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Tunisgrad
- Victory in Africa
- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance27
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A Waterstones and BBC History Magazine Best Book of the Year The Aspects of History Book of the Year 2025 'Terrific – full of drama … it has profoundly altered my understanding of the Second World War' PATRICK BISHOP FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SBS COMES AN EPIC HISTORY OF...
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Colin’s
- By Colin on 27-02-26
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Tunisgrad
- Victory in Africa
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 11-09-25
- Language: English
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Hannibal
- Rome’s Greatest Enemy
- By: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance30
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Story30
More than 2,000 years ago one of the greatest military leaders in history almost destroyed Rome. Hannibal, a daring African general from the city of Carthage, led an army of warriors and battle elephants over the snowy Alps to invade the very heart of Rome's growing empire. But what kind of person would dare to face the most relentless imperial power of the ancient world? How could Hannibal, consistently outnumbered and always deep in enemy territory, win battle after battle until he held the very fate of Rome within his grasp?
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Great Story
- By Anonymous on 08-11-25
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Hannibal
- Rome’s Greatest Enemy
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-03-22
- Language: English
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The Great Anglo-Boer War
- By: Byron Farwell
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 23 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall116
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Performance99
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Story99
The Great Boer War (1899-1902) - more properly the Great Anglo-Boer War - was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy.
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Well Written Badly Narrated
- By Lee Cobb on 12-02-19
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The Great Anglo-Boer War
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 23 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 17-01-19
- Language: English
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Tears of the Dead: Requiem of the Zulu Kingdom
- The Anglo-Zulu War
- By: James Mace
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Story13
In the aftermath of the Battles of Khambula and Gingindlovu, a lull fell over the war-torn Zulu Kingdom. Though British forces under Lord Chelmsford emerged victorious during both encounters, earlier defeats, casualties, and supply shortages required them to withdraw back into Natal. Now with waves of long-awaited reinforcements arriving, Chelmsford prepares to launch a second invasion of Zululand. Death and destruction have taken their toll on the Zulu people. Thousands of families mourn for their loved ones, while refugees flee from the devastation of the border regions.
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great set of books
- By andrew on 29-01-26
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Tears of the Dead: Requiem of the Zulu Kingdom
- The Anglo-Zulu War
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Series: The Anglo-Zulu War, Book 5
- Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 17-08-20
- Language: English
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Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour
- By: Anthony Holmes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall108
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Performance91
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Story90
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing – the Pyramids of Giza. Exploring the historic rise of Egyptian civilization and its continued influence on the...
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Talk like an Egyptian
- By Mr. C. J. King on 20-03-16
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Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-01-13
- Language: English
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Dictatorland
- The Men Who Stole Africa
- By: Paul Kenyon
- Narrated by: Hamilton McLeod
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance23
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Story23
The dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-storey-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a permanent state of war and conscripted every adult into the armed forces. In Equatorial Guinea, the paranoid despot who thought Hitler was the saviour of Africa and waged a relentless campaign of terror against his own people.
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A must read f
- By peregrine goring on 15-07-25
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Dictatorland
- The Men Who Stole Africa
- Narrated by: Hamilton McLeod
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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Cobalt Red
- How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
- By: Siddharth Kara
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall159
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Performance144
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Story144
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 testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt.
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Holds a mirror up to us all.
- By Anonymous on 13-02-23
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Cobalt Red
- How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 31-01-23
- Language: English
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Birth of a Dream Weaver
- A Writer's Awakening
- By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer’s creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda - threshold years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born - under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War.
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Fascinating story, superb reading
- By Roland McMorran on 22-01-22
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Birth of a Dream Weaver
- A Writer's Awakening
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 29-12-20
- Language: English
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It's a Continent
- Unravelling Africa's History One Country at a Time
- By: Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
- Narrated by: Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Story22
Why is Africa still perceived as a country when there are around 2,000 languages spoken on the continent alone? It's a Continent aims to counter the misconception that Africa is a country by breaking down this vast, beautiful and complex continent into regions and countries. Each of the 54 African countries has a unique history and culture and this audiobook highlights the key historical moments that have shaped each nation and contributed to its global position, as well as within the African continent.
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knowledge
- By Kimberley Pearce on 04-02-24
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It's a Continent
- Unravelling Africa's History One Country at a Time
- Narrated by: Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 07-07-22
- Language: English
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- By: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, Lieutenant Colonel Huw Lloyd-Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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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 recuperating hospital patients were passing a hot, monotonous day. It seemed certain that the Rorke's Drift detachment would share the same fate. And yet, against incredible odds, the British managed to defend their station.
