African War History

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    • Decolonization, Conflict, and Nationhood in Southern Africa (Savage Civil Wars of the 20th Century: Revolutions, Resistance, and the Fight for Power)
    • By: Daniel Wrinn
    • Narrated by: Daniel Wrinn
    • Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
    • Release date: 10-21-24
    • Language: English
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    • The Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979) was a brutal and protracted guerrilla conflict that ultimately led to the end of white minority rule in Rhodesia and the birth of Zimbabwe.

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    • The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
    • By: Hannes Wessels
    • Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 871 ratings
    • It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced....

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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 10 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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    • Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom
    • By: David Williams, Howard Zinn - editor
    • Narrated by: Rick Adamson
    • Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 01-19-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people - foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others....

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    • A Blackwashed 19th Century Pre-Civil War Fictional Story That Depicts The People, Tone And Events Of The Era.
    • By: Alvin M. Hayes
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 01-20-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • If Cotton Could Talk," is a civil war era historical fiction novel about 19th-century slave life in the South. You will be introduced to a cast of ...

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    • A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853-1861
    • By: Frederick Law Olmsted
    • Narrated by: John Lescault
    • Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • In 1853, Frederick Law Olmsted was working for the New York Times when he journeyed to the southern slave states and wrote one of the most important pro-abolition discourses....

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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 661 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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    • The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
    • By: Jason Stearns
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 278 ratings
    • At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal war....

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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 241 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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    • Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
    • By: Howard W. French
    • Narrated by: James Fouhey
    • Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 04-12-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 196 ratings
    • Born in Blackness reframes the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, anchoring of democracy in the West, and fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals grew out of Europe's dehumanizing engagement with the "dark" continent....

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    • Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
    • By: A.J. Balaam
    • Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
    • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 04-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 429 ratings
    • Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother, or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. This is the story of Andrew Balaam, a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and the Selous Scouts for 12 years....

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    • An American Family
    • By: Annette Gordon-Reed
    • Narrated by: Karen White
    • Length: 30 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 11-04-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 838 ratings
    • This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently....

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    • The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears
    • By: Xolani Mkhize, Adrian Greaves
    • Narrated by: Kevin Free
    • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 10-14-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 187 ratings
    • By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition....

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    • The SAS in Rhodesia
    • By: Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers - with
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 325 ratings
    • In addition to Andre Scheepers' personal story, this book reveals more about some of the other men who were distinguished operators in SAS operations during the Rhodesian War....

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    • The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
    • By: Cate Lineberry
    • Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 230 ratings
    • Facing death rather than enslavement - a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero....

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    • The Inspiring Story of Ethiopia's Victory over Mussolini's Invasion, 1935-1941
    • By: Jeff Pearce, Richard Pankhurst - foreword
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 11-17-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • It was the war that changed everything, and yet it's been mostly forgotten: in 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia. It dominated newspaper headlines and newsreels....

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    • Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
    • By: Eric Foner
    • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
    • Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 520 ratings
    • In this landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America.....

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    • Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
    • By: Tom Burgis
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-28-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 295 ratings
    • Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage....

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    • By: Patrick N. Hunt
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 12-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 264 ratings
    • One of the greatest commanders of the ancient world brought vividly to life: Hannibal, the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees. Hannibal Barca of Carthage, born 247 BC, was one of the great generals of the ancient world....

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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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