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Hardcover. Examines indigenous oral traditions and histories in order to explain the factors propelling sociopolitical consolidation and the emergence of chiefdoms and kingdoms in nineteenth-century southeastern Africa. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 450 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465144
- ISBN
- 9781580465144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.14
€ 139.14
Hardcover. Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a rise in political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, and a culture of scamming and fraud. This title argues that a novel cultural politics is remaking one of the world's poorest regions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669649
- ISBN
- 9780226669649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.98€ 75.47
€ 91.98
€ 75.47
Paperback. Africa. 352 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0001875
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "New Era For Trade". 6 p. 44 cm. Original broadsheet. good clean copy, folded." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0098466
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 39 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTK; JFSL3; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850365672
- ISBN
- 9780850365672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.43€ 53.12
€ 57.43
€ 53.12
Paperback. This is the only analysis of indigenous discourse about an African belief system undertaken within the framework of Anglo-American analytical philosophy. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804728232
- ISBN
- 9780804728232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.46
€ 31.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. This text aims to offer fresh insight into the complexities of state-sponsored and nonstate terrorism. It presents a detailed statistical and quantitative analysis of four Middle East terrorist organizations, in Algeria, Turkey, Egypt and Israel. Num Pages: 536 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBH; 1FBP; 1HBA; 1HBE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103555
- ISBN
- 9780739103555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.35
€ 85.35
Paperback. Describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many people elsewhere, utilize cosmopolitan medicine alongside traditional healing practices. This book asks What criteria determine the choice of the alternative therapies? And what is their institutional interrelationship? Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26ill. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Underlined
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520046337
- ISBN
- 9780520046337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
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
€ 93.81
Hardback. Editor(s): Diouf, Mamadou. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162623
- ISBN
- 9780231162623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.77€ 80.88
€ 105.77
€ 80.88
Paperback. The first full-length study of slave memory in the South African context, this examines the relevance and effects of slave memory for contemporary negotiations of South African gendered and racialised identities. It reads memory as one way of processing t Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145072
- ISBN
- 9781868145072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Hardcover. 103pp.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Oxford U.P
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KON0818078
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 196- At head of title: U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. Institute of Africa. Translation of Osvobozhdenie Afriki (romanized form). Commissioning organisation: M. Braginsky ; translated from the Russian by G. Ivanov-Mumjiev. 181 p. 21 cm. Original wrappers. Nice clean copy. Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Progress
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0106082
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This edition features seven additional tree species and a more accessible arrangement of trees according to their botanical name. Num Pages: 320 pages, 750+ colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GBC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Briza South Africa
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875093335
- ISBN
- 9781875093335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.61
€ 31.99
€ 26.61
Hardcover. The story of expeditions into Africa in search of dinosaur bones. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 b&w photos, 7 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 35. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253342140
- ISBN
- 9780253342140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Hardback. Nigeria: After the Nightmare is an in-depth look into the Nigerian experience, explaining what went wrong during the country's thirty years of dictatorship. The book describes Nigeria's problems including oil, corruption, and dictatorship, but also provides a way for Nigeria to recover and become a leading democratic state. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855392
- ISBN
- 9780761855392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.07
€ 109.07
Hardback. Critically examines the extent to which relations between two ancient African states were influenced by warfare, commerce, and political fictions Series: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 230 pages, 2 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1QDA; 3D; DSBB; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780814760666
- ISBN
- 9780814760666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardback. Gives voice to the conscripts who are forced to serve indefinitely without remuneration under the ENS in a powerful critical survey of its effect from the Liberation Struggle to today. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011602
- ISBN
- 9781847011602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.49
€ 65.49
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€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07
Paperback. Explores the relevance of the Gramscian concept of passive revolution and Caesarism in the context of the Egyptian revolution and counter-revolution. Series: Reading Gramsci. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HPS; JPA; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745335575
- ISBN
- 9780745335575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.23
€ 16.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. "Second ed. 1951; 10th impression (with corrections) 1958; 12th impression 1960. 112 p. illus., maps. 19 cm. Paperback. A good copy." Keywords: Physical geography
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Longmans London
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0133358
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; BM; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bookstorm
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781928257240
- ISBN
- 9781928257240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.10
€ 19.99
€ 18.10
Hardcover. Fine in good dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, good clean copy, remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0023703
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations, ports., music. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810851382
- ISBN
- 9780810851382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.12
€ 72.12