African Navies

This edited volume focuses on aspects of the understudied theme of African sea-power, including African navies and the engagement of non-African navies with the continent.

Tim Stapleton is Professor in the Department of History, University of Calgary, Canada. He has held academic positions in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, and Nigeria. His most recent books include Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century (2018).

Introduction 1. Sailing on Cold War Tides: The Founding of the Tanzania Naval Command 2. A Forgotten Fleet: The Imperial Ethiopian Navy, 1953-1974 3. The Origins of the Nigerian and Ghana Navies (c.1930-1960) 4. A Comparative Study of the Nigerian and Biafran Navies During the Nigerian Civil War (1967-70) 5. The Cold War Soviet Navy in Sub-Saharan African Waters: From the Republic of Guinea to Angola and Mozambique 6. India's Ocean: Indian Maritime Diplomacy in the African Maritime Domain 7. A New Navy for a New South Africa? Historical Background and Context, Developments and Challenges, 1994-2019 8. Non-South African SADC Navies and Maritime Security in the post-Cold War Era: Angola and Mozambique 9. African Navies in the Twenty-First Century Conclusion