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Paperback. Alex Haley's "Roots" introduced griots to the world outside of West Africa and generated an enormous amount of interest in their profession. This work is a comprehensive portrait of the world of this uniquely African profession, starting with their discovery by the outside world in 1352 by a North African traveller, Ibn Battuta. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 b&w photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219619
- ISBN
- 9780253219619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. "An additional bibliography to J. Jahn's A bibliography of Neo-African literature from Africa, America, and the Caribbean. [1965].--A preliminary bibliography of African writing (from 1965 to the present). xi, 108 p. 24 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy. 3rd ed." Keywords: "Greenberg, Joseph Harold, , Greenberg, Joseph Harold , African literature , Litt?rature africaine , Pamphlet"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Center for Afro-Asian Research o
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0077099
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. By the 1990s, Algeria's revolutionary political model had collapsed, degenerating into a savage conflict between the military and Islamist guerillas that killed some 200,000 citizens. This work explores Algeria's bloody history, demonstrating how the high hopes of independence turned into anger as young Algerians grew increasingly alienated. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300108811
- ISBN
- 9780300108811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.29€ 48.87
€ 62.29
€ 48.87
Paperback. 8vo Good/Fine in original dustwrapper. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz,
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0311170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. "Cover title. Bibliographical footnotes. 36 p. 22 cm. Original printed wraps. Fine clean copy with tight staples binding, title printed in black bold on front, clean and crisp pages, slightest suggestion of dust dulling to edges of cover, nearly as new."
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Fabian Society
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0149743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
paperback. This edition of "Industrial relations in South Africa" includes new sections on termination transfers, affirmative action, conflict handling, and joint problem solving. Num Pages: 872 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JMJ; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Juta Academic South Africa
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 872
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780702152795
- ISBN
- 9780702152795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
€ 33.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. A comprehensive approach to media and communication in developing countries. This book includes an analysis of traditional methods of communications, and an examination of the "new-world information and communication" debate and its meaning to Africa. Num Pages: 196 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTC; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819197344
- ISBN
- 9780819197344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.26
€ 112.26
Paperback. This is the fascinating social history of a remote chiefdom in Zimbabwe. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HRC; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748611300
- ISBN
- 9780748611300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.60
€ 40.99
€ 33.60
Paperback. Charts the intertwining histories of African Americans and sport. This book contains over 100 documents on both pioneering and modern-day athletes, ranging chronologically from a challenge issued by prizefighter Tom Molineaux in 1810 to contributions from commentators like Frederick Douglass, W E B Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Eldridge Cleaver. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 528 pages, 65 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 258 x 28. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072727
- ISBN
- 9780252072727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
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
- KEX0094053
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251540
- ISBN
- 9780520251540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.60
€ 34.99
€ 25.60
Hardcover. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Facts On File Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0013692
- ISBN
- 9780816029983
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 72 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- People's Publishing House
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KNW0000489
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JKV; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Human Rights Watch United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564322630
- ISBN
- 9781564322630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Hardback. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHM; MB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454760
- ISBN
- 9781845454760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.53
€ 156.53
Air Pollution and the Forests of Developing and Rapidly Industrialisin...
. Ed(S): Innes, J. L.; Haron, A.h.; Hassan, H...
hardcover. This text examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrializing countries and regions. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the more general context of sustainable development and the historical legacy that they are attempting to deal with. Editor(s): Innes, J. L.; Haron, A.H.; Hassan, Haron Abu (Institute of Foresters, Malaysia). Series: IUFRO Research S. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; RGBL; RNP; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851994819
- ISBN
- 9780851994819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.48
€ 133.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFGK; HBJD; HBJH; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024244
- ISBN
- 9780253024244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.03
€ 95.03
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
- KEX0094103
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presenting on-the-ground evidence and ethnographic cases, this book emphasizes that HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex and regionally specific phenomenon rooted in local economies, deepening poverty, migration, gender, war, global economies, and cultural politics. Editor(s): Kalipeni, Ezekiel; Craddock, Susan; Oppong, Joseph Ransford; Ghosh, Jayati. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223573
- ISBN
- 9780631223573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.50
€ 57.50
Paperback. From the 1940s to the 1980s, Yoruba popular theatre was one of the most spectacularly successful theatres in Africa. This title recounts the history of the Odin Adejo Theatre Company. It uncovers the pulse points of generation, production, and improvisation that merge when a Yoruba popular dram is brought to the stage. Num Pages: 504 pages, 64 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216175
- ISBN
- 9780253216175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.87
€ 37.99
€ 34.87
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "The first century". 6 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
- KEX0094112
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the year 2000 the World Health Organization estimated that 85 percent of fifteen-year-olds in Botswana would eventually die of AIDS. This title tells the true story of lives ravaged by AIDS - of orphans, bereaved parents, and widows; and, of families who devote most Saturdays to the burial of relatives and friends. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JFFH2; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061835
- ISBN
- 9780674061835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Describes the sculpture of many African regions in an attempt to show correlations between cultural factors and artistic design. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; AC; AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with shelf wear and some foxing to outer pages but otherwise in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000302
- ISBN
- 9780393093759
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 192. Some fogging
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- HODDER & STOUGHTON
- Edition
- Geography
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KNW0000835
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99