African History


King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
The Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Long Walk to Freedom
Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race From 4500 B.C. To 2000 A.D.
Africa: A Biography of the Continent
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Natives by AkalaThe Many-Headed Hydra by Peter LinebaughThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Akala Reads
55 books — 9 voters

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyBlood River by Tim ButcherKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThey Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van SertimaThe Frontlines of Peace by Severine Autesserre
Africa - Nonfiction
402 books — 164 voters

De Escravo a Cozinheiro. Colonialismo e Racismo em Moçambique by Valdemir ZamparoniSlavery by Any Other Name by Eric AllinaPortugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa by Al J. VenterPortugal by Paul  SouthernBrown Waters Of Africa by John P. Cann
Portugal in Africa - 20th Century
8 books — 3 voters
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyThe White Man's Burden by William EasterlyThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBlack Skin, White Masks by Frantz FanonThe Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
So you wanna learn black history ?
5 books — 2 voters

Hank Bracker
Because of greed and immorality on the part of the foreign invaders that came to enrich themselves, and local tribal politicians that abused the trust placed in them by their people, much of Liberia’s wealth has been squandered. The two civil wars and the Ebola plague that the indigenous people had to endure were devastating and yet, in spite of the pain that has been inflicted, the country still has great potential and is waiting for the influence of a new generation of Liberians that hopefully ...more
Capt Hank Bracker, The History of Liberia & West Africa

Hank Bracker
Little heard of, Dakar with a population of over a million people is the capital and largest city of Senegal. Counting the surrounding area, the population would go well over 2,000,000. This would be our last landing for fuel, before our arrival in Liberia. Our DC-6 took a long turn over the Atlantic and made a slow decent to the runway of the “Aéroport international de Dakar” just north of Dakar. The Portuguese founded Dakar in 1444, as a base for the export of slaves. Dakar came under French r ...more
Captain Hank Bracker, "Salty & Saucy Maine"

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