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Book Synopsis The Last of the African Kings by : Maryse Condä
Download or read book The Last of the African Kings written by Maryse Condä and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An African family's saga, from the day its ancestors left for the New World, to the day their descendants return in search of roots. By a Guadeloupean writer, author of Segu.
Book Synopsis The Last of the African Kings by : Maryse Condé
Download or read book The Last of the African Kings written by Maryse Condé and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last of the African Kings follows the wayward fortunes of a noble African family. It begins with the regal Béhanzin, an African king who opposed French colonialism and was exiled to distant Martinique. In the course of this brilliant novel, Maryse Condé tells of Béhanzin's scattered offspring and their lives in the Caribbean and the United States. A book made up of many characters and countless stories, The Last of the African Kings skillfully intertwines the themes of exile, lost origins, memory, and hope. It is set mainly in the Americas, from the Caribbean to modern-day South Carolina, yet Africa hovers always in the background.
Book Synopsis Kings and Queens of West Africa by : Sylviane A. Diouf
Download or read book Kings and Queens of West Africa written by Sylviane A. Diouf and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the historical regions and kingdoms of West Africa including biographies of Mansa Musa, Emperor of Mali (c. 1280-1337); Osei Tutu, King of Asante (c. 1660-1717); and Ndate Yalla Mbodj, Queen of Walo (c. 1810-1860).
Book Synopsis The Last of the African Kings by : Maryse Condä
Download or read book The Last of the African Kings written by Maryse Condä and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An African family's saga, from the day its ancestors left for the New World, to the day their descendants return in search of roots. By a Guadeloupean writer, author of Segu.
Book Synopsis First Edition: 100 Great African Kings and Queens (Vol 1) by : Pusch Komiete Commey
Download or read book First Edition: 100 Great African Kings and Queens (Vol 1) written by Pusch Komiete Commey and published by Real African Books. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of ten great African monarchs; from Makeda the Ethiopian Queen of Sheba to the richest man who ever lived, Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali. This easy-read original edition narrates the journey of these magnificent monarchs through the sands of time of time, and will amaze, delight, and make the world stand up to celebrate a shared humanity without borders.
Book Synopsis King of Kings by : Asfa-Wossen Asserate
Download or read book King of Kings written by Asfa-Wossen Asserate and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was as brilliant as he was formidable. An early proponent of African unity and independence who claimed to be a descendant of King Solomon, he fought with the Allies against the Axis powers during World War II and was a messianic figure for the Jamaican Rastafarians. But the final years of his empire saw turmoil and revolution, and he was ultimately overthrown and assassinated in a communist coup. Written by Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Haile Selassie’s grandnephew, this is the first major biography of this final “king of kings.” Asserate, who spent his childhood and adolescence in Ethiopia before fleeing the revolution of 1974, knew Selassie personally and gained intimate insights into life at the imperial court. Introducing him as a reformer and an autocrat whose personal history—with all of its upheavals, promises, and horrors—reflects in many ways the history of the twentieth century itself, Asserate uses his own experiences and painstaking research in family and public archives to achieve a colorful and even-handed portrait of the emperor.
Book Synopsis Kings and Queens of Southern Africa by : Sylviane A. Diouf
Download or read book Kings and Queens of Southern Africa written by Sylviane A. Diouf and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys historical regions and kingdoms of Southern Africa, with biographies of Nzinga Mbande, Queen of Angola; Shaka, King of the Zulu Nation; and Moshoeshoe, King of the Sotho.
Book Synopsis African Kings and Black Slaves by : Herman L. Bennett
Download or read book African Kings and Black Slaves written by Herman L. Bennett and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking reappraisal of the first European encounters with Africa As early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small Portuguese and Spanish trading vessels were plying the coast of West Africa, where they conducted business with African kingdoms that possessed significant territory and power. In the process, Iberians developed an understanding of Africa's political landscape in which they recognized specific sovereigns, plotted the extent and nature of their polities, and grouped subjects according to their ruler. In African Kings and Black Slaves, Herman L. Bennett mines the historical archives of Europe and Africa to reinterpret the first century of sustained African-European interaction. These encounters were not simple economic transactions. Rather, according to Bennett, they involved clashing understandings of diplomacy, sovereignty, and politics. Bennett unearths the ways in which Africa's kings required Iberian traders to participate in elaborate diplomatic rituals, establish treaties, and negotiate trade practices with autonomous territories. And he shows how Iberians based their interpretations of African sovereignty on medieval European political precepts grounded in Roman civil and canon law. In the eyes of Iberians, the extent to which Africa's polities conformed to these norms played a significant role in determining who was, and who was not, a sovereign people—a judgment that shaped who could legitimately be enslaved. Through an examination of early modern African-European encounters, African Kings and Black Slaves offers a reappraisal of the dominant depiction of these exchanges as being solely mediated through the slave trade and racial difference. By asking in what manner did Europeans and Africans configure sovereignty, polities, and subject status, Bennett offers a new depiction of the diasporic identities that had implications for slaves' experiences in the Americas.
Book Synopsis 100 Great African Kings and Queens Volume 1 ( Revised Enriched Edition ) by : Pusch Komiete Commey
Download or read book 100 Great African Kings and Queens Volume 1 ( Revised Enriched Edition ) written by Pusch Komiete Commey and published by Real African Books. This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing chronicle of the exploits of ten illustrious African Kings and Queens through the sands of time. From Khufu, the builder of the Pyramid of Giza, to Nzinga the Warrior Queen of Angola.
Book Synopsis Kings and Queens of Central Africa by : Sylviane A. Diouf
Download or read book Kings and Queens of Central Africa written by Sylviane A. Diouf and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).
Download or read book African Kings written by Daniel Lainé and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of photographs of seventy African monarchs along with information on each of their tribes.
