Society & Culture

This Is Africa

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Get to know Africa's history, cultures, and economies

By The Blinkist Curators

What's it about?

Society & Culture History

Africa is not a monolith—the continent is made of diverse cultures and economies. They also have intricately entwined histories—with each other, and those that have colonized them. Get a starting foundation in what "Africa" is with this collection of Blinks.

This Is Africa

Get to know Africa's history, cultures, and economies

The Rift

A New Africa Breaks Free

Southern Theory

Southern Theory

The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science

A History of Nigeria

A History of Nigeria

Uncover the history of Africa’s most populous country

China's Second Continent

China's Second Continent

How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa

A Long Way Gone

A Long Way Gone

Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

To Stop a Warlord

To Stop a Warlord

Shannon Sedgwick Davis

My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace

Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

The Congo from Leopold to Kabila

The Congo from Leopold to Kabila

Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

A People’s History

False Economy

A Surprising Economic History of the World

A People Betrayed

A People Betrayed

The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide

Afropean

Notes From Black Europe

King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Strength in What Remains

Strength in What Remains

A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

Born a Crime

Stories from a South African Childhood

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