Chronicles of an African Ancestor: The Beja Tonga


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A Book About the Oldest Recorded History of South-Eastern Africa. Forget everything you think you know about southern Africa. Embark on a thrilling quest to unearth the lost secrets of the Beja Tonga, an ancient civilization shrouded in mystery. Chronicles of an African Ancestor isn't just a history book - it's a time machine! Decipher the code: Is "Tsonga" a recent invention or a whisper from a forgotten era? Unravel the enigmatic origins of this word and its hidden connection to the Tonga people of southern Mozambique. Witness empires rise and fall: Experience the Beja Tonga's epic journey through history, a saga of migrations, cultural clashes, and the rise and fall of mighty empires. Unmask the truth: Dive deep into the colonial era and see how it reshaped the Beja Tonga's identity. Discover the hidden meanings behind "Tsonga," a word that once signified the power of the east. More than history: This book isn't just about dusty facts. It's a testament to the ancient chronology of the Beja Tonga and the incredible power of language to carry a legacy across generations. Prepare to be captivated by a story that transcends time. Chronicles of an African Ancestor is your key to unlocking the profound truths of southern Africa's past and the remarkable story of the Beja Tonga.




UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition


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"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description




The Races of Man


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Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights


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For twenty years, southern Sudan has been the site of a tragic and brutal civil war, pitting the northern-based Arab and Islamic government against rebels in African marginalized areas, especially the south. More than two million people have died and four million have been displaced as a result. In 1999, anew element radically changed the war: Sudanese oil, located in the south, was firs exported by the central government. The human price of this bonanza is immeasurable. The government, using oil revenues and aided by co-opted southerners, rained a scorched earth campaign of mass displacement, bombing, and terror on the agro-pastoral southern civilians living in and near the oil zones. The displaced number in the hundreds of thousands.




The African Roots of Marijuana


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After arriving from South Asia approximately a thousand years ago, cannabis quickly spread throughout the African continent. European accounts of cannabis in Africa—often fictionalized and reliant upon racial stereotypes—shaped widespread myths about the plant and were used to depict the continent as a cultural backwater and Africans as predisposed to drug use. These myths continue to influence contemporary thinking about cannabis. In The African Roots of Marijuana, Chris S. Duvall corrects common misconceptions while providing an authoritative history of cannabis as it flowed into, throughout, and out of Africa. Duvall shows how preexisting smoking cultures in Africa transformed the plant into a fast-acting and easily dosed drug and how it later became linked with global capitalism and the slave trade. People often used cannabis to cope with oppressive working conditions under colonialism, as a recreational drug, and in religious and political movements. This expansive look at Africa's importance to the development of human knowledge about marijuana will challenge everything readers thought they knew about one of the world's most ubiquitous plants.




Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires


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A first full-length study of the political economy of the nineteenth-century Swazi state.




Encyclopedia of African History


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Offers more than one thousand entries covering all aspects of African history, civilization, and culture.




The Kite Runner


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Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.




A Thousand Splendid Suns


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A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love