Download or read book King Peggy written by Peggielene Bartels and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of American secretary, Peggielene Bartels, who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 people on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor, no high school, and many of the village elders are stealing the town's funds. To make matters worse, her uncle (the late king) sits in a morgue awaiting a proper funeral in the royal palace, which is in ruins. Peggy's first two years as king of Otuam unfold in a way that is stranger than fiction. In the end, a deeply traditional African town is uplifted by the ambitions of its decidedly modern female king, and Peggy is herself transformed, from an ordinary secretary to the heart and hope of her community.
Book Synopsis The Last King of Scotland by : Giles Foden
Download or read book The Last King of Scotland written by Giles Foden and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician? Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is both fascinated and appalled. As Uganda plunges into civil chaos he realises action is imperative - but which way should he jump?
Book Synopsis The Last Kings 2 by : C. N. Phillips
Download or read book The Last Kings 2 written by C. N. Phillips and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back from the dead, Sadie is hungrier and more ruthless than ever. With a heart black as night and an itching trigger finger, she has vowed to make Ray's murderer's blood rain over the city of Detroit. However, Khiron is currently sitting as the new king of the city. He is backed by the Dominican Cartel, and he is proving to be untouchable. Sadie has secretly relocated to Miami and takes Ray's place as the head of The Last Kings. Recruiting a few new members and making new money, the cartel is revived and ready to go up against the worst to reclaim Detroit. In the midst of it all, a war is budding between the Italians and Dominicans, and Sadie has already chosen her allegiance. The Last Kings are back, guns loaded and ready to make one last bloody movie in the streets.
Book Synopsis A White King in East Africa by : John Boyes
Download or read book A White King in East Africa written by John Boyes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Boyes (1875-1951) was a British born ivory trader and soldier of fortune in Africa. If true, and it is declared to be authentic, this is certainly one of the most remarkable stories of adventure told in many a year. The author describes how he, a young Englishman, entered East Africa as a trader, gained such ascendency over the wild tribe of the Kikuyu that they made him their king, continuing thus until the English captured him and let him barely escape with his life. The descriptions are vivid, and bring to light the Kikuyu country. From inside the book: "THE following pages describe a life of adventure in the more remote parts of Africa- adventures such as the explorer and sportsmen do not generally encounter. The man to whom the episodes narrated in this book refer has been personally known to me for ten years. We have hunted big game and explored together many a time in the African jungle; and as it is principally at my instigation that he has put the following account of his experiences into writing, I think it is due to him and to the public that I should make known my responsibility in the matter. It seemed to me that the adventures John Boyes underwent were something quite out of the common; in these matter-of-fact days they may be said to be almost unique. In the of exploration and discovery, when Captain Cook and such heroes lived and thrived, they were perhaps common enough; but every year the opportunities of such adventure get more and more remote, and as the uttermost parts, of the earth are brought under the influence of civilization will become ever more impossible. For this reason alone a story such as told here seems to be worth recording. "There is no attempt at literary style. The man tells his tale in a simple, matter-of-fact way, and, as his Editor, I have thought it better from every point of view to leave his words as he has written them. "The reader will judge for himself as to the interest of the adventures here related, but I think any one will admit that no ordinary force of character was necessary to carry them through to a successful issue. The whole life of the author during the time he was a wanderer in the Kikuyu country, and later while he was practically supreme ruler of the tribe-a tribe numbering half a million of people- was one of imminent daily risk. "Each hour he went about with his life in his hands, and if he came out scatheless from the melee, he has only to thank his courage, nerve, and resource. All these qualities he obviously possessed in a high degree. "He appears to have been harshly treated by the British East Africa authorities. Doubtless much that he did was grossly misrepresented to them by more or less interested parties. He certainly did yeoman's service to the colony in its early days by opening up an unknown and hostile country which lay right on the border land of the Uganda Railway, at that time in course of construction. His energetic action enabled the coolies on the line to work safe from many hostile attacks. He supplied them with the food without which they would have starved- all for a very small reward, and at great personal risk to himself. But the love of adventure was in him, and such people do not work for profit alone. The life itself brings its own reward. An impartial observer will perhaps be able to understand the point of view of the British Administration, and will appreciate their difficulty, indeed their ability, to allow an independent white power to rule beside their own; but the public will judge for themselves whether they set about to do what they did with regard to John Boyes in the most tactful way, or whether they treated a brave fellow-country man in the manner he deserved."
Book Synopsis King Leopold's Ghost by : Adam Hochschild
Download or read book King Leopold's Ghost written by Adam Hochschild and published by Picador. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.
Book Synopsis All Things Are Possible by : Sean Liburd
Download or read book All Things Are Possible written by Sean Liburd and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Things Are Possible: Learn from Great African Kings and QueensThe book All Things Are Possible: Learn from Great African Kings and Queens features 14 former African Queens and Kings (Shaku King of the Zulu, Queen Amina of Zaria, Mansa (Emperor) KanKan Musa King of Mali, Queen Nzingha of Angola, Osei Tutu King of Asante, Queen Nanny of Ghana/Jamaica, Menelek II King of Kings of Abyssinia, Queen Nehanda of Zimbabwe, Sunni Ali Ber (the Great) King of Songhai, Queen Makeda of Ethiopia, Hannibal Ruler of Carthage, Queen Yaa Asantewaa, Akhenaton - The Creator of Monotheism, Queen Tiye of Egypt, ) and their contributions to history. In addition, various character traits (leadership, bravery, conviction, intelligence, unification, selflessness, education, inspiring, independent thinking, curiosity, reliability, cooperation, and courage) are discussed that exemplify these leaders and help to illustrate how the reader can develop these traits in their own lives. A variety of fun activities are included to reinforce key concepts about these leaders' contributions.