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Comprehensive, detailed but a bit dry
- By Mariush on 08-07-24
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 21-12-21
- Language: English
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The Lumumba Plot
- The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
- By: Stuart A. Reid
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Economist...
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A bit long but good
- By Big Pie on 31-05-25
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The Lumumba Plot
- The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 17-10-23
- Language: English
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Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War
- By: Deneys Reitz
- Narrated by: John Maytham
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Commando is more than a historical document. With prose that captures both the brutality and the beauty of war, Reitz weaves a narrative that resonates with authenticity, transcending time. As relevant today as when it was first penned, Commando has become a South African classic and stands as a testament to the indomitable human spirit in the face of adversity.
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TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY
- By The Lemon on 20-12-24
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Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War
- Narrated by: John Maytham
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 24-07-24
- Language: English
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Cave of Bones
- By: Lee Berger, John Hawks
- Narrated by: Lee Berger
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. Lead researcher Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominid.
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Read by the author
- By J. Rutter on 26-12-24
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Cave of Bones
- Narrated by: Lee Berger
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-08-23
- Language: English
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White Hunters
- By: Brian Herne
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall63
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Performance56
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Story56
A little over 100 years ago, East Africa was terra incognita to most whites: a land largely unmapped, sparsely settled by Europeans, and teeming with wildlife. It was the hunter-adventurer's paradise, and by the early 20th century, a small, lionhearted clan of explorers and big-game hunters began leading safaris there for money.
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Excitement and Tragedy go hand-in-hand
- By Ben Waddams on 01-05-11
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White Hunters
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 26-01-06
- Language: English
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In God's Path
- The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
- By: Robert G. Hoyland
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance36
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Story36
In just over a hundred years - from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 - the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far flung as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in China. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its greatest expansion, and it was claimed for the Arabs in roughly half the time.
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Good to read, but works poorly as an audiobook
- By Jonathan on 24-01-15
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In God's Path
- The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 08-12-14
- Language: English
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Prevail
- 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
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance26
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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. It inspired mass marches in Harlem, a play on Broadway, and independence movements in Africa. As the British Navy sailed into the Mediterranean for a white-knuckle showdown with Italian ships, riots broke out in major cities all over the United States.
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Often biased and not shy about it's opinions.
- By Connor Sampson on 11-08-22
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
- A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq
- By: Gregory Michael Budd, Jake Harper-Ronald
- Narrated by: Pat Devon
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Men in the furnace of adversity… Step into the extraordinary life of Jake Harper-Ronald, a man whose childhood dream of becoming a soldier led him on an unparalleled journey. In 1966, he fulfilled his ambition as a conscript in the Royal Rhodesia Regiment, only to embark on a series of adventures that most soldiers can only imagine. From early days in the elite Parachute Regiment in the UK to his pivotal role as the official photographer during the infamous 'Bloody Sunday' in Northern Ireland, Jake's path was one of courage and resilience.
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A simple guy who was exceptional at his chosen career and who went through some of the best and worst of life!
- By c jameson on 28-02-26
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
- A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq
- Narrated by: Pat Devon
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 09-12-24
- Language: English
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The Golden Rhinoceros
- Histories of the African Middle Ages
- By: François-Xavier Fauvelle, Troy Tice - translator
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance8
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From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the 15th, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals, thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized world of the Middle Ages. The Golden Rhinoceros brings this unsung era marvelously to life, taking listeners from the Sahara and the Nile River Valley to the Ethiopian highlands and Southern Africa.
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Sadly, didn't do it for me.
- By Night Nurse on 23-04-23
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The Golden Rhinoceros
- Histories of the African Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 27-10-20
- Language: English
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed
- The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
- By: Richard Miles
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance74
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An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of the defining dramas of the ancient world. In an epic series of land and sea battles, both sides came close to victory before the Carthaginians finally succumbed and their capital city, history, and culture were almost utterly erased.
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poor narrator
- By Jon Simcox on 22-12-12
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed
- The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 18-08-11
- Language: English
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African Origin of Civilization - The Myth or Reality
- By: Cheikh Anta Diop
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance29
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This classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.
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WORST AUDIO EVER
- By Georgia Dennis on 08-08-22
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African Origin of Civilization - The Myth or Reality
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-04-20
- Language: English
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