East Africa History

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    • 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
    • Release date: 10-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • 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 History
    • By: Eugene Rogan
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 27 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 658 ratings
    • In this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on Arab sources and texts to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context....

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    • By: J. H. Patterson
    • Narrated by: Christopher Romance
    • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • In 1898, the British were building a railway line between Mombasa in Kenya and Uganda. At the Tsavo River in Kenya where a bridge needed to be built, the project was suddenly interrupted by two man-eating lions that targeted the camps of the workers....

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    • A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History (African History)
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Ethiopia has a long history. It boasts one of the longest-running continuous civilizations on the planet; even the origins of humanity have been traced back to Ethiopia....

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    • The Full Inside Story of the Spectacular Israeli Counterterrorism Strike and the Daring Rescue of 103 Hostages
    • By: William Stevenson, Uri Dan
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 233 ratings
    • The incredible story of an Israeli mission that rescued 103 hostages from a hijacked jetliner....

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    • Madagascar, an Island Story
    • By: John Gimlette
    • Narrated by: Mark Elstob
    • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • A journey - both historical and contemporary - among the fantastical landscapes, beguiling creatures and isolated tribes of the world's fourth island: Madagascar....

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    • The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On
    • By: Leigh Neville, Matt Eversmann - foreword
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
    • On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger was dispatched to seize two high-profile lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The mission was meant to be over within the hour. They quickly found themselves under heavy fire, and two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down....

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    • The Vintage Departures Series
    • By: Toby Wilkinson
    • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
    • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 02-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. In this audio, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that is both history and travelogue. We begin at the First Nile Cataract, close to the modern city of Aswan....

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    • 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
    • By: Michael Scott Moore
    • Narrated by: Corey Snow
    • Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 785 ratings
    • Michael Scott Moore incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates - a riveting, thoughtful exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival....

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    • The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
    • By: Kenneth M. Pollack
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments....

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    • The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama
    • By: Nigel Cliff
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Historian Nigel Cliff delivers a sweeping reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama's pioneering voyages, revealing their significance as a decisive turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam - a series of events which forever altered the relationship between East and West....

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    • From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
    • By: Zeinab Badawi
    • Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
    • Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • For too long, Africa's history has been neglected. Dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, its past has been fragmented, overlooked and denied its rightful place in our global story. Now, Zeinab Badawi guides us through Africa's spectacular history....

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    • The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
    • By: Tim Jeal
    • Narrated by: Clive Chafer
    • Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • From award-winning author Tim Jeal comes a vivid examination of the six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman who set out to find the source of the White Nile in the 19th century....

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    • Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
    • By: Stephen Kinzer
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 144 ratings
    • 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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    • The Victorian Jihad, 1869-1899
    • By: Dominic Green
    • Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
    • Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-23-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 151 ratings
    • 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....

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    • Inside the Battle for the New Libya
    • By: Frederic Wehrey
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 04-17-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • The death of Colonel Qadhafi freed Libya from 42 years of despotic rule, raising hopes for a new era. But in the aftermath, the country descended into civil war, paving the way for the Islamic State and a catastrophic migrant crisis....

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    • By: Ernest Hemingway
    • Narrated by: Josh Lucas
    • Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 11-17-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 717 ratings
    • His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal....

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    • Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
    • By: Ben Rawlence
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 102 ratings
    • Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of Northern Kenya, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks, or plastic....

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    • A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War (Exploring Africa’s Past)
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Series: Exploring Africa’s Past, Book 1
    • Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-24
    • Language: English
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    • Two manuscripts in one audiobook: History of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History and The Italian Invasion of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Mussolini's War in Abyssinia. Listen today to learn more about Ethiopia!

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