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Garnet’s 1848 address to the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, New York, was published as The Past and the Present Condition and the Destiny of the Colored Race. In it, he elaborated on his convictions that the ancient Egyptians were Africans, that the Nubian warriors of Kush were celebrated by Homer, that the Song of Solomon was addressed to an African woman, that Moses’ wife was Nubian, and that Hannibal, Euclid, Origen, and Augustine were of African ancestry.

Africa is not a footnote in Scripture—it is the living scroll where God has written His story. From Eden’s rivers to Ethiopia’s highlands, from Egypt’s deserts to Sheba’s royal court, Africa has always been central to God’s redemptive plan. Yet too often its role has been overlooked or erased, leaving only fragments where a full, living testimony belongs. In God’s Handprint on Africa: Unveiling Africa’s Role in the Bible—Creation, Prophecy, Sabbath, and True Worship Restored, Dr. Gedeon M. Mudacumura restores Africa to its rightful place in the biblical narrative. This ...

As entrenched in myths as in his previous work, the best-seller Moroccan, "Lyautey, the Resident," Guillaume Jobin this time attacks with a new look on Morocco of the period 1925-1945, centered around Mohamed V, Sultan then King of Morocco, leading the country to its independence. Independent and without bias, if not that of the reader, the book reveals unknown or little known facts (among others) and dismantles received ideas: - The Catholic maneuvers behind the Berber dahir, - The secret service of His Majesty Mohamed V, - The true choice of the Sultan, - The struggles between the French,...

In July 1994, Thomas P. Odom was part of the U.S. Embassy team that responded to the Goma refugee crisis. He witnessed the deaths of 70,000 refugees in a single week. In the previous three months of escalating violence, the Rwandan genocide had claimed 800,000 dead. Now, in this vivid and unsettling new book, Odom offers the first insider look at these devastating events before, during, and after the genocide.

Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can react. Never confronting a stronger force directly, but using audacity and surprise to confound and demoralize an opponent. Operations driven by good intelligence, area knowledge, mobility, speed, firepower, and detailed planning, and executed by a few specialists with indigenous warriors—this is unconventional warfare.

This book debunks the myth of African paganism and establishes the fact with incredible evidence that the Knowledge of God was enshrined in the African Culture.

1912/2013 : c’est à une randonnée chatoyante et pleine de surprises, à travers le Maroc de jadis, naguère et aujourd’hui, que nous convie un grand-reporter du Monde, Péroncel-Hugoz, vétéran de la littérature de voyage, qui vient de passer plusieurs années dans le Royaume alaouite. « Le Maroc raconté par un connaisseur ! » Edmonde Charles-Roux, présidente de l’Académie Goncourt, (La Provence) « Péroncel-Hugoz sait voir et faire voir » (Le Nouvel Observateur) « Toujours sans complaisance, loin de tout exotisme, le regard de Péroncel-Hugoz sait cueillir le détail ...

At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty shines new light on the signal achievements of one of the contemporary era's most closely watched transitions away from minority rule. South Africa's democratic development has been messy, fiercely contested, and sometimes violent. But as Evan Lieberman argues, it has also offered a voice to the voiceless, unprecedented levels of government accountability, and tangible improvements in quality of life.

Since the unification of Southern and Northern Nigeria in 1914, the country has been rife with violence, poverty, inequity, and corruption. For decades it has barely functioned, and even now Nigerians face adversity in the absence of a pragmatic solution... In his book, Nigeria, Biafra, and Boko Haram: Ending the Genocides Through Multistate Solution, author Osita Ebiem fashions a compelling argument for finally partitioning Nigeria into distinct countries.

Madagascar's lost pirate utopia represents some of the first stirrings of Enlightenment political thought. In this jewel of a book, he offers a way to 'decolonise the Enlightenment', demonstrating how this mixed community experimented with an alternative vision of human freedom, far from that being formulated in the salons and coffee houses of Europe. Its actors were Malagasy women, merchants and traders, philosopher kings and escaped slaves, exploring ideas that were ultimately to be put into practice in by Western revolutionary regimes a century later.

