There might be some books of your interest in this hexbear bulletin: https://bulletins.hexbear.net/posts/readinglist/

These books focus on general history(citing some because the list is long):

• Aid to Africa: Redeemer or Coloniser? by Samir Amin et al (2009).
• Tomorrow’s Battlefield : U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa by Nick Turse (2015).
• How Africa Developed Europe by Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango (2018).
• Extracting Profit: Imperialism, Neoliberalism and the New Scramble for Africa by Lee Wengraf (2018).
• White Malice: The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa by Susan Williams (2021).
• Economic and Monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century Africa by Maha Ben Gadha (2022).

These books focus on left-wing movements:

• Henry Sylvester Williams and the Origins of the Pan-African Movement, 1869-1911 by Hollis Lynch (1976).
• Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History by Paul Farmer (2020).
• Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution by Walter Rodney (2022)
• Revolutionary Movements in Africa: An Untold Story by Pascal Bianchini (2023).
• Red Africa: Reclaiming Revolutionary Black Politics by Kevin Okoth (2023).

This is a small fraction from that list. However, I hope that this answer helps.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa