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"Little Research Value"
by Ellen Ndeshi Namhila
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

38 Reflections on Mwalimu Nyerere
edited by Mark J. Mwandosya, J.V. Mwapachu
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Aboke Girls. Children Abducted in Northern Uganda
by Els De Temmerman
Fountain Publishers, Uganda

Africa in the Colonial Ages of Empire
by Tatah Mentan
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

African Urban Experiences in Colonial Zimbabwe
by Tsuneo Yoshikuni
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

African Visionaries
edited by Agnes Ofosua Vandyck
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

AGĩkũyũ, 1890-1965
by Maina Kĩnyattĩ
The Mau Mau Research Center, Kenya

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Amagama Enkululeko!
by Equal Education
Cover2Cover Books, South Africa

Becoming Zimbabwe
edited by Brian Raftopoulos, Alois Mlambo
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Betrayal of Too Trusting a People
by Carlson Anyangwe
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Between Democracy and Terror
edited by Ibrahim Abdullah
CODESRIA, Senegal

Boxing is no Cakewalk!
by De-Valera NYM Botchway
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Breweries, Politics and Identity
by Tycho van der Hoog
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

A Brutal State of Affairs
by Henrik Ellert, Dennis Malcolm Anderson
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Building from the Rubble
by Lloyd Sachikonye, Brian Raftopoulos, Godfrey Kanyenze
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Cameroon's Social Democratic Front
by Milton Krieger
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Compagnon! journal d’un noussi en guerre : 2002-2011
by Karel Arnaut, Marcus Mausiah Garvey
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

The Concept of Human Rights in Africa
by Issa G. Shivji
CODESRIA, Senegal

A Cultural History of Uneme
by Hakeem B. Harunah
The Book Company, Nigeria

Dedan Kĩmathi Speaks
by Maina Kĩnyattĩ
The Mau Mau Research Center, Kenya

Defying the Winds of Change
edited by Eldred V. Masunungure
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Development as Rebellion (HB Box Set)
by Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, Ng’wanza Kamata
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Diamond Warriors in Colonial Namibia
by Job Shipululo Amupanda
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

'Dignity of Labour' for African Leaders
by Shoko Yamada
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Elmina, 'The Little Europe'
by Joseph K Adjaye
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

The Ewe People
by Jakob Spieth
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Explorations in African History: Reading Patrick Harries
edited by Veit Arlt, Stephanie Bishop, Pascal Schmid
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

Facets of Power
edited by Richard Saunders, Tinashe Nyamunda
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Farmers and Townspeople in a Changing Nigeria
by Simon Ottenburg
Spectrum Books, Nigeria

Fictioning Namibia as a Space of Desire
by Renzo Baas
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

Fight for Freedom
edited by Tony Talburt, Moussa Traoré
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Fordsburg Fighter
by Amin Cajee edited by Terry Bell
Cover2Cover Books, South Africa

From Head-Loading to the Iron Horse
by Komla Tsey
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

From National Liberation to Democratic Renaissance in Southern Africa
edited by Cheryl Hendricks, Lwazi Lushaba
CODESRIA, Senegal

Garfield Todd: The End of the Liberal Dream in Rhodesia
by Susan Woodhouse
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Harnessing the Trade Winds
by Blanche Rocha D’Souza
Zand Graphics, Kenya

The Hidden Dimensions of Operation Murambatsvina in Zimbabwe
by Maurice Taonezvi Vambe
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Historia ya Kiziba na Wafalme Wake
edited by Galasius B. Kamanzi, Peter R. Schmidt
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

The Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe - Vol. 1
edited by Ngwabi Bhebe, Terence Ranger
University of Zimbabwe Publications, Zimbabwe

The Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe - Vol. 2
edited by Terence Ranger
University of Zimbabwe Publications, Zimbabwe

A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana
by Akosua Adoma Perbi
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

The History of Kiziba and Its Kings
edited by Galasius B. Kamanzi, Peter R. Schmidt
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

History of the Urhobo People of the Niger Delta
edited by Peter Ekeh
Urhobo Historical Society, Nigeria

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The History of the Yorubas
by Samuel Johnson
CSS Ltd, Nigeria

Human Rights, Regionalism and the Dilemmas of Democracy in Africa
edited by Lennart Wohlgemuth, Ebrima Sall
CODESRIA, Senegal

Independent African
by George Shepperson
Luviri Press, Malawi

Islands of Slaves
by Thorkild Hansen, Kari Dako
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Kenya's War of Independence
by Shiraz Durrani
Vita Books, Kenya

Leading from Behind
by Maia Chenaux-Repond
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Let the People Speak
by Issa G. Shivji
CODESRIA, Senegal

Letters on West Africa and the Slave Trade
edited by Selena Axelrod Winsnes
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

L’idéal panafricain contemporain
by Lazare Ki-Zerbo, Jean-Jacques N. Sène
CODESRIA, Senegal

Malawi's Lost Years (1964-1994)
by Doug Miller, Kapote Mwakasungura
Mzuni Press, Malawi

Mama Penee
by Uazuvara Katjivena
University of Namibia Press, Namibia

The Mediator. Gen. Lazaro Sumbeiywo and the Southern Sudan Peace Process
by Waithaka Waihenya
East African Educational Publishers, Kenya

The Mkapa Years: Collected Speeches
edited by Ombeni Sefue
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

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A Modern Economic History of Africa. Vol. 1
by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
CODESRIA, Senegal

