Travel / Africa

The Race for Timbuktu

by Frank T. Kryza

In the first decades of the nineteenth century, no place burned more brightly in the imagination of European geographers––and fortune hunters––than the lost city of Timbuktu. Africa's legendary City...

The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates

by Richard D. Estes, Daniel Otte & Kathryn S. Fuller

Since its original publication in 1993, The Safari Companion has been the best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals. An indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa,...

Ethnic Minority Conflicts and Governance in Nigeria

by Rotimi T. Suberu

pEthnic Minority Conflicts and Governance in Nigeria explores and analyses the underlying sources and salient features of recent ethnic minority conflicts in Nigeria, the largely controversial policies by which...

Nigeria during the Abacha Years (1993-1998)

by ‘Kunle Amuwo, Daniel C. Bach & Yann Lebeau

The autocratic regime of Sani Abacha (1993-1998) stands out as a watershed in the history of independent Nigeria. Nigeria’s darkest years since the civil war resulted from his unrestrained personal rule; very...

Geological Journeys: A traveller's guide to South Africa's rocks and landforms

by Nick Norman

A traveller's guide to South Africa's rocks and landforms

Learning to Play With a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts From the Animals of Africa

by Melissa Haynes

Melissa visits Africa for animal conservation, but a cast of unlikely characters teaches her about grief, fear, and ultimately life.

The Tuner of Silences

by Mia Couto & David Brookshaw

"Eleven when I saw a woman for the first time, I was seized by such surprise I burst into tears."

Remembering Robben Island

by Jacques Claassen

Famous for being the place where former Nelson Mandela was incarcerated during the South African struggle for liberation, Robben Island is today a World Heritage Site. This fully illustrated book provides a...

Best Walks in the Cape Peninsula

by Mike Lundy

A bestseller for 21 years, Mike Lundy's Best Walks in the Cape Peninsula presents a selection of 30 of Cape Town's most enticing walks, ranging from challenging climbs to the top of Table Mountain to leisurely...

Cracking the Code: The Confused Traveler's Guide to Liberian English

by John Mark Sheppard

"Cracking the Code: The Confused Traveler's Guide to Liberian English" is the brainchild of John Mark Sheppard, who moved with his family from the United States to Liberia when he was just three years old. He...

Marrakech Select

by Insight Guides

Select Guide Marrakech is a brand new inspirational guide to this vibrant city, offering authentic experiences, fresh discoveries, and a good dose of local culture. From the exotic souks of the medina to the...

Touring South Africa's National Parks

by Michael Brett

From a single sanctuary established in 1926, South Africa now boasts a proud complement of 19 national parks. This unique guide, which includes 25 customised maps, is packed with information on each of them,...

Fetichism in West Africa

by Robert Hamill Nassau

First published in 1904, "Fetichism in West Africa" (full name: "Fetichism in West Africa: Forty Years' Observation of Native Customs and Superstitions") is a book by missionary Reverend Robert Hamill Nassau...

South Africa: A Photographic Exploration of its People, Places & Wildlife

by Sean Fraser

South Africa is a vast country, extending from pristine coastal plain to rugged mountains across wide stretches of semi desert and forest, hills and valleys. South Africa is a fine tribute to the visual splendour...

Seven Days in Cape Town

by Sean Fraser

Blessed with blue skies, a balmy climate, a rich cultural heritage and a magnificent backdrop of ocean and mountain, Cape Town boasts a profusion of museums, art galleries, restaurants, shops, theatres, night...

Magnificent South Africa

by Struik Travel & Heritage

Magnificent South Africa celebrates one of the world's most beautiful and varied regions. With informative overviews of the country, its history and economy, and spectacular photographs, this highly illustrated...

An Account of Egypt

by Herodotus

An Account of Egypt is a classic philosophical novel by Herodotus.

Regarded by many as the first major historian, Herodotus was a Greek scholar and traveler who set down his impressions of foreign countries and...

How I Found Livingstone

by Henry Morton Stanley

How I Found Livingstone by Henry Morton Stanley. On March 21, 1871, Henry Morton Stanley set out from the African port of Bagamoyo on what he hoped would be a career-making adventure. The 30-year-old journalist...

Prester John

by John Buchan

"Prester John" was written as a boys' adventure story set mostly in South Africa. It was published in 1910 when John Buchan was 35. The South African background was based on the two years from 1901 which Buchan...

BECAUSE IT's THERE - Pumba the Mini's 11,200km African Road Trip

by Mark Liprini

THIS is a photographic journal of an epic 11,200km / 6,956 mile road trip around South Africa undertaken by Mark Liprini in a Classic Mini Minor in March 2014.

In order to see the “out of the way” places,...