- Arctic & Antarctica (68)
Best sellers
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River of the Gods
- Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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For millennia the location of the Nile River’s headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, there was  a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe....
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Good book by Millard, narrator ruined it
- By Tally D Lykins on 05-25-22
By: Candice Millard
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Long Walk to Freedom
- The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- By: Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 27 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time....
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Great book, great narration.
- By Nothing really matters on 03-20-14
By: Nelson Mandela
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- By: Walter Rodney, Angela Y. Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....
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A Superb must read for everyone
- By Ronald on 04-16-19
By: Walter Rodney, and others
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King Leopold's Ghost
- A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
- By: Adam Hochschild
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In the late 1890s, Edmund Dene Morel, a young British shipping company agent, noticed something strange about the cargoes of his company's ships....
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Fascinating
- By Edith on 01-20-11
By: Adam Hochschild
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Destruction of Black Civilization
- Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
- By: Chancellor Williams
- Narrated by: Joseph Kent
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Destruction of Black Civilization is revelatory and revolutionary because it offers a new approach to the research, teaching, and study of African history by shifting the main focus from the history of Arabs and Europeans in Africa to the Africans themselves....
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Great & fascinating history & manifesto for change
- By Katie D. on 05-18-20
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- By: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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Haunting
- By thawstone on 06-05-16
By: Dean King
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River of the Gods
- Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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For millennia the location of the Nile River’s headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, there was  a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe....
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Good book by Millard, narrator ruined it
- By Tally D Lykins on 05-25-22
By: Candice Millard
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Long Walk to Freedom
- The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- By: Nelson Mandela
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 27 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time....
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Great book, great narration.
- By Nothing really matters on 03-20-14
By: Nelson Mandela
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- By: Walter Rodney, Angela Y. Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....
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A Superb must read for everyone
- By Ronald on 04-16-19
By: Walter Rodney, and others
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King Leopold's Ghost
- A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
- By: Adam Hochschild
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In the late 1890s, Edmund Dene Morel, a young British shipping company agent, noticed something strange about the cargoes of his company's ships....
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Fascinating
- By Edith on 01-20-11
By: Adam Hochschild
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Destruction of Black Civilization
- Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
- By: Chancellor Williams
- Narrated by: Joseph Kent
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The Destruction of Black Civilization is revelatory and revolutionary because it offers a new approach to the research, teaching, and study of African history by shifting the main focus from the history of Arabs and Europeans in Africa to the Africans themselves....
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Great & fascinating history & manifesto for change
- By Katie D. on 05-18-20
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- By: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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Haunting
- By thawstone on 06-05-16
By: Dean King
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads
- A Story of War and What Comes After
- By: Clemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder....
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Great Book
- By Christina A Rudolphy on 07-11-18
By: Clemantine Wamariya, and others
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Born in Blackness
- Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
- By: Howard W. French
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in Blackness reframes the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, anchoring of democracy in the West, and fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals grew out of Europe's dehumanizing engagement with the "dark" continent....
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A detailed and very important history.
- By A. SAID on 06-28-22
By: Howard W. French
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Black Reconstruction in America
- By: W. E. B. Du Bois, David Levering Lewis
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 37 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time....
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The textbook you should have had in high school.
- By Kennedy on 05-06-18
By: W. E. B. Du Bois, and others
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
- The Forgotten War That Changed American History
- By: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Brian Kilmeade
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up....
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Interesting history - terrible narrator
- By CJF on 12-08-15
By: Brian Kilmeade, and others
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Ancient African Kingdoms
- A Captivating Guide to Civilizations of Ancient Africa Such as the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Mali Empire, and the Kingdom of Kush
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Africa is the continent where the first humans were born. They explored the vast land and produced the first tools. And although we migrated from that continent, we never completely abandoned it....
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A wealth of information about African history
- By Windchill-06 on 02-20-21
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Into Africa
- The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
- By: Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"....
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Riveting
- By Gene on 04-01-04
By: Martin Dugard
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- By: Hannes Wessels
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced....
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Fantastic Story- Title says it all... Hard Men
- By rowca on 10-05-17
By: Hannes Wessels
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The Fortunes of Africa
- A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
- By: Martin Meredith
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping history of the fortune seekers, adventurers, despots, and thieves who have ruthlessly endeavored to extract gold, diamonds, and other treasures from Africa and its people....
