Books published by James Currey

The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.

Challenges the myth of an African wilderness, and the conflict between conservation policies and the livelihoods of rural people.

A uniquely detailed account of the dynamics of Afro-European trade in two states on the western Slave Coast over three centuries and the transition from slave trade to legitimate commerce.

A vivid account of modern pastoralist armed conflict.

Radio is 'Africa's medium', with an ability to transcend barriers to access, facilitate political debate and shape identities.

Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable theatre.

Borders offer opportunities as well as restrictions, and in the Horn of Africa they are used as economic, political, identity and status resources by borderland peoples.

Analyses the limits to democracy in Botswana.

Examines more than a decade of enterprise development strategies in marginal economic contexts in South Africa's mining communities and shows how this might impact on development strategies.

Analyses the involvement of the agro-pastoral al-Hakkamat Baggara women of Darfur in Sudan's recent civil wars and the implications of this for conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

This first biography is now in paperback marking the 50th anniversary of the start of the Nigeria-Biafra War and the anniversary of the death of Christopher Okigbo, the most anthologized modern African poet.

Expanded third edition of this key text on the complex underlying conditions of the civil war from the 1960s to the present day, including a new chapter on the current wars in Sudan's new south and South Sudan.

Addresses the issues facing NGOs as their role and remits expand.

This book is essential reading for those interested in the role of the informal economy in contemporary processes of growth and economic governance in Africa.

An overview of African popular theatre, its history and contemporary forms

Intended as an introductory sourcebook, Olive Senior provides a background to Caribbean literature, politics and society.

This is an annotated bibliography of the literature on mass communication and the press in Africa.

Studies the impact of colonialism on a mountainous region of Tanzania.

Traces Kabylia's history through French occupation, the Algerian war of independence, and the political turmoil that followed.

With a Preface reviewing some of the debates prompted by the earlier edition of this book.

This volume provides bibliographical references to writing about maps, both historical and contemporary, of Africa.

A critical examination of the engaging voice and multiple stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on war, feminism, art, ideology, hair, complex human identities and the challenges of multicultural existence.

Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to slavery.

The first in-depth account of Darfur's history during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium (from 1916).

The Sudanese peace agreement reached a crisis point in its final year. This book offers an analysis of the impact of the implementation of the agreement on different Sudanese communities and neighbouring regions.

Interviews with a selection of African women writers.

'Basil Davidson's Black Star remains one of the most thoughtful and insightful views into the life and times of Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)'.- Emmanuel Akyeampong, from the book's new Foreword

Provides a detailed introduction to archaeology as practised in the African continent.

These two companion volumes on Soldiers and Society give new perspectives on Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.