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The migration of races, tribes and ethnic groups across West Africa is a...
The Nigerian Century captures the essence of Nigeria, it's people and...
Bearing both the professional and general readers in mind, Decolonizing...
Democracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This...
The book covers a wide range of topics discussing the Yoruba people of...
Cofounder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind sounds the alarm on the...
Was Goodluck Jonathan weak and clueless as his traducers have claimed? Or – as his supporters have alleged – was he just a victim of vicious conspiracies by an entitled cabal that would stop at nothing to bring down this ‘intruder’ to power?
Beyond the confines of the African continent, Yoruba civilisation has played a very significant role in the expansion and establishment of Black Africa’s presence. This book draws our attention to the palpable influence of Yoruba religion, philosophy, politics, economics, dress and fashion, food, music, literature, visual, verbal and performing arts in...
Blockchain technology is powering our future. As the technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Facebook's Libra, open software platforms like Ethereum, and disruptive companies like Ripple, it’s too important to ignore.
Britain's Gulag is a gripping and harrowing account of one of the darkest chapters in British colonial history. Authored by Caroline Elkins, the book sheds light on the little-known atrocities committed by the British colonial administration during the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya.
In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth’s resources.
In this vast and vivid panorama of history, Martin Meredith, bestselling author of The State of Africa, follows the fortunes of Africa over a period of 5,000 years.
In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences.
As well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners, Nelson Mandela has become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. Once a man with an unknown face, he became after his 1994 release one of the most internationally recognizable images of our time.
Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book.
In this groundbreaking work, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement offers a new perspective on the troubles facing Africa today. Too often these challenges are portrayed by the media in extreme terms connoting poverty, dependence, and desperation.
The Looting Machine is a searing exposé of the global web of traders, bankers, middlemen, despots and corporate raiders that is pillaging Africa’s vast natural wealth.
In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth.