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Africa Audiobooks

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    Born A Crime

    Stories from a South African Childhood

    by Trevor Noah ...
    Narrated by Trevor Noah ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The New Kingdom

    Global bestselling author of River God, Wilbur Smith, returns with a brand-new Ancient Egyptian epic

    by Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn ...
    Narrated by Amir El-Masry ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 20 min

    A brand-new Ancient Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction and global number 1 bestselling author, Wilbur Smith.In the heart of EgyptUnder the watchful eye of the godsA new power is risingIn the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil i... ... Read more

    $68.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Half of a Yellow Sun

    by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ...
    Narrated by Zainab Jah ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 9 min

    THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘WINNER OF WINNERS’Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpieceUgwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor. And Richard, a shy English ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

    by Walter Rodney ...
    Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 21 min

    The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis. In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Long Walk to Freedom

    Booktrack Edition

    by Nelson Mandela, Sharon Gelman ...
    Narrated by Michael Boatman ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 10 min

    The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it" (Washington Post).Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *Nelson Mandela was one of the great ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cobalt Red

    How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

    by Siddharth Kara ...
    Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 21 min

    **This program includes an author's note read by the author.An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all.**Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Africa Is Not A Country

    Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

    by Dipo Faloyin ...
    Narrated by Dipo Faloyin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 33 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Africa Is Not A Country is a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern Africa, that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story.You already know these stereotypes. So often Africa is depicted simplistically as an arid red landscape of famines and safaris, uniquely plagued by poverty and strife. In this funny and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Wretched of the Earth, The

    by Frantz Fanon ...
    Narrated by Sebastain Brown ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 29 min

    First published in 1961, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth is a masterful and timeless interrogation of race, colonialism, psychological trauma, and revolutionary struggle. In 2020, it found a new readership in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and the centering of narratives interrogating race by Black writers. Bearing singular insight into the rage and frustration of colonized ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rising Heart: One Woman's Astonishing Journey from Unimaginable Trauma to Becoming a Power for Good

    by Aminata Conteh-Biger ...
    Narrated by Zindzi Okenyo ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 17 min

    'The best and the worst of our shared humanity...breathtaking and heartbreaking.' The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVOOne woman's astonishing journey from unimaginable trauma to becoming a power for good.In 1999, Sierra Leone was in the midst of a brutal civil war where mindless violence, vicious amputation and the rape of young enslaved women were the everyday weapons of bloody conflict.It was also ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

    by David Graeber ...
    Narrated by Roger Davis ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 9 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie thousands of miles away on the island of Madagascar, in the late seventeenth century, when it was home to several thousand pirates. This was the Golden Age of Piracy, a period of violent buccaneering and rollicking legends - but it was also, argues anthropologist David Graeber, a brief window of radical ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Hannibal

    A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War

    by Theodore Ayrault Dodge ...
    Narrated by Bill Wallace ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 19 min

    Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal’s ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Out of Africa & Shadows on the Grass

    by Isak Dinesen ...
    Narrated by Susan Lyons ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 35 min

    Out of Africa:In this audiobook, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Born in Blackness

    Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

    by Howard W. French ...
    Narrated by James Fouhey ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 49 min

    Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the accidental unearthing of the "New World." Still others point to the development of the scientific method, or the spread of Judeo-Christian beliefs; and so on, ad ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    History of African Kingdoms

    Civilizations of Ancient Africa including the Kingdom of Kush, the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Mali Empire

    by Secrets of history ...
    Narrated by Dean Ericson ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 21 min

    Unlock The Mysteries Of Ancient African KingdomsAre you ready to embark on a journey through time?With this book, you can explore some of Africa’s most mysterious and powerful ancient kingdoms - from the Land of Punt to the Kingdom of Kush - unlocking their secrets with every page.This book delves deep into each kingdom's culture, society and leadership. You'll uncover the stories behind their ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Brutish Museums

    The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

    by Dan Hicks ...
    Narrated by Ben Onwukwe ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 11 min

    New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020'Essential' – Sunday Times'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books'A real game-changer'– EconomistWalk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen ... Read more

    $56.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Like Wolves on the Fold

    The Defense of Rorke's Drift

    by Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook ...
    Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    A detailed chronicle of a significant opening battle in the Anglo-Zulu War: "The Zulu attack on Rorke's Drift thrillingly retold" (Richard Holmes). On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Can Feminism be African?

    by Minna Salami ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 24 min

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    African Mythology and Folklore: The Origins and History of Legends and Myths across Africa

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Daniel Houle ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 7 min

    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. When they began to arrive in sub-Saharan Africa in the early 16th century, Christian missionaries replaced established animist practices with the tenets of Christianity. ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    African Mythology

    Understanding Ancient History and Culture

    by James Rooks ...
    Narrated by Brandon Sukhu ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 28 min

    This book consists of two titles, which are the following:Book 1: The Africans have a long history, although not everything has been preserved in writing. And many folklore stories have been passed on through generations. The African tribes vary as much as the colors of the rainbow.It is for these reasons, and entertainment as well, that this book has been put together. It entails several ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    South Africa

    by Joseph Stromberg, Pat Childs ...
    Narrated by Harry Reasoner ...
    series The World’s Political Hot Spots

    Unabridged

    2 hours 47 min

    South Africa has become the world’s symbol of racism. From the moment the Dutch colonists set foot on the Cape in 1652, this nation has steered a straight course toward apartheid, resulting in consistent civil unrest. This presentation explores the economic and social forces that have brought South Africa into the international spotlight.The World’s Political Hot Spots Series explains the basis of ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Black History Book

    by DK ...
    Narrated by Dede Davi ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 58 min

    An accessible guide to the key milestones in Black history, culture, and society across the globe - from the ancient world to the present.Discover the rich and complex history of the peoples of Africa, and the struggles and triumphs of Black cultures and communities around the world.With profiles of key people, movements, and events, The Black History Book brings together accounts of the most ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Mysterious Gods of Egypt, The

    by NORAH ROMNEY ...
    Narrated by Christian Neale, Robbie Smith ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 14 min

    At the beginning of time, there was only Nun, the primeval waters of chaos, then in a great flood, the Sun got interned, rose from the water, and willed himself into creation. Atum then created Ayr, a son he named shu and moisture, a daughter he named Tefnut.They were the first divine pair and soon had children of their own. The earth named gab and the sky called nut the second divine pair then ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    History of Egypt: An Enthralling Overview of Egyptian History

    by Enthralling History ...
    Narrated by Jay Herbert ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 35 min

    Towering pyramids, glittering temples, vengeful gods, and scandalous dynasties. You’ve never seen Egypt like this before.Egypt is a vibrant and diverse country with some of the most impressive sights in the world. Its history was dominated by powerful figures who changed the course of world history. Ever since the legacy of the ancient pharaohs was uncovered, the public imagination has been ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    History of Busoga

    by Y K Lubogo, Isaac Christopher Lubogo ...
    Narrated by Moses Kansiime, Lydia Kisakye, Emmy Akello, Kissubo Mwajuma ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 34 min

    This is an English audio version of the history of Busoga book originally published by Y. K. Lubogo in luganda and later translated to English and published by his grandson Isaac Christopher Lubogo. It provides a detailed analysis of the roots, aspirations and traditions of the people of Busoga since their birth to date. ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial