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paperback. A listing of almost 9000 kinds of plants known to be cultivated in Southern Africa, or to have been tried here. The information is derived from a database containing details mainly of specimens archived in the National Herbarium, Pretoria. Num Pages: 430 pages, Full color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. Weight in Grams: 775.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919931173
- ISBN
- 9781919931173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.77
€ 23.99
€ 20.77
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "Africa and the October revolution". 6 p. 44 cm. Original printed broadsheet. Good clean copy with very slightly dust dulled edges." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0094056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPHL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470120156
- ISBN
- 9780470120156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.33
€ 40.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 652 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; HDDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 652
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691621562
- ISBN
- 9780691621562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.92
€ 119.92
Hardcover. "Introd. and appendix in English; poem in English and Swahili. Commissioning organisation: edited and translated by Peter Lienhardt. vii, 208 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Lienhardt, Peter,. Dust wrapper. A good copy. Firm binding."
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0138942
- ISBN
- 9780198151210
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. A study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. This book not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses the processes of stylistic transference and adaptation, suggesting how these may have contributed to differing performance practices. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 b&w illus., 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGH; AVRL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219299
- ISBN
- 9780253219299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.98
€ 31.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the "Africa" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074894
- ISBN
- 9780691074894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Hardcover. Africa. 127 pp. Illustrated DJ
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- G.Ronald
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000715
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 21.99€ 4.99
€ 21.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 192. Some fogging
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- HODDER & STOUGHTON
- Edition
- Geography
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KNW0000845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. This book documents the involvement of Sweden in the liberation struggle in Southern Africa both through the study of source material at government and NGO archives as well as interviews with the key actors in Sweden and in Southern Africa. The book is also an analysis the social, political and economic factors behind the Swedish involvement. Num Pages: 914 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 1HFM; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; JPS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 249 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nordic Africa Institute
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789171064486
- ISBN
- 9789171064486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 52.06
€ 57.48
€ 52.06
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "Peace with progress". 8 p. 44 cm. Original printed broadsheet. Good clean copy with suggestion of dust dulling to edges, folded in four." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0094106
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This study discusses chiefs and the institution of chieftaincy generally in modern Ghana. It examines the public and secret rites and procedures for the installation and deposition of chiefs, the creation of stools and sacred burial rites. Num Pages: 624 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HRKT; JFC; JFSL3; JFSL9; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572921214
- ISBN
- 9781572921214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.80
€ 119.80
Paperback. Series: Fabric Folios. 88 pages, 100 colour illustrations, maps, further reading, index. This text explores the rich and diverse range of silk and textiles from Africa. Focusing on over 30 pieces from the British Museum's collection, it brings together traditions of silk weaving and embroidery from throughout the African continent. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1H; 3D; AFW; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 225 x 9. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714125633
- ISBN
- 9780714125633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.02
€ 18.02
Paperback. The authors of this collection interrogate the political health of African political parties and evaluate the theory and practice of party functions, ideology and structure. Editor(s): Salih, M. A. Mohamed; Ahmed, Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed. Series: OSSREA. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745320373
- ISBN
- 9780745320373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.34
€ 38.99
€ 30.34
Hardback. This book is a synthesis of the principal ideas in Afrocentric thinking. It provides the reader with the major concepts, ideas, and theories useful for informed judgments about the efficacy of the theory. Furthermore, it is a call for resurgence grounded in a re-examination of African ideals. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641027
- ISBN
- 9780745641027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.81
€ 70.81
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
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 232 pp. Bright orange cover. Includes illustrated maps. Preface by Basil Davidson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Druckerer Horst Ahlbrecht
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604563566
- ISBN
- 9781604563566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 33.28
€ 51.99
€ 33.28
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "Can they be fed". 6 p. 44 cm. Original broadsheet. Good clean copy, folded in four." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0095663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is a study of the local and global networks which affected the publication, promotion, and reception of a series of key 'South African' writers and their works between 1883 and 2005 (Olive Schreiner, Roy Campbell, William Plomer, Alan Paton, Alex La Guma, J.M. Coetzee, Zakes Mda), and asking why their work was construed as 'South Africa' Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, colour|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085659
- ISBN
- 9780719085659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.09
€ 33.09
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860915775
- ISBN
- 9780860915775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.66
€ 19.99
€ 18.66
Hardback. For Better, For Worse explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns under British rule in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804769594
- ISBN
- 9780804769594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.45
€ 122.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649167
- ISBN
- 9780816649167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. "As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, .. a model work."-International Journal of African Historical Studies Series: Ethnohistory S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; CFF; HBJH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212075
- ISBN
- 9780812212075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55