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Africa

Paperback. "Rich, detailed, and pitch-perfect, with the witty and wonderful skipping off every page."-Maxwell Carter, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBWM; JWH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353907
ISBN
9780393353907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.02

paperback. Series: Battles of the Anglo-Boer War S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 2-3 maps, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ravan Press (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Edition
Re-issue
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780869755174
ISBN
9780869755174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Ruling But Not Governing provides valuable insight into the political dynamics that perpetuate authoritarian regimes and offers novel ways to promote democratic change. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1HBA; 1HBE; JPH; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801885914
ISBN
9780801885914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.09

Paperback. Examines the work experience, living conditions, and social relations of thousands of African men, women, and children on European-owned tobacco farms in colonial Zimbabwe from 1890 to 1945. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802032
ISBN
9780896802032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.59

paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Black Rose Books Canada
Edition
1.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551643229
ISBN
9781551643229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Five Musical Years in Ghana. 328 pages, 78 illustrations. 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. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGJ. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 13. Weight: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351627
ISBN
9780822351627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.30

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

€ 114.25

Paperback. Social Movements, NGOs and Popular Politics After Apartheid. 208 pages, black & white illustrations. The author argues for the continued importance of NGOs, social movements and other 'civil society' actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy in South Africa. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JH; JP. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847012012
ISBN
9781847012012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.36

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

€ 36.99
€ 29.38

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
€ 28.22

Hardcover. The landscapes of Madagascar have long delighted zoologists, who have discovered, in and among the island's baobad trees and thickets, a dizzying array of animals, including something approaching one hundred species of lemur. This book helps you explore these land animal extinctions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 colour plates, 87 halftones, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1HSM; PSAF; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143972
ISBN
9780226143972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.37

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

€ 123.67

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

€ 30.99
€ 30.33

Hardback. The most definitive account of the Suez affair to date, based on newly opened archives. Mr. Freiberger argues that the crisis was only the culmination of long American irritation with British imperialism in the Middle East. Commendable..this book breaks new ground."-William B. Quandt, Foreign Affairs. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1HBES; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587837
ISBN
9780929587837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.82

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
€ 35.78

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

€ 64.33
€ 62.95

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

€ 224.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Schaar, Stuart. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Olive Branch Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566569736
ISBN
9781566569736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.35

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
€ 24.98

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

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