Africa has a rich history, and there are numerous other personalities who have made significant contributions in various fields. From conquerors and explores, to scientist and activists and the myths themselves . You’ll be able to learn their names.
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The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
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The Negro
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Black Royalty: Black Women Coloring Book for Adults: 50 Beautiful Portraits of Black Women with Afro Hair, Braids, and Locs Surrounded by Elegant Patterns for Creativity, Relaxation, and Stress Relief
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Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
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The Greatest Battles of World War II: A World at War:World War II Battles that Shaped the Course of History (World War II: A Comprehensive History)
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
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The Religion of Ancient Egypt
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A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
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Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War
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ETHIOPIAN BIBLE in English LARGE PRINT: The Definitive Collection of all the Rejected Apocrypha Scriptures. Includes Jubilees, Enoch, Audio, Bel and the Dragon, I-II-III Meqabyan, and much More
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Everyday Harm: Domestic Violence, Court Rites, and Cultures of Reconciliation
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2026 This Day in Black History Wall Calendar: 365 Days of Inspiring Icons, Incredible Achievements, and Extraordinary Events
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Carnival Is Woman: Feminism and Performance in Caribbean Mas (Caribbean Studies Series)
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DK Eyewitness Caribbean (Travel Guide)
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Brazilian Mythology: Enthralling Folktales, Vibrant Folklore, Mythical Legends, and Deities of Brazil (Brazil's Epic Stories)
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Brazil - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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Haiti After the Earthquake
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The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization
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Letters from the West Indies: Relating Especially to the Danish Island St. Croix, and to the British Islands Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica
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Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship
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The Washing of the Spears
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Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country
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The Rhodesian War: Fifty Years On [From UDI]
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Scapegoats of the Empire (Illustrated): The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers
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The Boer War
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The Healing Land: A Kalahari Journey
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A Short History of South Africa
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South Africa's Brave New World: The Beloved Country Since the End of Apartheid
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Zambia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the ... the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the
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Blue Helmet: My Year as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Over The Centuries: History, Worship, And Doctrine
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White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll
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The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
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The Kebra Nagast: The Glory of The Kings: A Complete Translation
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First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Exploration of Harar; Volume 1
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History of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History (African History)
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ETHIOPIAN BIBLE IN ENGLISH COMPLETE: The Complete English Translation of the Ancient Ethiopian Canon, Including Enoch, Jubilees, and the Apocrypha
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The Wife's Tale: A Personal History
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
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Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone
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Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak
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Through the Dark Continent: Volume 1
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African History: A Very Short Introduction
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A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda
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Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity
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Blood River: The Terrifying Journey Through The World's Most Dangerous Country
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Precolonial Black Africa
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Why Comrades go to War: Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict
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The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda
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Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II
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Triumphant Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Rise of the Afrika Korps (Stackpole Military History Series)
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A Concise History of the Arabs
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Rommel's Afrika Korps in Colour: Rare German Photographs from the Second World War
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Great Kingdoms of Africa
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The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Macmillan Collector's Library)
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The Story of the Moors in Spain: A History of the Moorish Empire in Europe; their Conquest, Book of Laws and Code of Rites
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Carthage: A New History
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History
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Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory
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There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
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Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
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No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74 (African History Archive)
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A History of Nigeria
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The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
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The Heretic of Cacheu: Crispina Peres and the Struggle over Life in Seventeenth-Century West Africa
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African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa
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The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide
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