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Paperback. Graham Harrison investigates contemporary African politics by privileging the dynamics of political struggle and resistance. Through the analysis of peasant politics, debt and structural adjustment, democratization and identity politics, Harrison shows the importance of resistance and agency. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JPH; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333987254
ISBN
9780333987254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 34.06

Hardback. 352pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Collins London
Publication date
1962
SKU
KHS1015976
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 359pp. A good reading copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Seven Seas Publishers Berlin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1959
SKU
KLN0025995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. According to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. This work explores the issues provoked by this equation. A key theme of the author's research into sorcery is that one sorcerer's claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRKT; HRQX2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893983
ISBN
9780226893983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.30

Paperback. Argues that, where neoliberal policies have fostered social division rather than security and prosperity, Muedans have, in fact, used sorcery discourse to assess and sometimes overturn reforms, advancing alternative visions of a world transformed. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226894058
ISBN
9780226894058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.28

Hardcover. Harry Mitchell shows how the colonial government tried to control the diamond trade and harness its wealth to the territory's advantage. Num Pages: 267 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Radcliffe Press
Number of pages
267
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648175
ISBN
9781860648175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 53.97

Paperback. 200 easy-to-make recipes for tagines and other Moroccan-style dishes, from the Hamlyn All Colour series Series: Hamlyn All Colour Cookery. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Hamlyn
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780600633419
ISBN
9780600633419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.04

Hardback. A critical examination of liberation/pan-Africanist ideologies and the ambitions of many of the key players in Zaire/DRC's long-running civil war that helps explain why neighbouring countries intervened in the conflict Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046527
ISBN
9781849046527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300924
ISBN
9780226300924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. The remarkable story of the Lowndes County freedom struggle and its contribution to the larger civil rights movement Num Pages: 372 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814743317
ISBN
9780814743317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Sami, Hasan M. Series: Folktales of the World S. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226206257
ISBN
9780226206257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.91

Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137590879
ISBN
9781137590879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.94
€ 100.93

Paperback. This volume describes Hassan Fathy's plan for building the village of New Gourna, near Luxor, Egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 363 pages, 133 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
363
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226239163
ISBN
9780226239163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.08

paperback. Traces the longstanding interaction between these two regions, showing that the Indian Ocean world provides many examples of cultural flows that belie our understanding of globalization as a recent phenomenon. This work features contributors on this topic from the fields of history, literature, dance, sociology, gender studies, and religion. Editor(s): Hawley, John C. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1H; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219756
ISBN
9780253219756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. This work examines the history of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898-1956) and the Republic of Sudan that followed in order to understand how colonialism worked on the ground, affected local cultures, influenced the rise of nationalism, and shaped the postcolonial nation-state. Series: Colonialisms S. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235595
ISBN
9780520235595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1KBB; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168104
ISBN
9780691168104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.43

Hardback. The Algerian war for independence began on November 1, 1954. After nearly eight years of violence, Algeria became an independent nation in 1962, but a half century later, it remains a country haunted by violence and struggling to achieve stability and prosperity for its people. Read about this conflict in The Algerian War . Num Pages: 120 pages, colour illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HBA; HBW. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604139235
ISBN
9781604139235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.59

Paperback. Politics and culture in everyday apparel Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 200 pages, 30 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AKTA; GTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223135
ISBN
9780253223135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.37

Hardcover. "Bibliography: p. [149]-184. x, 192 p. 21 cm. Original cloth. Very good, clean copy, slight traces of stickers at bottom of spine and bottom front . Ex-libris with plate inside front board, stamp on front endpaper." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Duke U.P;Cambridge U.P
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0103061
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Full of sensuality, erudition, and wit, Hedi Kaddour's poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic - of contemporary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, human cruelty, and of the way the past invisibly inflects and inflicts the present. This title presents an English translation of his work. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBT; 2ADF; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. Poems by Hedi Kaddour. 192 pages. Full of sensuality, erudition, and wit, Hedi Kaddour's poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic - of contemporary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, human cruelty, and of the way the past invisibly inflects and inflicts the present. This title presents an English translation of his work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBT; 2ADF; DCF; DSC. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight: 340. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300149586
ISBN
9780300149586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. A portrait of Robert Mugabe, a man whose once brilliant career has ruined Zimbabwe and cast shame on the African continent. It charts Mugabe's gradual self-destruction, and uncovers some of the most respectable international players in the Zimbabwe tragedy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; JPHL; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141040790
ISBN
9780141040790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.50

Hardback. A History of Suffering. 303 pages, 20, 16 black and white, 4 line drawing. A highly original treatment of significant topics in African Studies and beyond: violence, colonialism, landscape, memory and religion. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 24. Weight: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010513
ISBN
9781847010513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81

Paperback. This classic work discusses representations in Egyptian painting, sculpture and reliefs, assessing how objects and figures are represented in two dimensions, introducing the idea of "conceptual" and "perceptual" art. Translated from the German by John Baines, who has revised the text and illustrations to take account of recent research. Editor(s): Brunner-Traut, Emma. Translator(s): Baines, John. Num Pages: 498 pages, 109 b/w pls, 330 figs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Edition
4th
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416514
ISBN
9780900416514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 22.76

Hardcover. A wide and scientific overview on migration potential from the NEMA region to the EU. Editor(s): Sievers, Wiebke; Fassmann, Heinz; Lenschow, Andrea; Bommes, Michael. Series: IMISCOE Research. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0 black and white; 27 full color. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1HB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089646507
ISBN
9789089646507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.67

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