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Autobiography of Eugen Mansfeld


The Autobiography of Eugen Mansfeld

23 years of war and appropriation in colonial-era Namibia

A gruesome, gossipy and readable account from an early German settler and soldier.

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Diary of Edwin Clarke


The Diary of Edwin Clarke

1906 diary of a trooper in the Rhodesian Police

Unique journal of a 22-year-old recruit in the British South Africa Police.

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Rhodesia Civil List


The Rhodesia Civil List 1902

White civil servants in colonial-era Zimbabwe and Zambia

Details of 530 of the earliest white colonists in Zimbabwe and Zambia, invaluable for genealogists, medal collectors and historians.

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Imperial African Kitchen


The Imperial African Cookery Book

Recipes from English-speaking Africa

Delightful vintage illustrations, and engaging contributions from distinguished Africans including Prue Leith, Matthew Parris and Archbishop John Sentamu, bring life to 170 traditional recipes of British communities in Africa.

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Rhodesia Medal Roll

Honours and Decorations of the Rhodesian Conflict 1970-1981

Containing the names of over 12,000 recipients, this definitive book is the ultimate compendium of Rhodesian honours and awards gazetted between 1970 and 1981.

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Five-O-Clock Tea

Victorian Afternoon Tea Recipes

Over 80 classic Victorian afternoon tea recipes.

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Fifty Breakfasts

A splendid Victorian collection of over 130 classic breakfast recipes.

Over 130 Victorian recipes for breakfast delicacies, written by a former colonel in the Madras Cavalry regiment.

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Where The Lion Roars

An 1890 African Colonial Recipe Book

One of Africa’s earliest English-language cookery books, newly released over a century after its first publication.

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The Bulawayo Cookery Book

Zimbabwe's original 1909 cookery book   save 20%

Zimbabwe's first cookery book, profusely illustrated.

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The Anglo-African Who's Who

Africa's 1907 biographical directory

A quirky who's who of over 2,000 prominent Edwardian Africans: princes, settlers, politicians, soldiers, criminals and paragons.

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Matabeleland & the Victoria Falls

The record of Frank Oates' tragic expedition 1873-75

Offering the modern reader an unparalleled view of nineteenth-century Africa at a period of transition.

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With Captain Stairs in Katanga

Slavery and subjugation in the Congo

A world of cannibals, missionaries and colonial greed; a provocative military invasion and its bloody climax.

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The Ghana Cookery Book

Vintage West African cookbook

A fascinating snapshot of Ghanaian cuisine from 1933, with tasty recipes from this fertile region of West Africa.

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Cooking in West Africa Cooking in West Africa

Vintage West African cookbook

One of West Africa's earliest recipe books, originally written for the benefit of young bachelor district officers in Nigeria.

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