Books written by Stephen Ellis

Soils and Environment

Molluscs occurring in colluvial soil material have also been used in a similar way ( Preece 1992 ) . Soil palynology has also been widely used in archaeology for similar purposes ( Dimbleby 1985 , Sakai and Kumada 1985 ) , while ...
The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War

Eschewing popular stereotypes and simple explanations, Stephen Ellis traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in recent years and looks at its political, ethnic and cultural roots.
Spirits in Politics: Uncertainties of Power and Healing in African Societies

This book seeks to extend the theoretical reflections on the relationship of religious phenomena in the socio-political sphere in African societies.
External Mission: The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report (5 volumes, TRC/Department of Justice, Pretoria, 1998). Turok, Ben, Nothing But the Truth: Behind the ANC's Struggle Politics (Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg, 2003).
Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa

In practice , however , there were always some Afrikaner nationalists who were sceptical of the Broederbond's claim to represent the entire Afrikaner volk , since it left no room for dissenting ...
Soils and Environment

This text examines the ways in which soils are both influenced by, and themselves influence, the environment.
Pictorial Communication In Real And Virtual Environments

This book, based on the conference on Spatial Displays and Spatial instruments held at the Asilomar Conference Centre in 1987, focuses on the geometry of this communication.
The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War

The rhetoric of political liberation used in Liberia from the 1970s onwards uses concepts of originally Christian ... Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia . this catastrophe been that Liberians need to re - examine Culture and ...
Madagascar: A Short History

The island of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa, is home to some of the worlds most celebrated plant and animal species, including the baobab and lemur. But few know the history of this environmentally strategic place.
This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organized Crime

This book traces the origins of Nigerian organised crime to the last years of colonial rule, when nationalist politicians acquired power at a regional level.
Movers and Shakers: Social Movements in Africa

This collection of empirical and theoretical studies of social movements in Africa is a corrective to a literature that has largely ignored that continent.
Humber Perspectives: A Region Through the Ages

Humber Perspectives: A Region Through the Ages
Season of Rains: Africa in the World

This engaging, accessible book by one of the world’s foremost researchers on Africa captures the broad spectrum of political, economic, and social foundations that make Africa what it is today.
External Mission: The ANC in Exile

6 Karis and Gerhart, From Protest to Challenge: Volume 5, p 27. 7 Personal communication by Dr Jim Brennan. 8 Shubin, ANC, pp 78–79. 9 UFH, ANC Lusaka mission, pt 2, 49/20: 'Confidential Interim Report to RC Members', no date, ...
L'Afrique maintenant

L'Afrique maintenant passe en revue les changements de l'Afrique et les ordonne selon trois thèmes majeurs : les relations entre les citoyens et l'état, la croissance économique, l'Afrique dans le monde.
Pictorial Communication In Real And Virtual Environments

These new display technologies have focused interest on how to design the static and dynamic images they produce to ensure effective communication. This book, based on the conference on Spatial Displays and Sp
The Darkest Knight

But for each person born, there is an ancient plan that is in place. Hidden within the pages of this story is one man's part in this eternal plan.
Explaining the Unexplained

Explaining the Unexplained investigates the world's most captivating mysteries and supports its views with strong, empirical and circumstantial evidence. If you're looking for answers, this book is a must read.
The Rising of the Red Shawls

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the rising of the menalamba, the Red Shawls, against French colonial rule in Madagascar in the 1890s.
Comrades Against Apartheid: The ANC & the South African Communist Party in Exile

This book is about the South African Communist Party and how it took over the leadership of the African National Congress between 1960 and 1990, during the time when both...