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Africa

Hardcover. Conflict and Costume presents more than 70 vibrant portraits of Herero people in traditional Victorian-style and paramilitary costume. With an introduction on the history of the Herero since the 19th century and the origins of their dress, this book will appeal to anyone interested in costume history, African culture and photography. Num Pages: 108 pages, 75 illustrations, 70 in colour, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; AJCP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 298 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Publisher
Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
108
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946009
ISBN
9781858946009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Some sunning to covers but remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
International Defence & Aid Fund for Southern Africa
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0014602
ISBN
9780904759136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006912
ISBN
9780253006912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. This book examines the failure of truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti and develops a rigorous framework to evaluate truth commissions around the world. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; 1KJH; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818469
ISBN
9780774818469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Paperback. "87 p. p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Good copy with firm and tight staple binding, title printed in black on front, clean and crisp pages, staples slightly rusted only visible from inside, suggestion of dust rubbing to cover. 3. ed." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
I. Perales
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1913
SKU
KEX0149780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 96.90
€ 4.99

paperback. The term 'nation-building' has experienced a remarkable renaissance since the early 1990s. It has been used to describe and to justify the military interventions in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Editor(s): Hippler, Jochen. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1HFDN; 1HFGS; JFFS; JPHV; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745323350
ISBN
9780745323350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.72

Paperback. Series: African Issues. 202 pages, 2, 2 black and white. Examines the twentieth-century silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KNAT; KNXC. Dimension: 151 x 215 x 13. Weight: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010599
ISBN
9781847010599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.88

hardcover. This history examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. Central to the study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HRJ; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211759
ISBN
9780520211759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70
€ 49.23

Hardback. Africa. 382 pp. Ex Libris. Coloured endpapers. Beige boards. A nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
Crowell
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
SKU
KNW0000740
ISBN
9780690584578
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Sango - the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning - is a powerful, fearful deity who controls the forces of nature. This title explores Sango religious traditions in West Africa and beyond. It considers the spread of polytheistic religious traditions from West Africa, the mythic Sango, the historical Sango, and syncretic traditions of Sango worship. Editor(s): Tishken, Joel E.; Falola, Toyin; Akinyemi, Akintunde. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b&w photos, 2 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220943
ISBN
9780253220943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167782
ISBN
9789774167782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Paperback. In The State vs. Nelson Mandela, Joel Joffe, the Instructing Attorney of the defendants at the time, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa's history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780745800
ISBN
9781780745800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.38

Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5, 3 black & white halftones, 1 charts, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479175
ISBN
9780801479175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. This text collects published and unpublished work by one of today's most distinguished anthropologists. Johannes Fabian is widely known outside of his discipline because his work so often overcomes traditional scholarly boundaries to bring fresh insight to philosophy, history and cultural studies. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741439
ISBN
9780804741439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lit Verlag Germany
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9783825877910
ISBN
9783825877910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. The common perception is that Christianity in Africa was responsible for many injustices and harm to the culture and society of the continent, but Islam fitted well in Africa, and eschewed slavery. Azumah shows that Islam enslaved and forcibly converted as many African people as Christianity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTS; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851682737
ISBN
9781851682737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.92

Hardcover. Africa. 129 pp. DJ slightly worn but o/w vgood
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1961
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KNW0001648
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Sport & culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633869
ISBN
9780816633869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Hardcover. Keywords: "1972, Development, Foreign Countries, Trade, Government, Parliament,"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
SKU
KHS0071546
ISBN
9780312002107
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. John Bassi has dedicated most of his life to the plight of wildlife in Africa. Raised in north eastern Zimbabwe, he was inspired by a life of living and working in wilderness areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Learning about the cruel realities of war and human greed, he made a vow to devote his life to protecting nature. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431408719
ISBN
9781431408719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884024101
ISBN
9780884024101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.27
€ 55.56

paperback. Demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. This book also shows that although large plantations languished, many former slaves worked tirelessly and became successful small-scale landowners. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJWJ; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073274
ISBN
9780252073274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.33

Paperback. This text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226055114
ISBN
9780226055114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

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