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Fascinating, though terrible
- By Igor M. on 10-25-19
By: Martin Meredith
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A Thousand Hills
- Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
- By: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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This book recounts the thrilling and uplifting tale of a man who defied the odds to lift himself and his country out of misery toward a more promising future....
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Best Most Comprehensive Work on Rwanda
- By Greg on 07-30-10
By: Stephen Kinzer
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African Origin of Civilization - The Myth or Reality
- By: Cheikh Anta Diop
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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This classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization....
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love it
- By Jessica Powell on 07-14-20
By: Cheikh Anta Diop
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White Malice
- The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
- By: Susan Williams
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all: the US....
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Poverty and Wealth
- By Bruce williams on 06-08-22
By: Susan Williams
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Mansa Musa and Timbuktu: A Fascinating History from Beginning to End
- By: World Changing History
- Narrated by: Darseaux James
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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On the West coast of Africa there once, the Mali empire in its Golden Age was once bigger than the entirety of Western Europe put together, made possible by the efforts of one man Mansa Musa the Sultan of Mali....
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UNBELIEVABLE, BUT EXPECTED
- By Sgt Ryan E. Strickland on 06-18-21
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The Looting Machine
- Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
- By: Tom Burgis
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage....
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Frightening, Fascinating, Fatiguing
- By Scott on 07-29-18
By: Tom Burgis
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Bush War Operator
- Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
- By: A.J. Balaam
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother, or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. This is the story of Andrew Balaam, a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and the Selous Scouts for 12 years....
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Decent book. Could have been better.
- By Alejandro on 09-05-20
By: A.J. Balaam
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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
- The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
- By: Jason Stearns
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal war....
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First book I've found that explains DRC
- By Amazon Customer on 09-09-17
By: Jason Stearns
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African Founders
- How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
- By: David Hackett Fischer
- Narrated by: Lamarr Gulley
- Length: 35 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American ideas of freedom in varying ways in different regions of the early United States....
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Wow!
- By KWK on 08-05-22
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African Mythology
- A Concise Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of African Myths
- By: Bernard Hayes
- Narrated by: Gareth Johnson
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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African mythology is intricate, complex, and the ideals behind some of their mythological beliefs were often intertwined with actual events....
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Informative!
- By CHRIS MARTINEZ on 09-18-18
By: Bernard Hayes
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African Kaiser
- General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
- By: Robert Gaudi
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes....
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Well Written, Well Read, Well Done!
- By Matthew on 02-25-17
By: Robert Gaudi
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Coffee
- A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry
- By: Robert W. Thurston, Jonathan Morris, Shawn Steiman
- Narrated by: Dan Kassis
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry offers a definitive guide to the many rich dimensions of the bean and the beverage around the world....
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Everything you need to know about coffee
- By FW1978 on 11-03-18
By: Robert W. Thurston, and others
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The Inheritors
- An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
- By: Eve Fairbanks
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A dozen years in the making, The Inheritors weaves together the stories of three ordinary South Africans over five tumultuous decades in a sweeping and exquisite look at what really happens when a country resolves to end white supremacy....
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Pronunciation homework needed
- By James A. on 08-01-22
By: Eve Fairbanks
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Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
- And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
- By: Joshua Hammer
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook tells the incredible story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's greatest and most brazen smugglers....
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Extraordinary archivist
- By Jan on 05-09-16
By: Joshua Hammer
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Dictatorland
- By: Paul Kenyon
- Narrated by: Hamilton McLeod
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-storey-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a permanent state of war and conscripted every adult into the armed forces....
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Compelling stories of despotism, narrowly focused
- By Buretto on 07-26-20
By: Paul Kenyon
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How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
- Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
- By: Dr. Thomas C. Oden PhD
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe....
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Worth reading even if not perfect
- By Adam Shields on 02-26-20
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
- Stories from Rwanda
- By: Philip Gourevitch
- Narrated by: Philip Gourevitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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An unforgettable firsthand account of a people's response to genocide and what it tells us about humanity....
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Things you'd never imagine
- By MP on 12-27-19
New releases
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In Defense of German Colonialism
- And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West
- By: Bruce Gilley
- Narrated by: Damon Abernathy
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Famed historian, university professor, and author of the groundbreaking "The Case for Colonialism" Bruce Gilley demonstrates that, contrary to modern presuppositions, German colonialism from its early roots to the mid-twentieth century served overall as a global force for good in the world, elevating the lives of its subjects and encouraging scientific development while allowing native cultures to flourish within its governance.