Mothers of the Revolution
edited by Irene Staunton
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

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Mũkami Kĩmathi: Mau Mau Woman Freedom Fighter
by Wairimu Nderitu
Mdahalo Bridging Divides, Kenya

Nairobi Today
edited by Hélène Charton-Bigot, Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

A New History of Tanzania
by Isaria N. Kimambo, Gregory H. Maddox, Salvatory S. Nyanto
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Not My Time to Die
by Yolande Mukagasana
Huza Press, Rwanda

Nso and Its Neighbours
edited by B. Chem-Langhee, V.G. Fanso
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

The Odd Man In
by Denis Norman
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

The Ogoni of the Eastern Niger Delta
by Sonpie Kpone-Tonwe
Safari Books, Nigeria

Olomu and Development of Urhoboland and Western Niger Delta
edited by Peter Ekeh, Onoawarie Edevbie, Peter Ishaka
Urhobo Historical Society, Nigeria

Ordered Estates
by Andrew Hartnack
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

The Other Side of Biafra
by Tony Amadi
Safari Books, Nigeria

Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism
by Issa G. Shivji
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Parading Respectability
by Sylvia Bruinders
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

People's Resistance to Colonialism and Imperialism in Kenya
by Shiraz Durrani
Vita Books, Kenya

Pio Gama Pinto
edited by Shiraz Durrani
Vita Books, Kenya

Political Economy of Post-apartheid South Africa
by Vusi Gumede
CODESRIA, Senegal

Politics of Human Network in African Conflicts
by Hideyuki Okano
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

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The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan
by Peter Adwok Nyaba
Fountain Publishers, Uganda

Quotable Quotes Of Mwalimu Julius K Nyerere
by Christopher C. Liundi
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Re-Viewing Resistance in Namibian History
edited by Jeremy Silvester
University of Namibia Press, Namibia

Reconciliation in Northern Nigeria
by Olufemi Olayinka Oluniyi
Frontier Press, Nigeria

Remember Um Nyobè
by Modeste Mba Talla
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Remembering Julius Nyerere in Tanzania
edited by Marie-Aude Fouéré
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Revelations of Dominance and Resilience
by Wazi Apoh
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

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#RhodesMustFall
by Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Ruling Nature, Controlling People
by Luregn Lenggenhager
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

Rwanda: Rebuilding of a Nation
edited by A. Ndahiro, J. Rwagatare
Fountain Publishers, Uganda

SheMurenga: The Zimbabwean Women's Movement 1995-2000
by Shereen Essof
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Singing for Freedom
by Andreya Masiye
Gadsden Publishers, Zambia

Slavery and Slave Trade in Nigeria
edited by J.F. Ade.Ajayi, Okon Uya
Safari Books, Nigeria

Social Memory, Silenced Voices, and Political Struggle
edited by William Cunningham Bissell, Marie-Aude Fouéré
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Society, State and Identity in African History
edited by Bahru Zewde
Forum for Social Studies, Ethiopia

Some Unsung Black Revolutionary Voices and Visions from Pre-Colony to Post-Independence and Beyond
edited by Bill F. Ndi
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa
edited by Kimani Njogu, Hervé Maupeu
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Sowing in Tears
by Malesela John Lamola
African Perspectives, South Africa

Stronger than Faith
by Oduor Ong'wen
Vita Books, Kenya

The End of an Era? Robert Mugabe and a Conflicting Legacy
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere, Ngonidzashe Marongwe, Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

To Be or Not To Be: Sudan at Crossroads
by M. Jalāl Hāshim
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

To Live with Happiness
by Olubansile Abbas Mimiko
Safari Books, Nigeria

Tonga Religious Life in the Twentieth Century
by Elizabeth Colson
Gadsden Publishers, Zambia

Trade Unions in Kenya's War of Independence
by Shiraz Durrani
Vita Books, Kenya

Traders and Trade in Colonial Ovamboland, 1925-1990
by Gregor Dobler
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

Transition from Slavery in Zanzibar and Mauritius
by Abdul Sheriff, Vijayalakshmi Teelock, Saada Omar Wahab
CODESRIA, Senegal

The Trials and Tribulations of a ZIPRA Soldier
by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

The Trouble with Nigeria
by Chinua Achebe
Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, Nigeria

Unquiet. The Life and Times of Makhan Singh
by Zarina Patel
Zand Graphics, Kenya

Unspoken Facts
edited by GALZ
GALZ, Zimbabwe

Uongozi Wetu na Hatima ya Tanzania
by Julius Nyerere
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Voices from the Kavango
by Kletus Likuwa
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

Voicing the Voiceless
by Walter Gam Nkwi
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

West Germany and Namibia's Path to Independence, 1969-1990
by Thorsten Kern
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

What Colonialism Ignored
edited by Sam Moyo, Yoichi Mine
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Where are you from?
by Ulla Dentlinger
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

White Narratives
by Irikidzayi Manase
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Whiteness Afrikaans Afrikaners
by MISTRA
Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), South Africa

The Women Went Radical
by Mutiat Titilope Oladejo
BookBuilders Editions Africa, Nigeria

Zimbabwe's Trajectory
edited by Eldred V. Masunungure
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Unfinished Business
edited by Amanda Hammar, Brian Raftopoulos, Stig Jensen
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe. Injustice and Political Reconciliation
edited by Brian Raftopoulos, Tyrone Savage
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

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