The indigenous Africans known as pygmies have interested outsiders for thousands of years. In the 2200s BC, the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi II referred to one as a "dancing dwarf of the god from the land of spirits", and the Ancient Greeks were also familiar with them. Today, of course, anthropologists know a lot more about the pygmies, a collective of indigenous groups in Africa who are still defined by the fact that they have an average height of less than five feet tall.

Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, USN (Ret.) served as Commander, Counter-Piracy Task Force - Gulf of Aden. After his tour in the waters off the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, he retired from the Navy and began seriously researching the subject. Pirate Alley explores every aspect of Somali piracy, from how the pirates operate to how the actions of a relative handful of youthful criminals and their bosses have impacted the world economy. The book examines various answers to the question: "How do you solve a problem like Somalia?"

The extensive history of Africa provides us with a topic of curiosity and novelty. For this reason, this guide has been composed to help you understand some of the cultural anecdotes as well as the religious and traditional tales that have been told to previous generations. When we dive into some background information, you will have a better grasp of the context of the four intense stories that follow. Enjoy this short, simple yet profound compilation of African myths.

En abril de 1965, el Che Guevara se marcha de La Habana al Congo para dirigir a 200 veteranos cubanos que asisten al movimiento de liberación africana contra los colonialistas belgas, cuatro años después del asesinato del presidente socialista democráticamente electo, Patrice Lumumba. Porque...

In September 2000, 11 British soldiers were captured by a notorious militia gang in Sierra Leone. The so-called 'West Side Boys' had subjected their part of the country to a long reign of terror, murdering, kidnapping and mutilating anyone who stood in their way. Now British soldiers were at their mercy. Surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered, any resistance would have seen them all killed, yet their hopes of a quick exchange soon faded.

Aucun continent n'a connu la moitié des assassinats politiques, des coups d'état, des guerres internes et externes, des troubles civils et des bouleversements économiques depuis la seconde moitié du XXe siècle comme l'Afrique. Pourtant, aucun expert sérieux ne dirait que la plupart de ces échecs n'ont pas les mains de forces étrangères qui cherchent à protéger leurs «soi-disant intérêts» sur le continent ou qui veulent en acquérir de nouveaux. C'est vrai que ces forces extérieures aient à peu près réussi avec l'aide des Africains avec la mauvaise disposition du mal ou ...

Le livre : « A la conquête du Sahara… deux siècles de convoitises étrangères » résume les manœuvres de l’administration coloniale française qui dès le XIXe siècle, reprend la stratégie des sultans marocains trois siècles après pour se frayer un chemin vers l’Afrique subsaharienne. La victime collatérale de cette expansion coloniale est le Maroc qui se vit déposséder de l’est de son Sahara, puis des actuelles provinces du Sud et enfin de la Mauritanie, avec la complicité de l’Espagne, malgré de rares voix comme celle du maréchal Lyautey dénonçant le découpage...

La historia que se esconde detrás de una de las mejores novelas de aventuras de todos los tiempos. En 1875, Henry Rider Haggard escribe Las minas del rey Salomón, probablemente una de las mejores novelas de aventuras de todos los tiempos. Muchos intuyen pero pocos conocen el correlato histórico que se oculta detrás de esta novela: la lucha entre colonos ingleses y holandeses contra las tribus africanas por el control de los recursos naturales y de los territorios.

Jeremy Black takes the listener through its evolution to becoming one of the most important oceans in the world. He discusses the importance of the Atlantic in relation to world history as well as addressing topics such as those bravest to attempt to cross the ocean before Columbus, the beginnings of slavery from 1400-1600, the struggle for control between empires in the 1600s, the way technology adapted with steamships to telegraph cables, the battle of the Falkland and the Cold War.

In the case of some historical figures, a single event or small span of years is sufficient for understanding the timeliness and extent of their impact upon the world. But others have taken lengthier, more convoluted journeys with broadly-evolved circumstances, intentions and roles to be played, reinventing themselves and playing different roles as times change.