive regime in South Africa, his sister stayed behind, and saw the apartheid system crumble and a new nation emerge in its place. Her story tells of both the cruelties of the old regime and the excitement ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
4	I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation by Michela Wrong Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The way international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny gives the story of Eritrea a resonance and a tragic dimension beyond imagining. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden This book details the events leading up to one of the most intense battles involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. In October of 1993, helicopter operators of the U.S. Army Rangers brought 140 soldiers to Mogadishu, Somalia, to find and capture two men associated with a Somali warlord. The mission resulted in a tremendous exchange of ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
6	Beyond the Pale: Essays on the History of Colonial South Africa by Professor Robert Ross see all copies from $4.00! first editions
7	The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur by Brian Steidle, Gretchen Steidle Wallace This intense, vivid report and call to action from the heart of violent Darfur, by a former Marine working in Africa, is a powerful memoir of a young man's awakening to conscience and the first extensive on-the-ground account of the genocide in Sudan. see all copies from $13.46! signed copies \| first editions
8	River War by Winston Churchill Here Churchill tells the tale of the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan. It isn't just an account of the battles and the politics; it's the story of the destiny of the people of the region. Churchill tells how the war changed the fates of England, Egypt, and the Arabian peoples in northeast Africa. see all copies from $15.95! signed copies \| first editions
9	Fault Lines by David Goodman, Paul Weinberg (Photographer) A compelling story told through the lives of four pairs of South Africans who have experienced apartheid from opposite sides of the racial and political divide. 24 photos. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories by P Gourevitch A history of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in which longstanding enmity between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes resulted in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus by the extremist Hutu majority. Gourevitch contrasts horrific eyewitness accounts told by Rwandans with the muted responses of the rest of the world. He also assesses ... see all copies from $12.00! signed copies \| first editions
11	Hoe and Wage: A Social History of a Circular Migration System in West Africa by Dennis Cordell, Joel Gregory, Victor Piche "Based on an unusual source--a retrospective survey of migration from 1900 to 1975--this book traces the history of internal and international labor migration in colonial and contemporary Burkina Faso, t" see all copies from $3.50!
12 view cover	The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya by Professor Jennifer A Widner Although Kenya is often considered an African success story, its political climate became increasingly repressive under its second president, Daniel arap Moi. Widner charts the transformation of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) from a weak, loosely organized political party under Jomo Kenyatta into an arm of the president's office, with ... see all copies from $64.80!
13 view cover	The great Boer War by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. ... see all copies from $21.59! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Negro by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Insightful summary of African history focuses on African cultures before the slave trade, citing architecture, iron working, writing, and other cultural advances. see all copies from $6.95! first editions
15 view cover	Unshuttered Windows by Sydney Owitz see all copies from $10.90!
16 view cover	The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures by J H Patterson The story is familiar to movie fans-the horrifying tale of the 1907 book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo has been retold by Hollywood many times, most recently in the 1996 film The Ghost and the Darkness-but hearing it directly from the source remains a thrill. Anglo-Irish hunter JOHN HENRY PATTERSON (1867-1947) was an officer in the British army when he ... see all copies from $11.88! first editions
17 view cover	The Blue Nile by Alan Moorehead Hailed as "utterly absorbing, (as) sweeping as the mighty river itself" ("Washington Post"), the second volume in this two-book series expands the story of the dangerous search for the source of the Nile River. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (Read by) One of the world's most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots--and the roots of life as revealed in human evolution. see all copies from $13.50! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Spirit of Freedom by Charles Villa-Vicencio, Thomas G Karis (Foreword by) This collection of interviews explores the role of religion in the lives of eminent South Africans who led the struggle against apartheid. Nelson Mandela, Chris Hani, Desmond Tutu, Nadine Gordimer, and seventeen other political, religious, and cultural leaders share the beliefs and values that informed the moral positions they adopted, often at ... see all copies from $3.15!
20 view cover	A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile. Above all, the war was ... see all copies from $17.96! first editions
21 view cover	Bay of Tigers: An African Odyssey by Pedro Rosa Mendes, Clifford Landers (Translator) In 1997, Pedro Rosa Mendes traveled across Africa--6,000 miles from the west to the east coast, from Angola to Mozambique. He interviewed relief workers and corrupt local officials, widows and orphans, soldiers and survivors, piecing together a rich portrait no history or travel book can match. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Sufferings in Africa by James Riley see all copies from $13.40!
23 view cover	Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius by Richard B Allen Social and economic history of Mauritius of interest to scholars of slavery and plantation systems. see all copies from $38.70! first editions
24 view cover	The Uses of Hindsight as Foresight: Reflections on Niger Delta and Nigerian History by Abiegberi Joe Alagoa see all copies from $10.50!
25 view cover	Reaction and Renewal in South Africa by Paul B Rich (Editor) This volume is a timely survey of the changes that have been occurring in South African politics and society since the unbanning of the exile liberation movements in 1990. It brings together a collection of seasoned scholars who examine a variety of themes and issues confronting the new post-apartheid regime. Individual chapters discuss the 1994 ... see all copies from $7.80!

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