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WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE AND FALL OF TWELVE AFRICAN QUEENS AND WARRIORS

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Exploring the real history of Africa

- Author: Paula Akpan

WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE AND FALL OF TWELVE AFRICAN QUEENS AND WARRIORS

The story of the nations and people of the African continent is often told from a colonial, imperial point of view, with many histories focusing on colonial atrocities, the ‘Scramble for Africa’ in the 1800s or the fights for independence during the 1900s.

But in

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Professor Peter J Miller discusses which ancient sporting traditions have continued into our modern world and which have been lost to time

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Without England's most notorious Tudor king, the country's religious and political history would've looked very different

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Uncover the inherent flaws and misplaced confidence that allowed a catastrophe to unfold

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