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War of Shadows
- Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East
- Written by: Gershom Gorenberg
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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In this World War II military history, Rommel's army is a day from Cairo, a week from Tel Aviv, and the SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far, but espionage can stop them—if Washington wakes up to the danger. As World War II raged in North Africa, General Erwin Rommel...
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War of Shadows
- Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-29
- Language: English
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Mansa Musa
- A Captivating Guide to the Emperor of the Islamic Mali Empire in West Africa and How He Developed Timbuktu into a Major Center for Trade
- Written by: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs
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In the grand scheme of things, very little is known of Mansa Musa’s life. We know that he was one of the greatest emperors of the Mali Empire. And we know that he was actually one of the richest men of all time due to the enormous gold deposits in West Africa that were under his dominion, but large parts of Mansa Musa’s life remain a mystery.
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Mansa Musa
- A Captivating Guide to the Emperor of the Islamic Mali Empire in West Africa and How He Developed Timbuktu into a Major Center for Trade
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 2021-05-24
- Language: English
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A Training School for Elephants
- Retracing a Curious Episode in the European Grab for Africa
- Written by: Sophy Roberts
- Narrated by: Sophy Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Out of a sidelined, colonial-era expedition in Africa comes a new history of cruelty, deception, and adventure from the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa’s resources. The key to cracking open the...
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A Training School for Elephants
- Retracing a Curious Episode in the European Grab for Africa
- Narrated by: Sophy Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2025-04-22
- Language: English
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Ancient Africa
- A Captivating Guide to Ancient African Civilizations, Such as the Kingdom of Kush, the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, and the Mali Empire with Its Timbuktu
- Written by: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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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. From the beginning of time, humans lived and worked in Africa, leaving evidence of their existence in the sands of the Sahara Desert and the valleys of the great rivers, such as the Nile and the Niger. Some of the earliest great civilizations were born there, and they give us an insight into the smaller kingdoms of ancient Africa.
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Good introduction
- By Darryl TADMI on 2023-05-20
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Ancient Africa
- A Captivating Guide to Ancient African Civilizations, Such as the Kingdom of Kush, the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, and the Mali Empire with Its Timbuktu
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-14
- Language: English
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Cleopatra
- The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
- Written by: Alberto Angela
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous...
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Lovely!
- By Brandon Cain on 2023-08-31
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Cleopatra
- The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-23
- Language: English
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The Lion of Judah
- How Haile Selassie Was Crowned and Worshipped
- Written by: James Johnson
- Narrated by: William J Shuffett
- Length: 55 mins
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He was crowned in gold and buried under a toilet. And in between, the world called him God. Haile Selassie ruled Ethiopia for over four decades — a modernizing monarch who stood toe-to-toe with Mussolini, walked out of exile like a prophet, and became the spiritual messiah of an entire global movement. To some, he was Africa’s last true emperor. To others, he was Jah Himself. From the smoke-filled hills of Jamaica to the lyrics of Bob Marley, The Lion of Judah lived on — not just as a man, but as a myth. This is the story of power, prophecy, betrayal, and rebirth. Crowned by men.
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The Lion of Judah
- How Haile Selassie Was Crowned and Worshipped
- Narrated by: William J Shuffett
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 2026-01-15
- Language: English
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Indigo
- In Search of the Color That Seduced the World
- Written by: Catherine E. McKinley
- Narrated by: Tracey Farrar
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Brimming with rich, electrifying tales of the precious dye and its ancient heritage, Indigo is also the story of a personal quest: Catherine McKinley is the descendant of a clan of Scots who wore indigo tartan; Jewish "rag traders"; a Massachusetts textile factory owner; and African slaves - her ancestors were traded along the same Saharan routes as indigo, where a length of blue cotton could purchase human life.
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poor narration
- By Rainbow J. on 2024-07-04
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Indigo
- In Search of the Color That Seduced the World
- Narrated by: Tracey Farrar
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2013-02-26
- Language: English
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Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire
- Written by: Drusilla Dunjee Houston
- Narrated by: Rodney Louis Tompkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Drusilla Dunjee Houston (1876-1941) was a teacher, journalist, and self-taught historian. Inspired by the works of WEB DuBois, Houston undertook a quest to discover African history from an African American perspective. In Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire, Houston identifies the Kushite civilization of Sudan, with its capital city Meroe, to be the cradle of humanity.
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Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire
- Narrated by: Rodney Louis Tompkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-08
- Language: English
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The Battle for North Africa
- El Alamein and the Turning Point for World War II (Twentieth-Century Battles)
- Written by: Glyn Harper
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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In the early years of World War II, Germany shocked the world with a devastating blitzkrieg, rapidly conquered most of Europe, and pushed into North Africa. As the Allies scrambled to counter the Axis armies, the British Eighth Army confronted the experienced Afrika Corps, led by German field marshal Erwin Rommel, in three battles at El Alamein. In the first battle, the Eighth Army narrowly halted the advance of the Germans during the summer of 1942. However, the stalemate left Nazi troops within striking distance of the Suez Canal, which would provide a critical tactical advantage to the controlling force. War historian Glyn Harper dives into the story, vividly narrating the events, strategies, and personalities surrounding the battles and paying particular attention to the Second Battle of El Alamein, a crucial turning point in the war that would be described by Winston Churchill as "the end of the beginning."
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The Battle for North Africa
- El Alamein and the Turning Point for World War II (Twentieth-Century Battles)
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2018-04-09
- Language: English
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Great Kingdoms of Africa
- Written by: John Parker - editor, David Adjaye - foreword
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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A groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts.