By: Bruce Gilley
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The Mandela Brief
- Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid
- By: Thomas Grant
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sydney Kentridge carved out a reputation as South Africa's most prominent anti-apartheid advocate—his story is entwined with the country's emergence from racial injustice and oppression. He is the only lawyer to have acted for three winners of the Nobel Peace Prize—Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Chief Albert Lutuli. Already world-famous for his landmark cases, he then became England's premier advocate.
By: Thomas Grant
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My Hidden Journey
- By: Sanjay Patel
- Narrated by: Steven Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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On August 4, 1972, Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of over 80,000 Ugandan Asians from the country. A brave few stayed, but most left to Asia or Europe. Stripped of everything, my family chose to start over in Britain. Our story is just one of tens of thousands. I lived history. Though others may tell it differently, this is my experience. My family and I built ourselves from the ground up, standing strong against an endless wave of racism that sought to keep us in our place. To be able to simply walk down the street in peace once seemed impossible.
By: Sanjay Patel
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The Inheritors
- An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
- By: Eve Fairbanks
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Dipuo grew up on the south side of a mine dump that segregated Johannesburg’s black townships from the white-only city. Some nights, she hiked to the top. To a South African teenager in the 1980s—even an anti-apartheid activist like Dipuo—the divide that separated her from the glittering lights on the other side appeared eternal. But in 1994, the world’s last explicit racial segregationist regime collapsed to make way for something unprecedented. With penetrating insight, The Inheritors tells the story of a country in the throes of a great reckoning.Â
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Pronunciation homework needed
- By James A. on 08-01-22
By: Eve Fairbanks
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It's a Continent
- Unravelling Africa's History One Country at a Time
- By: Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
- Narrated by: Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Why is Africa still perceived as a country when there are around 2,000 languages spoken on the continent alone? It's a Continent aims to counter the misconception that Africa is a country by breaking down this vast, beautiful and complex continent into regions and countries. Each of the 54 African countries has a unique history and culture and this audiobook highlights the key historical moments that have shaped each nation and contributed to its global position, as well as within the African continent.
By: Astrid Madimba, and others
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Until We Have Won Our Liberty
- South Africa After Apartheid
- By: Evan Lieberman
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty shines new light on the signal achievements of one of the contemporary era's most closely watched transitions away from minority rule. South Africa's democratic development has been messy, fiercely contested, and sometimes violent. But as Evan Lieberman argues, it has also offered a voice to the voiceless, unprecedented levels of government accountability, and tangible improvements in quality of life.
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An Honest Effort
- By joel on 08-08-22
By: Evan Lieberman
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In Defense of German Colonialism
- And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West
- By: Bruce Gilley
- Narrated by: Damon Abernathy
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Famed historian, university professor, and author of the groundbreaking "The Case for Colonialism" Bruce Gilley demonstrates that, contrary to modern presuppositions, German colonialism from its early roots to the mid-twentieth century served overall as a global force for good in the world, elevating the lives of its subjects and encouraging scientific development while allowing native cultures to flourish within its governance.
By: Bruce Gilley
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The Mandela Brief
- Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid
- By: Thomas Grant
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sydney Kentridge carved out a reputation as South Africa's most prominent anti-apartheid advocate—his story is entwined with the country's emergence from racial injustice and oppression. He is the only lawyer to have acted for three winners of the Nobel Peace Prize—Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Chief Albert Lutuli. Already world-famous for his landmark cases, he then became England's premier advocate.
By: Thomas Grant
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My Hidden Journey
- By: Sanjay Patel
- Narrated by: Steven Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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On August 4, 1972, Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of over 80,000 Ugandan Asians from the country. A brave few stayed, but most left to Asia or Europe. Stripped of everything, my family chose to start over in Britain. Our story is just one of tens of thousands. I lived history. Though others may tell it differently, this is my experience. My family and I built ourselves from the ground up, standing strong against an endless wave of racism that sought to keep us in our place. To be able to simply walk down the street in peace once seemed impossible.
