British Africa

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    • By: Byron Farwell
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 23 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 172 ratings
    • The Great Boer War (1899-1902) - more properly the Great Anglo-Boer War - was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence....

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    • The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
    • By: Martin Meredith
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 02-11-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 240 ratings
    • Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world....

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    • The History and Legacy of the British Empire’s Conflict with the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
    • Release date: 04-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history....

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    • How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World
    • By: Lizzie Collingham
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
    • In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire's quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through 20 meals....

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    • The History and Legacy of the Conflicts That Cemented British Control of South Africa
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history....

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    • The Controversial History and Legacy of the British Colonies in the 20th Century
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • The modern history of Africa was until very recently written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history....

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    • A Forgotten History
    • By: David Olusoga
    • Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
    • Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • David Olusoga's Black and British is a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa....

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    • The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
    • By: Simon Schama
    • Narrated by: Simon Schama
    • Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 133 ratings
    • Told in the voices of the slaves and the white abolitionists who aided them, Simon Schama vividly details the odyssey of these escaped blacks, shedding light on an extraordinary chapter in America's birth....

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    • The History and Legacy of British Imperialism in Modern South Africa and Zimbabwe
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In 1795, the British, emerging after the Napoleonic Wars as the globe’s naval superpower, assumed control of the Cape as part of the spoils of war. In doing so, they recognized the enormous strategic value of the Cape as global shipping routes were developing and expanding....

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    • The History and Legacy of the Region Under Great Britain’s Control
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Boer War was the defining conflict of South African history and one of the most important conflicts in the history of the British Empire. Naturally, complicated geopolitics underscored it, going back centuries....

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    • How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable
    • By: Zain E. Asher
    • Narrated by: Zain E. Asher
    • Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 183 ratings
    • In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her mother’s strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy....

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    • The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the British and the Ashanti Empire in Africa
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: KC Wayman
    • Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-23
    • Language: English
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    • By the mid-19th century, other European powers became interested not only in the exploration of Africa, but the exploitation of it, especially once the German Empire unified after the Franco-Prussian War....

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    • Exploration and Discovery in Africa. A Daring Journey through the Heart of late 19th Century Mashonaland: An Intense Historical Exploration
    • By: Reggie Welker
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-24
    • Language: English
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    • A historical exploration book set in Mashonaland during the late 19th century. Join an unforgettable journey into the heart of Africa's ancient ...

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    • A Massacre, the Law & the End of Slavery
    • By: James Walvin
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-13-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America....

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    • The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign
    • By: Andrew Stewart
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 01-31-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Surprisingly neglected in accounts of Allied wartime triumphs, in 1941 British and Commonwealth forces completed a stunning and important victory in East Africa....

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    • Unveiling Relics and Treachery: A Historic Journey from England to East Africa in Search of Ancient Secrets and Inner Redemption
    • By: Mason Marlowe
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 06-23-24
    • Language: English
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    • A Historical Adventure NovelIn the tumultuous era of the early 20th century, nestled between the traditional world power of England and the ...

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    • The History and Legacy of the British Empire's Attempt to Establish a Colony in the 19th Century
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
    • Release date: 03-24-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history....

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    • The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past
    • By: Charlie English
    • Narrated by: Enn Reitel
    • Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • To Westerners, the name "Timbuktu" long conjured a tantalizing paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold....

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