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Hardback. Ethnographic Perspectives. 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Vokes, Richard. Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; AJ; GTB. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 26. Weight: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010452
ISBN
9781847010452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations , maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDV; GBC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Fourth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810849068
ISBN
9780810849068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.88

Examines the concept that for millions of people, human rights is merely an intellectual abstraction which only the affluent nations can afford. Unless the concept is understood by all the citizens of the world, many governments will continue to give lip service to the ideals of human rights. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817543
ISBN
9780761817543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.71

Paperback. An essential insight into the shaping of an African giant. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780329062
ISBN
9781780329062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.64

Paperback. Presents an account of the healing trance music created by the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part ethnography, part history of the complex relationship between Tunisia's Arab and sub-Saharan populations, this book is also suitable for students of ethnomusicology, and religion. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 map, 7 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226392196
ISBN
9780226392196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Hardcover. Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HB; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429724
ISBN
9780226429724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.04
€ 79.42

Paperback. Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 3JH; JFCX; JFFJ; JFSL; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429731
ISBN
9780226429731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; CFH; GTC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611170993
ISBN
9781611170993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Book. When the World Cup circus came to town it jolted South Africa out of its insular navel-gazing and roused a nation. Defying the sceptics and the Afro-pessimists - both at home and abroad - we put on a great show not just for South Africa, but for the whole continent. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; WSJA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770099715
ISBN
9781770099715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.60

Paperback. Allows us to understand what animals do and what their behavior means. This title describes and explains the behavior of four major groups of mammals. Illustrator(s): Otte, Daniel. Num Pages: 640 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 338 line illustrations, 90 maps, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 912. Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. 20th Anniversary Edition. 640 pages, ill. Illustrator(s): Otte, Daniel. Allows us to understand what animals do and what their behavior means. This title describes and explains the behavior of four major groups of mammals. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; PSVP. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 30. Weight: 910.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272972
ISBN
9780520272972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
459
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised and expanded edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890132446
ISBN
9781890132446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.18

Paperback. Focuses on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa. This book presents a synthesis of research conducted over a span of fifty years, mainly on the wildebeest in the Ngorongoro and Serengeti ecosystems, where eighty percent of the world's wildebeest population lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFM; PSAF; PSVS; PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273191
ISBN
9780520273191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Offers an account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. Num Pages: 188 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616082277
ISBN
9781616082277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
C P Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910241936
ISBN
9781910241936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 41.44

Paperback. The realities of political activism in a crucial, but often forgotten, Arab nation. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783606696
ISBN
9781783606696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.52

Hardback. A biting satire on corruption, Xala set the standard for the new wave of African cinema. This is a dazzlingly illustrated reflection on West African cultural practices -- literary, social and visual -- and one of a kind. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; APF; HBJH; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046954
ISBN
9781849046954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.11

Hardback. A study of the remarkably successful precolonical political system of the Meta, an acephalous society in West Africa. The author pays particular attention to ranking, the impact of trade upon political organization, and the development of a consensual polity-wide system of conflict resolution. Num Pages: 328 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804715713
ISBN
9780804715713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.96

Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0298588
ISBN
9780192184023
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. No-one travels like the renowned writer-adventurer Richard Grant and, really, no-one should. Having narrowly escaped death at the hands of Mexican drug barons, he now plunges with his trademark recklessness and curiosity into Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349000275
ISBN
9780349000275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. Drawing on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghana's capital city, this book shows how this African metropolis is as deeply transformed by globalization as the cities of other world regions. It examines how foreign companies, returned expatriates, and native Ghanaians foster globalization on multiple levels. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, 13 maps, 14 figures, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631729
ISBN
9780815631729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

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