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Great Kingdoms of Africa
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2024-04-09
- Language: English
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Mandela
- The Aristocrat and the Revolution
- Written by: Xolela Mangcu
- Length: 11 hrs
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Leading sociologist Xolela Mangcu draws on original interviews and archival research – as well as on his own unique understanding of the complexities of Black South African culture – to offer an important corrective account of Mandela's identity, character, and political career. Mangcu not only sets the record straight about Mandela's Thembu, rather than Xhosa, heritage, but also uncovers a fundamental political pragmatism Mandela developed thanks to his family's strategic alliances with colonialists and through his own Victorian-style education at leading British mission schools.
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Mandela
- The Aristocrat and the Revolution
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 2026-09-17
- Language: English
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The Slave Ship
- A Human History
- Written by: Marcus Rediker
- Narrated by: Cornell Womack
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
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In a chilling exploration of a nearly forgotten chapter of history, Marcus Rediker delves into the dark depths of slave ships in the 18th century. In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the...
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The Slave Ship
- A Human History
- Narrated by: Cornell Womack
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-21
- Language: English
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History of the Zulu War
- Written by: A. Wilmot
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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1879 was a year of bloody conflict on the African continent. Cetsywayo, the Zulu chieftain, had wielded his armies with precision and care, defeating and driving his enemies before him. This courageous force finally butted heads with the British on the sweeping plains of Africa, inflicting grievous losses on the empire’s red coats. This book covers the conflict and the major political and military events that took place. Written the year after the war came to an end, the author weaves a compelling narrative that’s hard to put down.
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History of the Zulu War
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2021-08-06
- Language: English
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The Throne of Adulis
- Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam
- Written by: G. W. Bowersock
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Using the writings of Cosmas and a wealth of other historical and archaeological evidence from the period, eminent historian G. W. Bowersock carefully reconstructs this fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history. The flashpoint of the war, Bowersock tells us, occurred when Yusuf, the Jewish king of Himyar, massacred hundreds of Christians living in Najran. The Christian ruler of Ethiopia, Kaleb, urged on by the Byzantine emperor Justin, led a force of 120,000 men across the Red Sea to defeat Yusuf.
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The Throne of Adulis
- Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2014-03-11
- Language: English
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Anansi's Gold
- The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
- Written by: Yepoka Yeebo
- Narrated by: Jude Owusu
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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When Ghana achieved independence from Britain in 1957, it instantly became a target for home-grown opportunists and rapacious Western interests determined to claim whatever assets colonialism hadn’t already stripped. A CIA-funded military junta ousted the new nation’s inspiring president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of hiding the country’s gold overseas. Into this big lie stepped one of history’s most charismatic scammers, a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi.
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Anansi's Gold
- The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
- Narrated by: Jude Owusu
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2023-08-29
- Language: English
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How to Write About Africa
- Collected Works
- Written by: Binyavanga Wainaina, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - introduction, Achal Prabhala - editor
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Yinka Ladeinde
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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From one of Africa’s most influential and eloquent essayists, a posthumous collection that highlights his biting satire and subversive wisdom on topics from travel to cultural identity to sexuality “A fierce literary talent . . . [Wainaina] shines a light on his continent without cliché...
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How to Write About Africa
- Collected Works
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Yinka Ladeinde
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2023-06-06
- Language: English
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The Moors of the Maghreb
- The History of the Muslims in North Africa During the Middle Ages
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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The term Moor is a historical rather than an ethnic name. It is an invention of European Christians for the Islamic inhabitants of Maghreb (North Africa), Andalusia (Spain), Sicily and Malta, and was sometimes use to designate all Muslims. It is derived from Mauri, the Latin name for the Berbers who lived in the Roman province of Mauretania, which ranged across modern Algeria and Morocco. Saracen was another European term used to designate Muslims, though it usually referred to the Arabic peoples of the Middle East.
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The Moors of the Maghreb
- The History of the Muslims in North Africa During the Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 2021-09-22
- Language: English
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Three Empires on the Nile
- The Victorian Jihad, 1869-1899
- Written by: Dominic Green
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
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Three Empires on the Nile tells of the rise of the first modern Islamic state and its fateful encounter with the British Empire of Queen Victoria. Ever since the self-proclaimed Islamic messiah known as the Mahdi gathered an army in the Sudan and besieged and captured Khartoum under its British overlord Charles Gordon, the dream of a new caliphate has haunted modern Islamists. The 19th-century origins of it all were even more dramatic and strange than today's headlines.
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Three Empires on the Nile
- The Victorian Jihad, 1869-1899
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2007-03-23
- Language: English
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Flight for Life
- An American Company's Dramatic Rescue of Nigerian Burn Victims
- Written by: Richard D. Stewart
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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Flight for Life is the heart-stopping account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. Dr. Stewart and his colleague moved mountains and cut red tape to fly patients to one of the premiere burn centers in the United States.
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- By RW on 2025-02-09
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Flight for Life
- An American Company's Dramatic Rescue of Nigerian Burn Victims
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2013-02-01
- Language: English
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Biafra
- The History and Legacy of the Secessionist Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Nigeria was an unpopular destination for European settlement, thanks to its punishing climate and proliferation of tropical disease, so it saw very little direct European influence. Europeans were posted to Nigeria or sought employment purely to satisfy the needs of administration, and, of course, the various Christian missionary organizations were led largely by whites. Christian missions, incidentally, succeeded spectacularly in the spreading of Christianity across the animist south, but they made absolutely no inroads in the Muslim north.
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