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Africa

Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: by Oden Meeker. 333 p. ill. 22 cm. Original cloth. Very nice, clean copy, in a worn and torn dw."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0102958
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. For previous returns, see [Cd. 7791] February, 1915" following Caption title. "Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty. December, 1915". 6 p. tables 32 cm. Stitched as issued. Minor dust dulled and wear around the ". Keywords: "Great Britain , Pamphlet"
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
HMSO
Publication date
1915
SKU
KEX0113794
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Africa. 36 pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
African Association for Public Administration and Management]
Publication date
1995
SKU
KNW0001974
ISBN
9789185214211
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694440
ISBN
9780816694440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694488
ISBN
9780816694488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Arguing that village life is an effect of the modern and the global, this text analyzes everyday and social practices, and suggests that Kabre culture is shaped as much by colonial and postcolonial history as by anything "indigenous" or local. Num Pages: 226 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226669694
ISBN
9780226669694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Begins with an account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for "The Times". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFJ; 1HFMS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186399
ISBN
9780141186399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Hardcover. The first comprehensive survey of the memorialisation process in Britain in the aftermath of the South African War, uncovering the themes and myths that underpinned the interpretations of the war as well as shifting patterns in how the war was represented and conceived. Num Pages: 193 pages, 1 frontispiece, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319686
ISBN
9781846319686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.70

Paperback. The texts and visual arts of ancient Egypt reveal a persistent and sophisticated engagement with problems of language, the body, and multiplicity. This innovative book shows how these issues were represented and how Egyptian approaches to them continue to influence the way we think about them today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 78 line diagrams 12 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; DSBB; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731799
ISBN
9780804731799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.87

Paperback. Since the 1990s, Mirzeler has travelled to East Africa to apprentice with storytellers. Remembering Nayeche and the Gray Bull Engiro is both an account of his experience listening to these storytellers and of how oral tradition continues to evolve in the modern world. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGU; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626317
ISBN
9781442626317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.20

Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. Space, Relocation and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo. 226 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight: 338.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520230460
ISBN
9780520230460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. Although the ANC has been in power now for twenty years and looks set to continue in office for some time yet, its hold on power is neither permanent nor assured, and sometime in the future it is safe to say it will be voted out of office. This is the fate faced by all liberation movements that have won power at the ballot box. Editor(s): Butler, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431420193
ISBN
9781431420193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.13

Hardback. A detailed ethnographic and historical study of the implications of fast-track land reform in Zimbabwe from the perspective of those involved in land occupations around Lake Mutirikwi, from the colonial period to the present day. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; JHMC; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011121
ISBN
9781847011121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.30

Hardcover. Africa.160 pp. illustrated maps. DJ in very good condition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
London: Museum Press 1961.
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0001265
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Africa.160 pp. illustrated maps. DJ in very good condition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
London: Museum Press 1961.
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0001264
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226265056
ISBN
9780226265056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 28.07

Paperback. Religious Politics and Secular States fills this gap by situating this trend within long-standing debates over the proper role of religion in public life. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HBE; 1KBB; HRAM2; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405773
ISBN
9781421405773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.12

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lipton, Edward P. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1F; 1HB; HRA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590333907
ISBN
9781590333907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.37
€ 62.44

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lipton, Edward P. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HRA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 183 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590333891
ISBN
9781590333891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.37
€ 62.44

Paperback. Contends that it is through their encounter with Christian missions in the mid-19th century that the Yoruba came to know themselves as a distinctive people. This book focuses on the experiences of ordinary men and women and shows how the process of Christian conversion transformed Christianity into something more deeply Yoruba. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 436 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215888
ISBN
9780253215888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. This book contributes significantly to the body of knowledge that deals with the Mande-speaking people of West Africa. It deals with the impact of religion and commerce on the integration of the Mandingo ethnic group into the political and social economies of Liberia. Num Pages: 188 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761803553
ISBN
9780761803553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Paperback. Examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion. This book describes how an ancient culture maintained itself while also being transformed through influences such as Hellenism, and Roman government. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 1 line illus., 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HRC; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070544
ISBN
9780691070544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 37.05

paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HR; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Cape Town Press South Africa
Edition
2nd Rev and Expanded ed.
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780799215144
ISBN
9780799215144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.13

Hardback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362067
ISBN
9780822362067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.68

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