×


 x 

Shopping cart

Sub-Saharan Africa

Results 681 - 700 of 1650

Sub-Saharan Africa

Paperback. Contains photographs of British anthropologist Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) taken between 1929 and 1934, during his earliest work among Kgatla peoples of Bechuanaland (Botswana). Covering a spectrum of daily activities, this book includes depictions from pot making, thatching, cattle herding to village architecture, and more. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean; James, Deborah. Num Pages: 184 pages, 139 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJ; AJC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114125
ISBN
9780226114125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Hardback. Philosophising in Mombasa provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HPDC; JFSR2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627868
ISBN
9780748627868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.16

Paperback. How can court testimony be used to rebuild a cohesive national identity for the Hutus and Tutsis? And how is it that dance and theater help to move forward the cause of justice and reconciliation? This title provides a satisfying analysis of the interplay between justice, performance, narrative, and memorialization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AN; HBTZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421081
ISBN
9780857421081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
74
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226029818
ISBN
9780226029818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.91

Paperback. Performance as public enactment of justice and human rights Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221452
ISBN
9780253221452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219121
ISBN
9780253219121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Although many societies in the Congo were once renowned for their masquerades and architectural sculpture, these phenomena have only been studied as living traditions among a handful of peoples, most notably the Pende. This work privileges Pende voices as it seeks to understand the interrelationship between ritual practice and aesthetic form. Series: Visions of Africa. Num Pages: 128 pages, 46 col., 58 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Five Continents Editions Italy
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9788874393848
ISBN
9788874393848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.44

Hardcover. A study of conflict resolution which concentrates on two particular cases, Northern Ireland and southern Africa, where conflict has been due to colonial domination and settlement of colonialists on the land of indigenous peoples. It brings together views from journalists, politicians and radicals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1HFM; GTJ; JFFE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422 230pp. Index. Keywords: Northern Ireland
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1015303
ISBN
9781860644030
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 28.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226397221
ISBN
9780226397221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFCD; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226397191
ISBN
9780226397191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802896
ISBN
9780896802896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JHMC; RGCP; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011299
ISBN
9781847011299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.07

Hardback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 12, 9 black and white, 3 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JFSL1; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416. Series: Eastern Africa Series. 191 pages, 12, 9 black and white, 3 line drawing. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JFSL1; JPQB; KCP. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 18. Weight: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010360
ISBN
9781847010360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
International Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789057270413
ISBN
9789057270413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.74

Paperback. Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge opens with a bored twenty-seven-year old Cliff Simon staring out at the ocean from his beachfront house, wishing he was somewhere else. Gavin Mills telephones him from Paris inviting him to join him at the iconic Moulin Rouge. Num Pages: 203 pages, Colour photography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; ANB; ASZH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Primedia E-launch LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
first
Condition
New
SKU
V9781943848928
ISBN
9781943848928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.99

Paperback. From the moment the author arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, she spent her happiest years on the farm. In this title, her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 121 x 27. Weight in Grams: 192.
Edition
01st Edition
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951439
ISBN
9780241951439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Hardback. Homophobia is still rife and it remains dangerous and even life-threatening to be out in Africa, but Chantal Zabus here traces the range of representations of same-sex desire in Africa through historic and contemporary sources. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010827
ISBN
9781847010827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.79

Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 1HFMS; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678013
ISBN
9780816678013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. Presents a portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene. This book offers a comprehensive biography of Sembene and contributes a critical appraisal of his life and art in the context of the political and social influences on his work. Translator(s): Diop, Moustapha. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; APFB; BGF; BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221513
ISBN
9780253221513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Celebrates the work of Sembene, the African filmmaker and writer. This work contains critical essays on his oeuvre and is followed by a series of presentations by black writers. There are also remarks on his film "Camp de Thiaroye", an interview, and a bibliography of Sembene's novels and films. Editor(s): Cassirer, Thomas; etc.; Faulkingham, Ralph H. (Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA); Gadjigo, Samba (Associate Professor of French, Mount Holyoke College, USA); Sander, Reinhard (Assistant Professor of Black Studies, Amherst College, USA). Num Pages: 140 pages, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; 2ADF; 3JJP; APFA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870238895
ISBN
9780870238895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.49

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!