By: Sanjay Patel
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The Inheritors
- An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
- By: Eve Fairbanks
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Dipuo grew up on the south side of a mine dump that segregated Johannesburg’s black townships from the white-only city. Some nights, she hiked to the top. To a South African teenager in the 1980s—even an anti-apartheid activist like Dipuo—the divide that separated her from the glittering lights on the other side appeared eternal. But in 1994, the world’s last explicit racial segregationist regime collapsed to make way for something unprecedented. With penetrating insight, The Inheritors tells the story of a country in the throes of a great reckoning.Â
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Pronunciation homework needed
- By James A. on 08-01-22
By: Eve Fairbanks
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It's a Continent
- Unravelling Africa's History One Country at a Time
- By: Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
- Narrated by: Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Why is Africa still perceived as a country when there are around 2,000 languages spoken on the continent alone? It's a Continent aims to counter the misconception that Africa is a country by breaking down this vast, beautiful and complex continent into regions and countries. Each of the 54 African countries has a unique history and culture and this audiobook highlights the key historical moments that have shaped each nation and contributed to its global position, as well as within the African continent.
By: Astrid Madimba, and others
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Until We Have Won Our Liberty
- South Africa After Apartheid
- By: Evan Lieberman
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty shines new light on the signal achievements of one of the contemporary era's most closely watched transitions away from minority rule. South Africa's democratic development has been messy, fiercely contested, and sometimes violent. But as Evan Lieberman argues, it has also offered a voice to the voiceless, unprecedented levels of government accountability, and tangible improvements in quality of life.
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An Honest Effort
- By joel on 08-08-22
By: Evan Lieberman
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The Barefoot Woman
- By: Scholastique Mukasonga
- Narrated by: Waceke Wambaa
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Barefoot Woman is the story of the author’s mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from the violence encroaching upon them in pre-genocide Rwanda. Recording her memories of their life together in spare, wrenching prose, Mukasonga preserves her mother’s voice in a haunting work of art.
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The Crime of the Congo
- Annotated with a New Introduction Giving Historical Context and Contemporary Commentary
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Tim Dalgleish
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Ten million people had been murdered. For 15 years, atrocities had been perpetrated by King Leopold II of Belgium and his Force Publique in the Congo Free State. By 1909, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle could stand it no longer and felt the need to speak out and inform the general public of exactly what was going on. This new edition of his passionate plea for action includes contemporary newspaper reports and an introduction by Tim Dalgleish. His book is a classic in the annals of genocide and remains a shocking portrayal of humanity’s "heart of darkness".
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The Songhai Empire
- A Captivating Guide to One of the Largest States of Medieval West Africa
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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As the world progressed through medieval times, great empires rose and fell across Europe and Africa. However, in the 15th century, trans-oceanic voyages were allowing imperialism to reach distant shores. This new form of control became rampant, and untamed capitalism put the slave trade at its core.
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To Have Nothing
- God Bless the Child Who's Got His Own
- By: Adel Ben-Harhara
- Narrated by: Raymond Feliz
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The first volume of Adel Ben-Harhara's three-volume memoir delves into the voyage of a boy who was separated from his mother as a toddler and essentially orphaned at the age of five when his father died. With his mother’s inability to provide support, the boy was often left on the streets. As a child, the boy received extensive religious teachings in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. As an adolescent Marxist in Ethiopia, he was imprisoned for taking part in a Communist party youth movement and barely avoided the death squad’s bullets before moving to his ancestors’ land: Yemen.
By: Adel Ben-Harhara
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A Brief History of the Atlantic
- By: Jeremy Black
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeremy Black takes the listener through its evolution to becoming one of the most important oceans in the world. He discusses the importance of the Atlantic in relation to world history as well as addressing topics such as those bravest to attempt to cross the ocean before Columbus, the beginnings of slavery from 1400-1600, the struggle for control between empires in the 1600s, the way technology adapted with steamships to telegraph cables, the battle of the Falkland and the Cold War.
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great story well thought out and researched...can'
- By William C. Robinson on 06-27-22
By: Jeremy Black
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African Founders
- How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
- By: David Hackett Fischer
- Narrated by: Lamarr Gulley
- Length: 35 hrs and 54 mins
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African Founders explores the little-known history of how enslaved people from different regions of Africa interacted with colonists of European origins to create new regional cultures in the colonial United States. The Africans brought with them linguistic skills, novel techniques of animal husbandry and farming, and generations-old ethical principles, among other attributes. This startling history reveals how much our country was shaped by these African influences in its early years, producing a new distinctly American culture.
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Wow!
- By KWK on 08-05-22