 | Matabeleland and the Victoria Falls: The Letters and Journals of Frank Oates, 1873-1875
Buy new: £12.95 / Used from: £15.86 An amazing eye-witness account of the "Scramble for Africa" by one of the first white men to see the Victoria Falls
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 | The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham
Buy new: £9.97 / Used from: £1.92 A classic account of Africa's annexation
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 | Africa: A Biography of the Continent by John Reader
Buy new: £9.56 / Used from: £7.58 One of the most readable narratives of Africa's history
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 | King Leopold's Ghost: A story of greed, terror and heroism by Adam Hochschild
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.74 The tragic story of the Congo
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 | Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal
Buy new: £15.00 / Used from: £6.96 Not everyone agrees with Jeal's view, but this is a wonderfully researched book
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 | The Caliban Shore: The Fate of the Grosvenor Castaways by Stephen Taylor
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £1.47 An amazing story of shipwreck and the survivors' struggle across southern Africa
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 | Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya by C.S. Nicholls
Buy new: £10.92 / Used from: £7.64 A superb and scholarly look at the settlement of East Africa by Europeans
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 | The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880-1881 by Prof John Laband
Buy new: £19.54 / Used from: £9.50 Britain's first Boer War was very different from the second...
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 | The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton by Fawn M. Brodie
Buy new: £9.42 / Used from: £7.53 A brilliant biography of a fascinating explorer
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 | Travels in the Interior of Africa (World Literature Series) by Mungo Park
Buy new: £3.16 / Used from: £0.60 One of the first and greatest stories of African exploration
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 | With Captain Stairs to Katanga: Slavery and Subjugation in the Congo 1891-1892 by Joseph A. Moloney
Buy new: £12.95 / Used from: £15.59 In 1891 a group of mercenaries marched nearly 1,000 miles across central Africa to confront Msiri, the most powerful ruler in Katanga, and annex his kingdom.
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