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Paperback. Africa's newest nation has a long history. Often considered remote and isolated from the rest of Africa, and usually associated with the violence of slavery and civil war, South Sudan has been an arena for a complex mixing of peoples, languages, and beliefs.

Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422427
ISBN
9780821422427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265888
ISBN
9780197265888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.66

Hardcover. The most important historical and journalistic portrait to date of a nation whose destiny will determine the fate of a continent. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 39. Weight in Grams: 996.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
598
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404787
ISBN
9780871404787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Shows how Western control of Africa's oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy, and how Africans have resisted the theft of their resources. Series: New Politics, Progressive Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFX; JPS; KCM; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330457
ISBN
9780745330457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Hardback. Shows how Western control of Africa's oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy, and how Africans have resisted the theft of their resources. Series: New Politics, Progressive Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFX; JPS; KCM; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330464
ISBN
9780745330464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.56
€ 83.78

Hardcover. Clothbound hardback book in good to very good condition; may have some light shelfwear and/or sunning or foxing. Dustjacket in good to very good condition, may have some minor nicks or sunning.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
London : Collins
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232070
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The indigenous rights movement in Africa Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMP; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356208
ISBN
9780253356208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. A gendered consideration of cultural change and the religious encounter among the Maasai. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 b&w photos, 5 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217622
ISBN
9780253217622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. The indigenous rights movement in Africa Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223050
ISBN
9780253223050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, this book shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. It focuses on how development has affected Maasai lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214515
ISBN
9780253214515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.24

Paperback. Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, this book examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 halftones. 6 line illus. 5 tables. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1HBE; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140339
ISBN
9780691140339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Deals with gender, religion and the new urban economy Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSR2; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223623
ISBN
9780253223623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Minarets have defined Cairo's skyline since its early history: they are one of the most characteristic features of Islamic architecture. This title offers insights into the religious, historical and architectural significance of the minaret in Cairo from the Arab Conquest, through the Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman periods. Illustrator(s): O'Kane, Bernard. Num Pages: 448 pages, 220 colour, 80 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QFM; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 333 x 226 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2402.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855397
ISBN
9781848855397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 63.60

Hardback. Based on the autobiography of Dora Thizwilondi Magidi, pseud. Translated from the Venda with an introduction and notes by John Blacking." cf. Dust jacket. Bibliography: p. 203-207. Commissioning organisation: [by] John Blacking. 207 p. illus. 2". Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Abelard-Schuman
Publication date
1964
SKU
KEX0104258
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Africa. 448 pp. previous owner signature on ffep. marbled endpapers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
SKU
KNW0001691
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing to ffep and edges, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Ward River
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0010146
ISBN
9780907085126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Library marking to spine, and usual library markings inside, otherwise very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ward River
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
SKU
KIN0000037
ISBN
9780907085126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "Reprint. Originally published: Makerere journal, no. 11, 1965. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Commissioning organisation: by Donald Rothchild. p.23-28 24 cm. Original printed wraps. Very good clean copy with tight binding and clean and crisp pages, tan coloured cover with title printed in black on front, near fine." Keywords: Pamphlet
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Institute of Governmental Affair
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
SKU
KEX0157544
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 53.52
€ 4.99

Paperback. An ethnographic study of Zimbabwe's land occupations that focuses on the effects of spatialized struggles on sovereignty and the nation-state Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; GTB; JHMC; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822335702
ISBN
9780822335702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. An account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. This work sets out to be not only a history of the Zulus but also a full-scale study of the British colonial and military policy in relation to southern Africa, and of those involved. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 49. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Pimlico London
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712661058
ISBN
9780712661058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

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