Modern History & Politics
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Complexities and Dangers of Remembering and Forgetting in Rwanda [Paperback]
Olivier Nyirubugara (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9789088901102
Published by : Sidestone Press
Can a society, a culture, a country, be trapped by its own memories? The question is not easy to answer, but it would not be a bad idea to cautiously say: ‘It depends’. This book is about one society – Rwanda – and its culture, traditions, identit... .... Learn More -
Snakes, Sands and Silphium: Travels in Classical Libya [Paperback]
Paul Wright (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9781900971126
Published by : Silphium Press, Society for Libyan Studies
Egypt, Carthage and other African civilisations are well documented but the land and people between them are less well known yet also worthy of consideration. This collection of extracts from classical authors on subjects relating to ancient Libya... .... Learn More -
Animism of the Nilotics and Discourses of Islamic Fundamentalism in Sudan [Paperback]
Kuel M. Jok (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9789088900549
Published by : Sidestone Press
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Animism as a religion and a culture of the Nilotic peoples of the Upper River Nile in modern "Southern Sudan". It gives an account of how the animistic ritual performances of the divine chief-pries... .... Learn More -
War and Politics in the Desert [Paperback]
Saul Kelly (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9781900971096
Published by : Silphium Press, Society for Libyan Studies
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the “War in the Desert”, that epic struggle of the Second World War between Axis (Italian and German) and Allied (principally British Commonwealth) forces for control of North Africa, from 1940 ... .... Learn More -
Tripolitania [Paperback]
Philip Kenrick (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781900971089
Published by : Silphium Press, Society for Libyan Studies
This is the first in a new series of guides to the archaeology of Libya, from prehistoric times until the invasion of the Bani Hilal in AD 1051. It deals with a region which offers the visitor not only the classical splendours of UNESCO World H... .... Learn More -
The Emergence of Libya [Paperback]
John Wright (Author)
Regular Price: £15.00
Special Price: £5.95
ISBN: 9781900971065
Published by : Silphium Press, Society for Libyan Studies
Forty years ago (September 1969) Moammar Gadafi seized power in Libya in a military coup. To mark this event, John Wright has made this selection from his own shorter writings which examine and explain Libya's complex and troubled past - the histo... .... Learn More -
Wheels Across the Desert [Paperback]
Andrew Goudie (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9781900971072
Published by : Silphium Press, Society for Libyan Studies
In between the search for the Poles, the climbing of Everest and the Space Race, the exploration of the Sahara - a huge swathe of terrain, the size of India - by motor car is one of the untold chapters in the story of twentieth-century exploration... .... Learn More
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