OPERATION LEGACY & OTHER STORIES, graphic histories from Africa

No pagination, colour illus., paperback, Catalyst Press, No Place, 2026

ISBN: 9781960803535

A comic-book anthology that presents three powerful narratives from African history: a translation of a short story by Ethiopian writer Haddis Alemayehu that satirises the colonisation of Africa by depicting Europeans as cats and Africans as mice; a deconstruction of the 18th-century slave narrative The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano; and an exploration of the court battle fought by elderly Kenyan Mau Mau veterans.

" Operation Legacy and Other Stories is a triumph. Trevor Getz, Audra Diptée, and their extraordinary collaborators demonstrate that some of the most difficult subjects in African history - slavery, colonialism, resistance, memory, and historical justice - can be rendered with intellectual sophistication, emotional power, and stunning visual artistry ... This is not simply an outstanding graphic history. It is a masterclass in public scholarship. It reminds us that history is at its most powerful when it reaches beyond the academy, invites new audiences into conversation, and makes the past impossible to ignore" Nwando Achebe, University Distinguished Professor and Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor of History, Michigan State University

"Insecure endings, numerous origins, contested evidence, imaginative possibilities, oscillating chronologies, differing interpretations. This is the stuff of Graphic Histories of Africa ... As in all good histories it opens pasts to creative critical understandings where dogma is constantly under threat." Professor Leslie Witz, Emeritus Professor of History, Department of Historical Studies, University of the Western Cape

Audra A. Diptée is Professor of History at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Trevor R. Getz is Professor of African and World History at San Francisco State University. He is the author or co-author of eleven volumes, including Abina and the Important Men, which won the 2014 James Harvey Robinson Prize.