Kings and Queens of Central Africa

Kings and Queens of Central Africa
Author: Sylviane A. Diouf
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2001-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531165331

A survey of the historical regions and kingdoms of Central Africa including biographies of Afonso I, King of the Kongo (1456-1493); Shamba Bolongongo, King of the Bakuba (17th century); and Njoya, King of the Bamun (1867-1933).

Indigenous African Institutions

Indigenous African Institutions
Author: George Ayittey
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 904744003X

George Ayittey’s Indigenous African Institutions presents a detailed and convincing picture of pre-colonial and post-colonial Africa - its cultures, traditions, and indigenous institutions, including participatory democracy.

Volume Two: 100 Great African Kings and Queens

Volume Two: 100 Great African Kings and Queens
Author: Pusch Komiete Commey
Publisher: Real African Books
Total Pages: 116
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN: 1647649633

Volume Two of 100 Great African Kings and Queens continues the journey of another ten magnificent monarchs in African history. The phenomenal success of Volume One and its revised enriched edition made Volume Two urgent. These chronicles will eventually cover the promised One Hundred Kings and Queens, and in the event capture a significant portrait of Real African History. In this edition the opening salvo is the inimitable Hatshesput, one of the greatest builders in all of history. Her construction work in the Nile Valley still stands as a monumental testimony of the African genius, and a benchmark of beautiful architecture. Then there are the freedom fighters and Warrior Queens: Dahia Al Kahina of North Africa and the indomitable Ranavalona 1 of Madagascar. Her ferocity in defence of independence was such that her colonial adversaries dubbed her The Mad Queen of Madagascar. There are also the unsung military exploits of the formidable Sekhukhune of South Africa, and a certain Mad Mullah, Mohammed Abdulle Hassan. He demolished his enemies and wrote exquisite poetry to document his glittering victories, and thus became the father of the Somali nation. These delightful historical narratives will keep you on the edge of your seat for its sheer power of revelation.

Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa

Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa
Author: Nwando Achebe
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0821440802

An unapologetically African-centered monograph that reveals physical and spiritual forms and systems of female power and leadership in African cultures. Nwando Achebe’s unparalleled study documents elite females, female principles, and female spiritual entities across the African continent, from the ancient past to the present. Achebe breaks from Western perspectives, research methods, and their consequently incomplete, skewed accounts, to demonstrate the critical importance of distinctly African source materials and world views to any comprehensible African history. This means accounting for the two realities of African cosmology: the physical world of humans and the invisible realm of spiritual gods and forces. That interconnected universe allows biological men and women to become female-gendered males and male-gendered females. This phenomenon empowers the existence of particular African beings, such as female husbands, male priestesses, female kings, and female pharaohs. Achebe portrays their combined power, influence, and authority in a sweeping, African-centric narrative that leads to an analogous consideration of contemporary African women as heads of state, government officials, religious leaders, and prominent entrepreneurs.

100 GREAT AFRICAN KINGS AND QUEENS ( Volume 1)

100 GREAT AFRICAN KINGS AND QUEENS ( Volume 1)
Author: Pusch Komiete Commey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre:
ISBN:

Volume One of 100 Great African Kings and Queens is a fascinating account of ten illustrious African monarchs through the sands of time. This revised edition of the original book offers a detailed fact-filled narrative with corresponding images that opens up a whole new world to the reader. The images of this edition are in black and white, and therefore better priced. Volume two of another ten great African monarchs is not far behind, both in colour as well as black/white. Volume ten will complete this thrilling historical adventure of 100 Great African Kings and Queens. After all, if Africa is the origin of humanity, then without African history, there is no history.

Monarchy

Monarchy
Author: Richard Tames
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781432902360

This book discusses the system of monarchy: how it developed as a set of ideas from its origins to the present, how it has evolved in practice, and how it benefits or harms the people who live under it.

Kings and Queens of Central Africa

Kings and Queens of Central Africa
Author: Sylviane A. Diouf
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 2001-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780613545983

A survey of the historical regions and kingdoms of Central Africa including biographies of Afonso I, King of the Kongo (1456-1493); Shamba Bolongongo, King of the Bakuba (17th century); and Njoya, King of the Bamun (1867-1933).

A Modern Translation of the Kebra Nagast

A Modern Translation of the Kebra Nagast
Author: Miguel F. Brooks
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781569020326

Lost for centuries, the Kebra Nagast (The Glory of Kings) is a truly majestic unveiling of ancient secrets. These pages were excised by royal decree from the authorized 1611 King James version of the Bible. Originally recorded in the ancient Ethiopian language (Ge'ez) by anonymous scribes, The Red Sea Press, Inc. and Kingston Publishers now bring you a complete, accurate modern English translation of this long suppressed account. Here is the most startling and fascinating revelation of hidden truths; not only revealing the present location of the Ark of the Covenant, but also explaining fully many of the puzzling questions on Biblical topics which have remained unanswered up to today.

Africa and the Americas

Africa and the Americas
Author: José C. Curto
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781592212729

A collection of essyas reflecting an important structural feature of the slave trade: its circularity. Starting with the removal from Africa, the collection then carries into discussions of ethnic identity, religion and creolisation. Comparitive essays develop the theme of root experience in Africa against the facts of life for disenfranchised slaves, painting a picture of a cohesive worldview shaped by the slave voyage and African beliefs. The collection returns to Africa with analyses of the impact on Africa of formerly slaveholding nations.