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Africa
Hardback. Looks at the vernacular cosmopolitanism of a group of jazz players in Ghana, who have traveled widely, played with American jazz greats, and blended Coltrane with local instruments and philosophy. This book describes their cosmopolitan outlook as an accoustemology, a way of knowing the world through sound. Num Pages: 328 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351481
- ISBN
- 9780822351481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.91
€ 115.91
Paperback. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265025
- ISBN
- 9780226265025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265056
- ISBN
- 9780226265056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.88
€ 35.99
€ 28.88
Hardback. In Moral Economies of Corruption Steven Pierce provides a cultural history of the last 150 years of corruption in Nigeria as a case study for considering corruption's dynamic nature, finding it to be a culturally contingent set of political discourses and historically embedded practices. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360773
- ISBN
- 9780822360773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. In Moral Economies of Corruption Steven Pierce provides a cultural history of the last 150 years of corruption in Nigeria as a case study for considering corruption's dynamic nature, finding it to be a culturally contingent set of political discourses and historically embedded practices. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360919
- ISBN
- 9780822360919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. Profiles the range of Islamist groups in Africa, which are on the rise today, and considers their growing links--examining whether their reach may extend beyond their continents Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044141
- ISBN
- 9781849044141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.38
€ 40.99
€ 36.38
Hardback.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042505
- ISBN
- 9781849042505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 64.07
€ 65.13
€ 64.07
Hardback. This book brings together the first sixteen years of constitutional jurisprudence addressing the meaning, role, and reach of dignity in the law of South Africa as a multi-racial democracy. The case law is coupled with analysis from a range of selected contributors. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823250080
- ISBN
- 9780823250080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.00
€ 212.00
Paperback. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065491
- ISBN
- 9780252065491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Hardcover. Africa. 256pp. Some fogging. In good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Collins
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1959
- SKU
- KNW0000796
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Africa. 320 pp. Purple boards, in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Collins
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1943
- SKU
- KNW0000787
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Africa. 254 pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Collins
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1958
- SKU
- KNW0000789
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This 4-volume set presents 88 articles and provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the global issue of international debt. The origins and development of the debt crisis are followed by regional studies concerning Latin America, Africa and the Pacific, and a section on problems in Asia. Series: Tauris Guides to Global Economic Issues S. Num Pages: 1650 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; KCL; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 154. Weight in Grams: 3964.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 1650
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642746
- ISBN
- 9781860642746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 978.96
€ 978.96
Revised edition of the text previously published in Orientation, 71-74, 1994"--Verso t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index. Commissioning organisation: Stuart Fowler. 177 p. ill., map 21 cm. Paperback. Near fine c". Keywords: Subjects - Education & Languages - Vocational - Sport & Recreation
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KEX0048766
- ISBN
- 9781868222223
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 63.17
€ 63.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752499062
- ISBN
- 9780752499062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad; Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJPG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812217490
- ISBN
- 9780812217490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. Case studies from Rwanda and Angola show how the cost of inaction can be greater than the cost of action. Failure to reduce extreme poverty, for example, often results in malnutrition, preventable morbidity, premature death, and incomplete basic education. Differences between the COI approach and traditional benefit-cost analysis are highlighted. Num Pages: 348 pages, 1 black and white illustration, 90 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 1HFMA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065581
- ISBN
- 9780674065581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Suellen Diaconoff situates French-language texts from Moroccan women writers in a discourse of social justice and reform, arguing that they contribute to the emerging national debate on democracy and help to create new public spaces of discourse and participation. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442640054
- ISBN
- 9781442640054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Paperback. This title examines the contribution of eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz's contributions to sociocultural theory and symbolic anthropology in relation to Islam, urban studies, and the anthropology of North Africa. Editor(s): Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415518161
- ISBN
- 9780415518161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Paperback. As Jacob Zuma moves into the twilight years of his presidencies of both the African National Congress (ANC) and of South Africa, this book takes stock of the Zuma-led administration and its impact on the ANC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; 3JM; JPFK; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868148844
- ISBN
- 9781868148844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. In the twenty years of transitional and democratic politics in South Africa, Susan Booysen constantly traversed two worlds, as direct observer and analyst-researcher. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145423
- ISBN
- 9781868145423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Susan Hirsch's observations of Islamic courts uncover how Muslim women actively use legal processes to transform their domestic lives. This achieves victories on some fronts, but also reinforces their image as subordinate to men through the speech they produce in court. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 370 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; CF; JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226344645
- ISBN
- 9780226344645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Loose Chippings Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907991004
- ISBN
- 9781907991004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.01
€ 24.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. A series of portraits which examine the minority quarters of six Mediterranean cities - Fez, Marrakesh, Trani, Tangier, Palermo, and Istanbul. It also examines the everyday experiences that shaped physical space, such as family life, the economy, interactions with the rest of the city, and relations with state authorities. Editor(s): Bertagnin, Mauro. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 colour photos, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1HBM; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934510063
- ISBN
- 9781934510063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70